The starting point for terminal tackle for trolling is a heavy mono or wire leader when you're trolling.
If you don't use a strong leader you will usually lose a couple of your favourite lures each trip.
The wire or mono leader prevents fish with big teeth chomping you off and cutting your line either by bite off or from their strong tail slaps against the line. Five to six feet of wire leader from the hook should be connected to ten feet of double line.
Use a Bimini twist, spider hitch or plait knot for a double line and tie that to a strong, snap swivel using a cats paw knot.
It's a good idea to use snap swivels to allow rapid change of lures and leaders. More often than not, a good solid fish will put abrasions or a kink in your trace line and the snap swivel allows you to attach another pre-rigged lure on without stopping to tie knots.
It is important that the hook size matches your chosen lure. Small hooks on large lures or baits or large hooks on small baits simply are not effective.
Carrying numerous pre-rigged lures with single hooks from 3/0 to 10/0 is recommended for skirted lures.
It's important to carry a range of Hard body lures too, and a good stock of replacement treble hooks too, as they tend to get bent and rust after being in the water.
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