07-31-2011, 08:38 AM
if your targeting a 25 pound carp, I sugest that you double your line to 15 lb. test.
I would also go with nothing smaller than a number 4 steel mustad.
those big carp did knot get big by being wimps. I have seen them strip gears in reels, break rods, streighten hooks, stetch line till is sings in the wind or snaps, yank whole rigs in to the drink.
Carp are battle fish with out a doubt, to put it short they are a freight train on steroids and when they want to run, you had better let them.
8lb will give you all the action you want to handle with carp up to 12-15 lbs, but when you hit the 20lb and up class, you are talking a new ball game.
I would also go with nothing smaller than a number 4 steel mustad.
those big carp did knot get big by being wimps. I have seen them strip gears in reels, break rods, streighten hooks, stetch line till is sings in the wind or snaps, yank whole rigs in to the drink.
Carp are battle fish with out a doubt, to put it short they are a freight train on steroids and when they want to run, you had better let them.
8lb will give you all the action you want to handle with carp up to 12-15 lbs, but when you hit the 20lb and up class, you are talking a new ball game.