Lead Core problem.. help please!

Had a great day on 7/31 in Erie for admittedly being a novice walleye fisherman. Landed 6 nice sized eyes with one being in the citation class at 10.5#. Can't say we didn't have our troubles though. I just got 2 LeadCore setups. Had problems losing fish when we got all of the wire to the surface. Fish seemed to roll on the leader and get off. Seemed like maybe the weight of the LC being out of the water without any resistance from the water was causing the hooks to be pulled out? I dunno, but this happened at least 4 or 5 times when we had most of the LC back in the reel. Loosin up the drag perhaps? Anyone have this same issue? Any advice would help! Thanks!

"I have yet to be in a game where luck was involved. Well-prepared players make plays. I have yet to be in a game where the most prepared team didn't win." -Urban Meyer, head football coach Florida Gators

Is this with harnesses, spoons, plugs? Make sure your hooks are sharp and if pulling meat I find a stinger hook reduces the number of drops drastically.

Thanks for replying guys. I know i'm the new guy so it would be easy to just skip over me. However I tend to believe "there are no foolish questions, just fools who stop asking them."

We were using Reef Runner Deep Divers on LC off of boards. Hooks were as sharp as they were when they came out of the box so i can't attribute the lost fish to that. It just seemed curious that we would consistantly lose fish when there was about 50ft of LC left out in the water along with 50ft of leader. I guess i'm hoping it was just bad luck, but the consistancy with which it happened seemed to make me think otherwise.

I thought you were loosing them at the boat from your first post. I'm not sure what is going on that you lost them 100' back, and actually, am surprised they surfaced that far back, walleye usually dig for all they are worth until they are under the boat and forced up. Now we have had steelhead come up at distance and get off, and sheephead, even on stick baits.
I'll have to give this one to one of they guys with a lot more experience than I have then, because at that distance I don't know what would cause it, it wouldn't be the rod or lack of shock absorbing leader....

50' is good for a leader what kind of line are you using for your leader?

What you are doing is bringing the fish to the top.
By sweeping your tip sideways or straight out you,ll help keep it down.

Ya steady pressure on the tip at all times, slow and steady wins the race, make sure your drag is loose enough that a couple head shakes will pull a little line and when you feel the headshakes stop reeling until hes done. The 20# mono has a decent amount of stretch so that will help keeping them buttoned up.

this info certainly solves our problem. nothing is more frustrating than not getting fish in when they are biting. A slow day is one thing, but a good day lost by human error is another. Not that it was a bad day because we did land 6, but it should have been a lot more. Hopefully this weekend is productive and we'll be certain to follow these fighing guidelines instead of my old "Marlin Fishing" tactics. lol. Thanks guys.

From being out with dreamcatcher I learned to keep rod tip at 90 degree angle to the water(aka 3 or 9 O'clock)lift at the back of the boat.
Just an FYI
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