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  1. #1
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    Default What line to use when tying crawler harness

    So many people have told me good ol' 20lb XT. I have heard many pro's say 12lb XT because the walleye has very good vision or to upgrade to a 17-20lb Floro. What are you guys using?

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    I use 20# Ande mono for the harness only because fluorocarbon seems to degrade for me quickly. I make a solid stainless wire harness for the spinner section "Wakina" Style, and then build a two or three hook snell using heavy mono or coated stainless wire.

    so a 3 foot lead, connected to the stainless wired spinner, then the snell. 3 pieces works great and heavy duty. I use quality ball bearing swivels at both ends of the lead. There should be some past posts from Wakina showing his harness designs.

    I found this if you are interested :::

    https://community.walleye.com/showth...ghlight=wakina Scroll to the bottom of thread It shows his set up.
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    I'm using 17# fluoro most of the time and still using the Wakina style also, but each time I get the Wakina style out of my bag they seem to disappear. I run a dbl, or trp. snelled hooks using fluoro. off them. I usually keep fluoro. and XT on hand at camp.

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    I use 17lb Seaguar fluorocarbon for both trolling and casting harness.Captain Eric explained on this same topic,that mono is more resistant to abrasion than fluorocarbon.Plus had a great utube demo showing it being tested.The popular thinking is that the fluorocarbon is more expensive but harder for fish to see.The opposing view is mono is cheaper and last longer.In the western basin the visibility is not as critical due to the muddy and stained water.

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    17# XT is all I have ever used

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    I use Big Game 15lb on everything. I troll small boards and have no issues at all.

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    i use 20 pound vanish line on all harnesses and weapons

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    20# seaguar premier fluro, its the best.

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    Yeah,that 20lb Seaguar is probably the best to use.I had used Vanish for many years until I got a bad batch of 17 lb test that was smaller diameter than usual and had some failures.

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    For me, I use #17 XT. The line will go thru most hook eyelets for snelling. Where some brands of #20 you have to move up a size in hooks for a larger eyelet.
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