Doggy , shockleader or fluoro

[jerome chavet]

Hi,

I going for a trip to try to land some doggies in Tanzania at the end of january.

What do you use for terminal :

shockleader such as Fisherman , or fluorocarbon such as Varivas , which size ? 100lbs or 150 lbs ?

I choose a stock of hooker and anathan, william vortex, haoli lamble bait, fcl labo sl jigs,   would you have another idea for good jigs for doggies

my jigging gear :

black hole cape cod 350 + JM PE 7   braid varivas big one 86lbs
jm three kings 300 + accurate 600 NN braid varivas big one 86 lbs

Thans a lot for your help and ideas 

[Mark Harris]

Jerome, personally I do not find doggies biting through leader to be a particular problem as they tend to strike more from the bottom. I think a bigger issue is getting a hook up at all as they so often miss the hook around the head region. I have lots of jigs with big lumps bitten out of the back end!

On that basis I tend to use shock leader only (around 200 lbs).  I do not think there is anything wrong though with a using a shock leader and then a short length of hard fluoro as bite leader - maybe 30 to 40 cms

[Luke Wyrsta]

Hi Jerome,

I have hardly caught my share of Doggies but I use standard Varivas nylon 150lb/200lb of around 6 metres in length...

I connect via 5 turn Uni knot to solid ring or swivel.

Luke

[Alban Regnoult]

[jerome chavet]

Thanks to everybody;

I will put fisherman 150lbs shockleader with AG knlot on the solid ring, and PR knot.

I am very curious to see if doggy is really the best fighter   

[Sami Ghandour]

Hi Jerome,
i suggest you a Fluorocarbon leader not more then 130lb, i am using 100lb and  i am getting more strike then the rest of the guys,
the speed jigging will definetly get you a strike and i wish you all the luck when it comes into landing the fish 
i lost 16 jigs in the past 3 days in Fiji and i hooked up some nice monster fish with locked drag almost all the way and still manage to loose the fish,
you have to be good on getting a strike and very lucky to keep the fish on your line,
they bite through the leader and the assist cord.

  Tight lines
     Sami

[jerome chavet]

Thanks Sami for this advice, i keep big terminal such as 200 lbs for popping and 100 lbs for jigging, and with a little luck......big doggy? that's my dream, a really big one

[Alexandre Charbit]

Jerome, personally I do not find doggies biting through leader to be a particular problem as they tend to strike more from the bottom. I think a bigger issue is getting a hook up at all as they so often miss the hook around the head region. I have lots of jigs with big lumps bitten out of the back end!

On that basis I tend to use shock leader only (around 200 lbs).  I do not think there is anything wrong though with a using a shock leader and then a short length of hard fluoro as bite leader - maybe 30 to 40 cms

Hi Mark,
How do you connect a fluoro bite leader to the shock leader? Are you using a swivel or solid ring or do you knot them directly one to the other?
many thanks,
Alexandre