Leader material and length

[KingMe]

What type of leader material do you run and what length. Be specific when describing which setup...dipsy, copper, etc.

[fishsniffer]

dipsey 30lb fluoro

rigger 20lb mono

short coppers and cores 20lb fluoro

deep coppers 30lb fluoro

flies 40lb fluoro or 50 lb mono

[sherman51]

i only fish walleye and steelhead on lake erie. i use seaguar 20 lb floro about 7' to 8' long.

sherman

[mriversinco]

Dipseys 30 pound floro

coppers and lead 20 pound floro but I think I'm going to up it to 30 pound this year.

I also run a free slider every time that's a 20 pound mono.

[ekbelt]

flat lines - 20lb mono trilene big game

rigger - 30lb mono trilene big game

copper/lead leaders - 30lb fluoro triple fish

dipseys - 30lb fluoro triple fish

flys - 50lb fluoro triple fish

[j1musser]

copper/core-20# flouro

deep copper/later season- 30# flouro

dipsy 30# flouro/mono

riggers 20# big game- late season/big paddles-30#

[Just Hook'n]

I'm not much different that most here.

Similar setup for type of line - fluoro leaders on almost anything we run other than riggers. We use 30lb fluoro on most everything. I love my Ande 25lb on the riggers. That stuff is like chain. We've run it across wire dipseys, through riggers, around just about anything that hangs off the back of the boat and had very few break offs. You couldn't pay me to run anything else, but that is just because of the stupid crap we do on the back of the boat and what I have witnessed (performance).

No one else has yet taken on your question of length, so I'll take a stab at it.

50' or so on the leaders for lead/copper.

Used to run 8-10' leads on the dipseys and we still do have those setups for when we have rookies on board.

Noticed a much better dipsey bite with longer leads - 20'-30' or so, however you have to hand line.

[sherman51]

i forgot to post but i run my leaders behind a lite bite slide diver. i use straught mono on my riggers.

sherman

[Jolly II]

14lb-6' mono on riggers with spoons

20lb mono on riggers with flashers

20lb-12' floro on coppers and lead core

20lb mono on dipsies

10lb-20' mono, tied to 14lb mainline, for spring BTs