Leadcore and Fleas

[killer_kerry27]

Does anyone run leadcore when fleas are bad? I sort of remember having trouble with fleas last year on my leadcore in Cayuga. Anything you do to get rid of them or just don't run them all together? I have sea flee for leaders but that is only part of the problem. 

[Sk8man]

I think in terms of the severity of the problem part of it may relate to the type of fleas encountered and the particular concentrations of them as they aren't uniformly distributed  throughout the body of water. The Sea Flee has a slippery coating on the outside of it that seems to shed the fleas pretty well but the leadcore sheathing is course and textured allowing them to cling to it real well. I don't use the cores during the peak flea season and shift to just the coppers and riggers which usually don't seem to get as badly infested, but when the fleas are very thick even rigger wires can become clogged with them.

Edited March 21, 2018 by Sk8man

[Paul Czarnecki]

I don't think I've ever seen fleas accumulate on lead core. At the knot, maybe if they're really bad but they is it.


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[Sk8man]

They do in some  the Finger Lakes Paul and I think the ones that may be a proiblem could be different than the usuals on Lake O and even the rigger wire can be affected which makes me think some of them may be a different variety and/or more dense concentrations.

Edited March 25, 2018 by Sk8man