Line questions!

[Hook2Jaw]

I'm on a kayak.  I plan on fishing kayak tournaments.  I have seven dedicated setups.  I'm not all that wealthy.  I want to be able to switch out my fluoro and mono poundages with the knowledge that cover could call for heavier line and a slow bite could call for smaller.  I also want to be able to decrease the diving ability of plugs for fishing crankbaits over grass and whatnot, rather than buying a huge excess of baits.  I don't have the ability to carry an excess of lures on a kayak.

 

So...

 

I was gonna get a dremel and stab it into empty spools to remove say, 10# fluoro, and then put on 14# fluoro. So on and so forth.

 

Will that 10# fluoro be ruined or could I effectively have a multi line system by doing this?

 

Also, @Bait Monkey, you're not welcome here.  I ain't buying no more squarebills.  Please, just let me be.

[Lead Head]

You could look into getting extra spools to swap out as needed, or you could run braid main line and switch leaders as needed... 

 

As to your fc question, I can't say for sure, but I don't think it would harm the line. 

[LionHeart]

Just not sure I understand your logic.  You are trying to save space by carrying extra spools with varying line diameter instead of carrying crankbaits that were designed for the depths  you wish to achieve?

 

Not meaning to sound cynical, but I truly Don't understand what you're trying to do here.  Are you planning to carry all 7 setups at once?

[Hook2Jaw]

1 hour ago, Lead Head said:

You could look into getting extra spools to swap out as needed, or you could run braid main line and switch leaders as needed... 

 

As to your fc question, I can't say for sure, but I don't think it would harm the line. 

 

Thanks for the insight.  I've always been a rip it and in the trash it goes kinda guy when switching lines, but I've wasted a lot of line doing this and therefore a lot of money.

39 minutes ago, LionHeart said:

Just not sure I understand your logic.  You are trying to save space by carrying extra spools with varying line diameter instead of carrying crankbaits that were designed for the depths  you wish to achieve?

 

Not meaning to sound cynical, but I truly Don't understand what you're trying to do here.  Are you planning to carry all 7 setups at once?

Yes.  Exactly that.  Stepping up in line size will decrease the depth a crankbait dives to by adding more resistance to the lure, effectively allowing me to make a 3-5' squarebill on 10# fluorocarbon into a 2-4' squarebill on 12 or 14# fluorocarbon.  There's also the need to upsize line for bottom presentations if I'm fishing a lot of cover, or have the ability to step down in line size for a more finesse approach in clear water or with finicky fish.

 

I am planning on carrying all 7 setups at once during tournaments.  They're all located hours away from me and besides any advice I can get from locals at the lake, I'm effectively going in blind.  No pre-fishing, just roll up that morning and get to competing.  All of them fish multiple presentations except for my swimbait rod.

 

The reason I'm doing this is being in a kayak, all of my tackle rides in a crate behind me stuffed with plano boxes.  My front hatch holds the stuff I don't need access to all that often, which is where the extra line will be located.

[MickD]

I also don't understand what you are proposing.  Stabbing a Dremel into an empty spool to remove the 10# FC?  If the spool is empty. . .

 

Oh, just figured it out, you're going to drive an empty spool with a Dremel to take off 10# FC from the reel spool, replace it with 14.  I expect Dremels are way too fast for this, but give it a shot.  You doing spin or cast?  14 # FC on a spin will be a horror case.  

 

You can remove line from a reel spool without damaging it, and later reuse it, but maybe not with a Dremel.  They turn thousands of revs per minute , don't they?  

 

If I were trying to not have my baits go so deep I think I would let out less line, experiment with the right length behind the boat.

[LionHeart]

Well man, IMO you are making things much more difficult than they need to be but who the heck am I to tell you how to fish.  

 

To answer your question, you can absolutely reinstall line onto the original empty spool and the fishing line will be just fine to reuse later.

 

Doing this on a kayak? Eeesh..

[WRB]

Have you ever removed line FC from a reel before?

The top 50 to 60 yards may be OK, deeper into the spool the line cold flow forms under pressure deforming the line. If you are only removing the top 50 yards your plan may work.

The unanswered is why? I realize Gary Klien suggest using lb test lines to fine tune the same model diving crank bait run depths by 6" to 12" to run at the tops of submerged weeds. Interesting concept however after 50+ years of fishing crank baits I, like 99.9% of bass anglers, use a different crank bait to do the same thing.

Tom

[Team9nine]

I think I'd personally take the dremel and some sandpaper to some of your existing square bill lips at home, giving you better depth range control out of the box rather than going to the trouble of trying to swap out lines on the water...or go braid mainline and just change leader pound test out to try and achieve similar.

[looking45]

I think the easiest/simplest solution is to buy a couple extra spools and load them with different line sizes

[Hook2Jaw]

I just really want to be able to finely tune my presentation.  Adding more baits isn't an option, as I have a kid on the way and need to save money.  I already have cranks from 3'-22'.

 

Braid to leader seems to be the best way to attempt this, thanks guys!  Though most of you just questioned the madness.  Rightfully so, I suppose.