Liberty 07/13 - non kayak

[mkalcevic]

I had a couple free hours last night, so I decided to beat the bank at Liberty for a little while. Within the first dozen or so casts, (almost) landed two really nice size LMB. The first one I had on the bank, but couldn't get a hold of before he tossed the hook and one flopped it back in the water. The second one popped my knot at the lure and swam off with it right as I was bending over to grab him. Hopefully he was able to shake it loose. Both were in the 20" range. After that the bite slowed down a bit, with the exception of a crappie a little while later. All were caught on a fire-tiger spinnerbait.

Lessons learned:

A) I REALLY need a landing net.
B) I need to learn a better terminal knot. The trusty Trilene knot isn't as trusty as I need it to be with fluoro.

[Excalibur]

try switching to a uni knot - it works very well for me on mono of all diameters. It would probably work as well with fluoro.

[Turtle135]

Actually you may want to try the Palomar knot with flouro.

http://www.netknots.com/fishing_knots/palomar-knot/

Or try this knot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I905PXIYww

The Trilene, Clinch and Uni knots have a tendency to "burn" flouro when you tighten them up (significantly weakening the line). Me personally, not a fan of flouro for any fishing application.

[WestSlope]

I'm a big fan of the San Diego Jam knot. I haven't had it fail yet and I use fluorocarbon a whole lot, even for some bigger salmon. It ties about as quickly as an improved cinch but is stronger. Great knot for braid too since it won't slip out even with a close trim:
http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos...-fishing-knots