mark84 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I have been doing a bit of trolling around middle harbour for kings and have caught a couple but lost a fair few i have been using 20lb fluro trace i only use the cd 9s and lures of similar size. If i was to use 50lb trace does it effect the lures motion much as i am losing a lot of $$$ worth of lures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wantingaboat Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 20 pound will be ok for the smaller kings. If you want good advice on catching kings maybe try and contact dogtooth. He is a meter king killer. He told me to use 80 pound as my main line if i want one of the big ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh88 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I generally use 20lb flurocarbon but if knowing i am likely to encounter bigger fish then i use 40lb jinkai for trolling, i think with trolling it doesn't matter as much as when you have a bait still in the water as the fish is less able to size it up like they do with the baits and hit the lighter line due to the constant movement. I doubt many kings would be taken on the troll now, maybe a few but i reckon its best about september-october when some decent fish are in and before the rats invasion. Cheers Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wantingaboat Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Sorry if i gave you a bum steer but i was talking about live baiting with dogtooth not trolling. I assumed that they would be the same but obviously not. I agree that the lighter the better but if the $$$$ are stacking up from lost lures you will definately want to go heavier than you are using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbink Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 You haven't said what you mainline is - presumably it's less than 20 lb and that would be the main reason you are losing fish. I would try 30lb main line and 50 lb trace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark84 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 (edited) You haven't said what you mainline is - presumably it's less than 20 lb and that would be the main reason you are losing fish. I would try 30lb main line and 50 lb trace. I am using 30lb braid and 20lb braid all of the fish i have lost have broken the trace and not near the knots. I was just thinking if the action of the lure isnt dampened much by the heavier trace i would be better off using it but if im only going to get 50% of what i am hooking now i would rather lose a few lures as im not catching many anyway unfortunately. just when i cant get enough livies. I will upgrade the trace next time i go out thanks for the advice Edited April 10, 2009 by mark84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbink Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 40- 50lb trace shouldn't put them off hitting a lure. When they make up their minds to hit it then that's it! It won't affect the lure action much either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big-Banana Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 20lb is way to light. I fish 80lb minimum in the harbour, I do troll very large baits, and I catch more than I lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark84 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 im definately going to upgrade i was just a bit worried about it effecting the lure action thanks for the advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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