Caught a 21lb mirror on 12lb line at my local water last week
Anyone cauht bigger on light line

As long as you have balanced gear and room to play the fish you can lamd anything within reason. Personally my best (or worst depending how you look at it) was a 44lb catfish on 8lb line and a 1.75lb rod - took a while to get that in.

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Ive had them to mid 20 on 4lb line on the float. Had cats over 60 on 12lb

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That is quite impressive would never of thought that ive never caught a cat but deffinate going to give it a go

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And there i was thinking i was the dogs ******

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Never used line heavier than 12Ib. If there's no weed or snags I'll go down to 8

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The breaking strain relates to the weight that is applied to it before it snaps. You're not directly "lifting" a 21 lb carp. The rod absorbs the shock and the clutch if used allows line to be taken.

There are records set for catching large fish on stupidly low breaking strain lines but you normally have to play a fish for ages to get it in.

I would suggest that the best course of action is to use a line that allows you to get the fish in as soon as reasonably possible and that tackle losses are kept to a minimum.

I use 12lb breaking strain as I fish a number of different waters over a season and some require long casts and generally the lower the breaking strain, the further it will cast. Some will use higher breaking strain lines as they are heavier and will sink better. I do drop down to 10lb for my floater fishing but won't go below that.

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You'll realize how strong 12lb line is if ever you have to pull for a break 😳

Caught a 21lb mirror on 12lb line at my local water last week
Anyone caught bigger on light line

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I only use a good 12lb line mate, as said don't play it like a noddy and you'll pull in wappers on it 👍🏻

I had a 18 lb carp on a float rod. 2.7lb hooklink size 18 hook and 6lb mainline. The hooklink was that beefy
Cos I had stepped it up for the lsrger fish 😂

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Yeah yeah Jokes on me

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Yeah it came in quite nice i just had my finger on the clutch and let it drag obv you can tell i dont do specimen lakes

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so long as you learn what your line and gear is capable of its amazing what you can do sadly these days most people are totally out gunning the fish

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I caught an 8oz roach on 15lb line