scottmazz

May not be illegal, certainly immoral. They were at heightened risk by fish at night according to the new rules and should have all had jackets on anyway.

My leader lengths depend on the weight and type of lure fishing I'm doing. I am assuming that we are talking about lure fishing here. My heavier gear has leaders around 1-1.5m. My lighter rods have more and my big plastic rod has only 600 - 800mm. I always use a flouro-carbon leader but I am sure that sometimes this is over kill. I fish mostly for flathead and feel that if I get below around 1m I start getting less strikes, particularly in water less than 1.5. Water colour/clarity though plays a big part. Can't help but thinking though that at 4-6 kilo your aiming for Jews and bigger flatties in which case, I have been hammered lately on 15 and 20lb leaders and I am now fishing 30 on my 4-6kg rod. Can't tell you how frustrating it is laying in bed thinking what if? As hazza suggested find a good knot to match your braid and leader as the braid will cut through really quick.