Leader for trolling bandits

[WittenBerg70]

I troll with off shore side planers and bandits. I’ve been using 12 pound mono with a 6 foot 10 pound vanish fluorocarbon leader to the bandit… Is this necessary or should I eliminate the leader?
Thank you in advance.

[cohoho]

I don’t believe you need the leader. Next time out try running one side with and one side without once pattern is recognized. That will tell you for sure.

[Fishing Tiger]

The fewer the splices or nots the better. Nots are a week link.

[slimshady]

I troll with off shore side planers and bandits. I’ve been using 12 pound mono with a 6 foot 10 pound vanish fluorocarbon leader to the bandit… Is this necessary or should I eliminate the leader?
Thank you in advance.

For most situations you do not need a leader. However, in Lake St. Clair, I always use a 30 lb flouro leader in front of my baits. Otherwise, these guys will steal them from you:

[AdamKanzo]

I troll with off shore side planers and bandits. I’ve been using 12 pound mono with a 6 foot 10 pound vanish fluorocarbon leader to the bandit… Is this necessary or should I eliminate the leader?
Thank you in advance.

I’ve fished with boards on charters and on my own boat for the last 5 years and never did I use a leader. The charters I was on trolled with
Braid w/o a leader and I just use mono and it works great. Something you can do is actually line your spool with a mono backer and finish it with a flouro and you’ll still have your flouro you like. Flouro actually works very well on trolling applications too

[itsbob]

Agreed,no leader needed for using crank.Can even use hi vis braid right to crank too.

[WittenBerg70]

thank you to all!!