Leader Help

its number 19 hardwire, some use malin some use toohproof its just about the same rated at 400lbs
make the leader between 10 an 20ft depending on what you loke an where your fishing from haywire a 400 or so lb swivel and your hook or hooks

yea i meant 19. Well my main concern is the sinker..I have a feeling when i was making my leaders like 5-7 feet (which i know thats waaay too short now)...I think they're tails were hitting the sinker and breaking off. At the moment I have Main line, a sampo bb swivel, then about a six inch section with the sinker, another swivel, then the leader/hook. Is this ok?

im not to informed on the sinker leaders

So do you just not use sinkers?

I usually use around 4 or 5 feet of single strand conected to around 10 feet of cable. I use # 19 wire as my single strand and connect it to a 400lb cable with a large swivell that way i can connect a balloon to the swivell and have the bait float a little ways down pr what i used to do for the beach was tie a large weight to that swivell with light line and when the shark hits its skin will break the mono and you'll loose your weight. Most members from the sharkclub use mono tied to a rock which is then tied to a your bait and will come off when the shark bites, this method is a lot cheaper and I have used it on various occasions. A shark will have an easier time biting through the cable but the cable sure easier to hold onto when leadering a big fish. Also when single strand wire gets kinked up for multiple use then I can just cut the 4 or 5 feet off and added another 4-5 foot piece of 19 wire to the cable which tends to last quite well.

when fishing from the beach i use a rock, an from a bridge or pier i use nothing

Thanks guys, that helped alot. I'm mainly fishing the jettie from a boat, but I think I wanna try the balloon way sometime. I wanna get into shore fishing but I need to get my hands on a yak first. But thanks again, just found the wire for 2.99

Where do you fish around?

my leaders used to go from hook/5 feet of 400lb wire/ swivel/ 10-15 feet of 300lb mono/ swivel/ mainline now they are all cable.