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 First time to falcon line question ?
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08/11/12 12:53 AM
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Carrot Stix
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Going down to Zapata next Friday , I fish lake Tyler alot with 12-15 lb invisx. What size line would be safe down there on crank rod , football jig rod etc ......
My friend James Niggemeyer suggested 12-16# on crank and 16-20# on jig ? That sound accurate ? Don't wanna get my heart broken on a fish of a lifetime
Thx Jake
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Re: First time to falcon line question ?
[Re: Carrot Stix]
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08/11/12 01:00 AM
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Jarrett Latta
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15-20 cranking shallow less than 12ft, lighter if you are deeper with less trees. 20-25 for the jigs, 65 braid flipping
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Re: First time to falcon line question ?
[Re: Carrot Stix]
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08/11/12 01:10 AM
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Bigron119
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pretty much covers it all!
Also, long rods. no short stumpy regular rods like we use in East Texas. Nothing less than 7'3" on the jig or worm rods! or you run the very very real risk of breaking the rod and not being able to control the fish.
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Re: First time to falcon line question ?
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08/11/12 01:24 AM
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JPost
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Going down to Zapata next Friday , I fish lake Tyler alot with 12-15 lb invisx. What size line would be safe down there on crank rod , football jig rod etc ......
My friend James Niggemeyer suggested 12-16# on crank and 16-20# on jig ? That sound accurate ? Don't wanna get my heart broken on a fish of a lifetime
Thx Jake Good advice but I'd stay on the upper end of his suggestions. 9 out of 10 times 20 or 25 lb invisx will be fine even for flipping trees. But more than once I've had freight train bites where I had the drag too tight and broke off. If you want to be safe for anything 65 lb braid isn't a bad idea.
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Re: First time to falcon line question ?
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08/11/12 01:31 AM
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John Anderson
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I flipped with 65# braid power pro and deep cranked with 12# seaguar... no problems...
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Re: First time to falcon line question ?
[Re: Carrot Stix]
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08/11/12 01:43 AM
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ChanceHuiet
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I flip 25 invisix and crank with 20# red label...still had my backside handed to me a few times...fish are mean down there
I can backlash toilet paper.
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Re: First time to falcon line question ?
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08/11/12 02:16 AM
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Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)
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12-15lb floro crank for 6xd shallower go 15-20lb floro on on cranks I only throw 20lb floor for football jigs flipping go 20-25lb floro or 65-80lb power pro
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Re: First time to falcon line question ?
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08/11/12 02:59 AM
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Jarrett Latta
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If the fish are stacked in the trees less than 12ft I like cranking 25# invisx with a dd22. Never broke off but I had a heavy action 8ft rod. Makes a big difference
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Re: First time to falcon line question ?
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08/11/12 03:35 AM
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CENTEX Toad Hunter
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Going down to Zapata next Friday , I fish lake Tyler alot with 12-15 lb invisx. What size line would be safe down there on crank rod , football jig rod etc ......
My friend James Niggemeyer suggested 12-16# on crank and 16-20# on jig ? That sound accurate ? Don't wanna get my heart broken on a fish of a lifetime
Thx Jake Good advice but I'd stay on the upper end of his suggestions. 9 out of 10 times 20 or 25 lb invisx will be fine even for flipping trees. But more than once I've had freight train bites where I had the drag too tight and broke off. If you want to be safe for anything 65 lb braid isn't a bad idea. +1
"If you've quit learn'n, you might'as well quit fish'n cuz yer not catch'n as many fish as ya should be!"
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Re: First time to falcon line question ?
[Re: Jarrett Latta]
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08/11/12 04:02 AM
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ChanceHuiet
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If the fish are stacked in the trees less than 12ft I like cranking 25# invisx with a dd22. Never broke off but I had a heavy action 8ft rod. Makes a big difference Might be good idea, I broke off 20 on a DD22 with a custom 7'11" heavy crank rod. I love that dd22there
I can backlash toilet paper.
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Re: First time to falcon line question ?
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08/11/12 06:55 AM
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kayaker_tye
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If you flip it or drag it - 80 lb braid. Shallow cranks - 15 lb fluoro. Deep Cranks - 20 lb fluoro.
This will do just fine for you.
-Tye
Let's Fish!
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Re: First time to falcon line question ?
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08/11/12 01:49 PM
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Alpokeene
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I use 15# CXX P-line. have not broken off yet
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Re: First time to falcon line question ?
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08/16/12 01:28 PM
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Carrot Stix
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Leaving at 5:30 am for falcon!!!!
I ended up with
Flipping stick-80lb 832 braid
Jig rod- 20 lb invisx
Big crank-12lb invisx
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