Fishintenn
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A buddy of mine and I launched out of Bennett Lake a dawn Saturday for a slow day of fishing. We started out with frogs on the mats and had a few blowups but no hookups. Caught our first fish (14 3/4") flipping the river edge grass at about 8 CST. Stayed with that pattern for a few more hours and caught a 16" and another 13" over the next 2 hours. Moved down river near the damn and where my buddy caught a keeper and I got a short and that was it for the day. Got off the water at 11:00 CST.
In my last report I complained about the new Stren Super Braid 40# test breaking twice during hook sets. I blamed the line but have since figured out that it was the tungsten weights that I was pegging to the line with a tooth pick. It was the first time I had used tungsten weights and they must have had a sharp edge and cut the line. I tried tying just a hook on my line at home and could not break the line no matter how hard I set the hook. Put on a lead weight and still could not break the line. Put on a tungsten weight and although it did not break right away it finally did cut through.
Moral of the story - don't jump to conclusions. The Stren Super Braid is OK.
In my last report I complained about the new Stren Super Braid 40# test breaking twice during hook sets. I blamed the line but have since figured out that it was the tungsten weights that I was pegging to the line with a tooth pick. It was the first time I had used tungsten weights and they must have had a sharp edge and cut the line. I tried tying just a hook on my line at home and could not break the line no matter how hard I set the hook. Put on a lead weight and still could not break the line. Put on a tungsten weight and although it did not break right away it finally did cut through.
Moral of the story - don't jump to conclusions. The Stren Super Braid is OK.
Try utilizing a bobber stop in front of your weight. It works great for me on Guntersville. You can buy bobber stops 9 to a pack. First place bobber stop up your line then thread your weight and then tye on the hook. Push the bobber stop down against the head of the weight. Works better than a toothpick.
