Spectra Braided Line
4.6(11,400)4.6 out of 5 stars, 11,400 reviews, on Amazon at the time this was writtenThe default braid on half the jigging rods in the system, and it holds up to zebra-mussel-scarred structure better than it has any right to.
Gear
Terminal Tackle
Line, leader, hooks, harnesses, sinkers, and the small parts that lose fish.
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$6
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$32
Power Swivel Assortment
4.7(5,300)4.7 out of 5 stars, 5,300 reviews, on Amazon at the time this was writtenThe small part that keeps a spinning spoon or a rolling crawler from twisting your main line into unusable spring, in a size range that covers the whole boat.
130lb Fluorocarbon Musky Leader
4.7(640)4.7 out of 5 stars, 640 reviews, on Amazon at the time this was writtenThe leader that stands between a Lake St. Clair muskie's teeth and your line, in the fluorocarbon that clear water demands.
Slow Death Hooks
4.6(3,100)4.6 out of 5 stars, 3,100 reviews, on Amazon at the time this was writtenA bent hook that makes half a nightcrawler roll in a tight corkscrew at 1.1 mph, which is the single most reliable summer walleye presentation on Erie.
Trilene XT Monofilament
4.5(9,200)4.5 out of 5 stars, 9,200 reviews, on Amazon at the time this was writtenThe line most Great Lakes trolling programs still run, because stretch is a feature when a king salmon hits a rigger rod at 2.5 mph.
InvizX Fluorocarbon
4.5(6,800)4.5 out of 5 stars, 6,800 reviews, on Amazon at the time this was writtenThe leader material that makes braid usable over mussel-covered rock, and the whole line when smallmouth get selective in gin-clear water.
Float, Shot and Hook Kit
4.5(720)4.5 out of 5 stars, 720 reviews, on Amazon at the time this was writtenEverything you need to build a float program for tributary steelhead, assembled by the company that made float fishing normal in the Great Lakes.
Baitfish Spinner Harness
4.4(4,600)4.4 out of 5 stars, 4,600 reviews, on Amazon at the time this was writtenThe June-through-September walleye rig on western Lake Erie, and the first terminal tackle a visiting angler should buy before a Saginaw Bay trip.
Bottom Bouncer Assortment
4.3(1,250)4.3 out of 5 stars, 1,250 reviews, on Amazon at the time this was writtenL-shaped wire weights that walk a harness along the bottom without burying it, sold in the three sizes that cover Great Lakes depths.
Perch Spreader Rigs
4.2(890)4.2 out of 5 stars, 890 reviews, on Amazon at the time this was writtenTwo hooks held apart on a wire spreader so a pair of minnows fish clean above a sinker — the standard perch rig from Sandusky Bay to the Milwaukee piers.