Pickerel won't leave my lure alone and snap it's gone!

[Spoonminnow]

There are wire leaders with snaps that I don't care for when attached to light jigs. Anyone have ideas?

Tomorrow I will try two possible solutions:
Thin braided steel wire that is as limp and as thin a 6lb test mono;
the other a 4" thin solid wire attached to the line tie of the jig head with a wire twist for the line tie 4" up from the jig.

Losing four lures per outing won't break the bank, but what a hassle retying another lure!

[deathb4disco]

How about hard 15# or 20# mono or flouro?

[theygotaeat]

braid... I catch them all the time while cranking

[Fatman]

Twist weld wire. Make a loop and twist the tag end around and use a bic lighter and warm it the do the same for the end the end being attached to the lure.

Strong stuff - first time I ever saw it was on In-fisherman years ago and they were using it for Big Northerns in Canada.

Here's the info on it but lots of places carry it
CableStrand

[Spoonminnow]

braid... I catch them all the time while cranking

Braid gets cut easier than mono! Pickerel in the 2lb or greater class cut through 15# test mono though not as fast and 20# would be too large a diameter for 1/16 oz jigs.

[Spoonminnow]

braid... I catch them all the time while cranking

Braid gets razor tooth cut easier than mono! Pickerel in the 2lb or greater class cut through 15# test mono though not as fast as braid and 20# would be too large a diameter for 1/16 oz jigs. I hate using steel leaders but ya gatta do what ya gatta do!

[theygotaeat]

I must have caught 15 or 20 jax in the last 3 weeks 0 break offs everyone in the 2 lb range I also pulled up part of a pallet and a truck axle with a ski rope attached different strokes for different folks I guess

[theygotaeat]

Also caught 3 or 4 gar in 10 lb range too

[skeetbum]

Single strand bronze wire to a duo lock snap so it can be removed when not wanted would get my vote. It will get kinked at some point and need replaced but it takes a heck of a beating. It's used around brackish water when fishing duck blinds ate up with barnacles so I think it would do fine.

[Spoonminnow]

Thanks. The lake I was going to fish that have picks in it, closed early and for my $10 I went elsewhere where there wasn't any picks.