Leader material for jigging...

[jcmcinni]

I'm curious to hear what everyone has good success with in regards to leader material. I have always used a 3-5 foot 60 lb yo-zuri fluoro leader on my 6-10 oz diamond, flatside, and williamson jigs. I fish in the northern gulf around oil rigs...and lose many jigs every trip. I'm thinking about trying out regular 80lb mono leader to save money. Whats the consensus on fluoro vs mono, what lb. leader, and how long? Thanks for the advice!

[Sea Draggin]

My preference is 20ft of 100lb jinkai for daily use. 20ft of 100lb flouro for big tuna.

[markc]

i use 150-200# jinkai attached to my braid with a pr knot. i usually have a couple wraps around my reel, then out the end of the rod and back to the reel again, that way i have enough leader material to retie several times throughout the day. that is for my heavy jigging stuff, for my smaller nearshore stuff i use smaller jinkai.

[markc]

if i only used 3-5 feet of leader, there would be some major headaches going on when i am japanese style fast jigging. when the pr knot comes in the guides i know its time to slow down

[jcmcinni]

You make a good point about using the longer leader to give you a heads up when its getting close to the surface. The PR knot looks like it would take too long to tie correctly on the boat....we break off a lot in the rigs and have to be able to re-tie quickly. I usually just use the uni-uni knot and havent had too much trouble with it. The only reason i keep the leader short is because 1) its fluoro and its not cheap and 2) to keep the connection knot out of the guides...i guess i am used to this when casting poppers...i dont like the knot rubbing against the guides...seems like it causes a weak spot on the knot itself. I will have to try the longer leader on my jigging setups. Im not sure if using such a strong leader ---100-150 lb would be a good idea for my style of fishing...if i get hung up in the rig structure, I will need to break the leader off, and avoid breaking the braid... so i tend to stay with equal or lighter lb test leader material.

[Southern Hunter]

I usually go with 6ft of 100-125lb mono leader joined to 100 braid with an Albright Knot and have found it to be very reliable.

[markc]

i can do a pr in a about 2 mins on a rocking deck. just practice it, it is not that hard. i use daiwa pe6 and you would be surprised at how the leader will break instead of the braid, usually i have to cleat off the braid and use the boat to break my leader.

[PurpleGold]

100-130lb Jinkai for me, 12-15ft tied on the night before with a bimini in the braid to a No-Name knot. You can jig all day with many re-ties and still have plenty of leader. IMO 5ft is waaaay too short.

I'm sure the PR knot is better but I haven't learned it yet. I had lots of failures before I went to the bimini - no name. So far that combo has worked very good for me. The only negative about it is that when casting it does hang up in the guides. I don't do much casting so it doesn't bother me much.

[Van Wildonher]

New to this, but I've used 80LB flouro from Triple Fish. About 10-15 ft.

[Ponce]

I use between 15-25 feet of 130 lb. Diamond Momoi, I connect via a wind-on.