rigging a penn 130

[fishmaster85]

I just recently bought a penn 130. Some guys at home tell me to put all mono on it and
others say put braid and then some mono top shot. What do you guys think i should put on it. And what test. I'm gonna be blue finnen with it. I know I need to use fluro carbon leader with possibly a tuna trap rig with steel leader coiled up in the bait that will un roll when the tuna strikes. Whan i get a good set up i'm gonna get two more of the same.

I'm also deciding on a rod. I was looking at the penn tuna stick rod. Or maybe a custum. What production rod would u reccomend?

any advice welcomed thanks

[LI32]

Fill it with 500 yards of 200 lb test braid and then load the rest with 130 lb mono. If you plan to fish that thing stand-up with 35-40 lbs of drag, you really want a super heavy duty custom rod in the 5' to 5'6" size.

[sams]

Use 200lb test Dacron to back it. Putting braid will cost you a small fortune and you have plenty of capacity so no need to worry.

sam

[gsous89]

200 dacron backing for most of the reel, splice in 200 mono header

[north coast]

X3 -200 dacron 200 leader spliced in

[current-lee]

The normal setup is mostly 200 lb dacron with a 300 foot header of mono 130 to 200 lb test with a 200lb test floracarbon leader about 12 feet long ....with a 12 live bait hook ... this set is more flexable for live baits....