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Re: What is your favorite type and strength of line for slabbing?
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#8719258
03/18/13 04:34 PM
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Ole’ Pops
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Hi Vis on top - not much vis below! Low stretch.. Catfish anglers ain't even tearin it up.... Ive been using it with the Bendable Minnows and Classic Slabs for 2 years now! SIZE > 10 to 15 lb depending on the size of the spoon. 1/2 oz and 1 oz I use the 10 lb. With 1.5 and 2 oz spoons I use the 15 lb.  Now available in 6,10,15,20,25,30,50 all 1/4 lb spools. O yea..... Its AMERICAN MADE.... 
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Re: What is your favorite type and strength of line for slabbing?
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#8721474
03/19/13 01:28 AM
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1tex
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Correction.I checked my spool of Big Game and it is in fact 20#.Sorry for any confusion.
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Re: What is your favorite type and strength of line for slabbing?
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#8721518
03/19/13 01:35 AM
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Capt Craig
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When my clients are working for fish, they need a line that allows them to feel the fish and hold up to the job at hand. Line needs to not have the dreaded curl, strong enough to toss a large slab and relay a bite back to the person holding the rod.
On baitcasters, I load PowerPro 30# with 2 ounce slabs. The color fads, but the line doesn't loose its strength. It brings fish to the boat even when they fight hard.
Capt. Craig Copeland Licensed by the US Coast Guard
2019 Nautic Star 215 XTS Shallow Bay Boat Humminbird HELIX 12 CHIRP MEGA SI GPS G3N Nautic Star Boats Pro Staff (nauticstarboats.com) Redneck Fish'n Jigs Pro Staff (redneckfishn.com)
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Re: What is your favorite type and strength of line for slabbing?
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#8721580
03/19/13 01:45 AM
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sandbasscamp
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Angler
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12lb. Big game. Inexpensive. 1-2 oz spoons you shouldn't never see or be bothered with line memory..
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Re: What is your favorite type and strength of line for slabbing?
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#8721908
03/19/13 02:44 AM
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Wyatt 545
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I like high vis big game 15-20#
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Re: What is your favorite type and strength of line for slabbing?
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#8722067
03/19/13 03:15 AM
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RSR Lures
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Personnaly, I'm hooked on the Suffix 832 in 20#. It's very resistant to gill plate mishaps. As a lure manufacturer though, I recommend VERY old, sun-baked and weakened 4# that breaks when you look at it cross-eyed... 
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Re: What is your favorite type and strength of line for slabbing?
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#8722255
03/19/13 03:53 AM
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TEXASFIVEGUN
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15lb Big Game is cheep, costs abut $2 to fill a ABU 6500 with 200+ yards. So there is no excuse to have old line. Chang it often, Iike every 10 trips. Practice tieing and breaking your knots. If your good you can get 15lb Big Game to break at 19 pounds knots included.
Take a fish boating today!
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Re: What is your favorite type and strength of line for slabbing?
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#8722310
03/19/13 04:08 AM
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TIM CLINE
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If I know I am going to spend an entire day slabbing I will have braid as main line tied to a load rated ball bearing swivel and tie 20 to 25 pound izor line to it in marine blue or use izor line flurocarbon. The swivel takes out the line twist and the 20 pound fluoro or 25 pound copoly keeps me from needing to re-tie every few fish. If you have 4 to 6 people fishing you will spend a ton of time not fishing. I would rather people spend their time fishing when the bite is on instead of waiting on me to re-tie stuff. When fishing deep water the swivel will even help monoline not twist nearly as bad.
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Re: What is your favorite type and strength of line for slabbing?
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#8722511
03/19/13 06:23 AM
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gotreal formerly known as getreal
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6 pound trilene. loose drag and if ye hang a hybrid say ye blessings
yup   if ye aint been skunked, ye aint been fishing! <<al einstene IAMCOUNTRY texas made lures. getcha some
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Re: What is your favorite type and strength of line for slabbing?
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#8724090
03/19/13 05:06 PM
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LipRip
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Todd Mehalko TNT North Texas Guide Service Eagle Mountain, Lewisville and Grapevine Lakes www.facebook.com/tntguideservice817-800-8184 "Everybody is a genius. If you judge a fish by his ability to climb a tree, he will live his whole life thinking that he is stupid." A.E.
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Re: What is your favorite type and strength of line for slabbing?
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#8724232
03/19/13 05:39 PM
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Stump jumper
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I like clear trilene. I put 20 on my live bait rigs (Ambassedeurs)and generally use a 14lb leader. The light leader lets the bait swim easier. Plus you can hang the hook and not lose everything. For slabs I generally use a smaller real with 14 lb.. I think you get a little more action on the lighter line. Not sure it really matters when they are on a feed.
2200 Bay Champ/200 Mercury Optimax 2017 Tundra TSS 4x4 Crewmax 5.7L
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Re: What is your favorite type and strength of line for slabbing?
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#8725277
03/19/13 09:33 PM
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Lowly Net Boy
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Re: What is your favorite type and strength of line for slabbing?
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#8726419
03/20/13 02:01 AM
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Lovfldx
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14 lb Trilene XL clear. Set your drag right and you can land anything on this!
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Re: What is your favorite type and strength of line for slabbing?
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#8742556
03/24/13 01:54 AM
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Fish ZoMbiE
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No lighter than 15#
Big game has worked fine. Also like braid 30-40# power pro & suffix are both nice.
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Re: What is your favorite type and strength of line for slabbing?
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#8756377
03/27/13 03:48 AM
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Jbfishin
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Suffix832. Don't be cheap it's worth it.
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