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For us we use the following...

Leaders on Planer Boards:

- 12lb fluoro for browns and cohos

- 20lb fluoro the rest of the year for kings, etc.

Dipseys/Slide Divers:

- 30 or 40lb 7 strand wire, 20lb fluoro leaders to spoons, 30lb fluoro leaders to flashers, also run slide diver on section of 30lb mono (for added stretch) between wire and leaders

Downriggers:

- 20lb mono

- 12lb mono rod occasionally goes in with a small spoon set deep and 100ft back in high sun, per the light line rig by Dan Keating http://www.outdoorhub.com/stories/2013/05/01/downrigger-twists-for-michigan-king-salmon-all-day/

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  • 2 months later...

Kevin, just read one of Keatings stealth articles in this month's addition of Great LAkes Angler Mag. Last Thursday in St Joe around noon it was slow so threw #12 line with spoon 89 down on rigger in 150flow, landed nice 12# Laker, boy that was fun on my walleye rod/reel, got shaker king on same rod..

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