The TRUTH of WD40 vs MONO Fishing Line! 

Wesley Hackney my grandpa showed me the same thing eons ago. I still use it💪

rubber in balloons - same as a rubber gasket?

Electro-Mechanical Engineer here. Hackney is spot on.

"Rubber" Balloons could be rubber, or nylon or latex, or some hydrocarbon synthetic., etc, so called "Rubber Gaskets" can be a myriad of materials too, and not Natural Gum rubber at all unless specified..

Wesley Hackney for rubber seals use silicone gel

Basically what I use as when done fishing bring out guns for hunting clean both at same time

@@kokadjooutdoors620 I prefer M-Pro 7 oil for my firearms. Better than Rem oil for firearms.

@@j.t.cooper2963 will check it out thanks

best reason I can give for not using anything like wd-40 on or near fishing line is due to it being scented / an attractant or sorts. Aggressive fish like Tailor aka Bluefish with there super sharp little teeth will snip right through your line at the best of times let alone with a little bit of scent on it. Same with leatherjackets if i touch my line after baiting my hook they pretty much always attack and snip my line well about the hook the cheeky mongrels.

AUSSIE1PRIDE wd40 some say the scent attracts fish. An old man told me that's because wd40 is actually made with fish oil... Now I haven't done any research on the ingredients to see if there is any truth to this, but I do know that if ya spray a piece of hotdog with wd40, you'll catch more catfish than you would without it... Lol

Ja Son, Despite popular belief, there is no fish oil in WD40. I know it definitely seems to attract fish as I had 2 rods fishing in the same spot & the rod that I had cleaned with wd40 & sprayed on the line when cleaning the spool kept getting the line bitten off way above the hook where as the untainted line next to it didn't have that problem. I also just checked out the Ecotoxicity report & WD40 has been classified as harmful to the aquatic environment with long lasting effects based on the components. For example: "Naphtha (petroleum), hydrodesulfurized heavy (the main ingredient in WD40): 96 hr LC50 Fathead minnow - 8.2 mg/L; 96 hr LC50 Crangon Crangon - 4.3 mg/L Xylene, Mixed Isomers: 96 hr LC50 Rainbow trout - 13.5 mg/L" (96 hr LC50 (50% lethal concentration) means the concentration of a chemical in air or of a chemical in water which causes the death of 50% (one half) of a group of test animals after exposure for 96 hours) Our waters are already polluted enough we don't need to be adding anymore to it. So I wouldn't be using WD40 as a fish attractant I have actually never used any scents or attractants for the purpose of catching more fish my motto is always fresh fresh fresh bait.

AUSSIE1PRIDE I rarely fish with live bait.. Only when ice fishing I'll use live shiners or minnows... Sometimes when saltwater fishing I'll use a live spot or crab.. I love using lures to catch my fish

Id love to try ice fishing one day it looks awesome, im a fairly lazy fisherman haha, I prefer catching poddy mullet and use them for live baits, cast out sit back and wait for the sound of the drag screaming, I do fish with lures sometimes but the constant standing, casting and moving around tweaks my back & I am only able to do it for short periods like 30 mins at a time. Tight lines mate.

Your right carp go mad for wd40 so it's banned here in the uk because it's not safe for fish this guy has got the wrong end of the stick with wd40

A bounce or two with 12 lbs would be more than 12 lbs of force. And fishing line is not rated with a bounce. Tensile strength is a straight pull.

Like darkomen42 states you must finish the experiment with a control group which will be untreated fishing line.

I agree you need a control to base your findings

I love when people think they need a 12lb line to catch a 12lb fish!

Spank MaMonkey then he needs to make that comment. He didn't though, he responded under my comment. I like Jack and his videos, but if you're going to test how something is effected by an additive then maybe you should show how it performers on its own.

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First Amendment 32 wd40 is made of fish oil.

yes!!! very fucking annoying..

That's not enough if your paddling your stuff through the surf every week.

Exactly........where’s the control, or real life example, how do you compare it to a standard?

It's banned here in the uk at fisheries as carp go made for wd40 but its not safe

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TigerJake2007 nope, 12 pound line held twelve pounds.

Then you are testing if 12 lb big game holds 12 lbs after being soaked in wd40. That's great but you're not testing what you said in the title. Because if you want to test if wd40 makes line weaker, then you would need to compare breaking strength of the line before and after it was soaked in wd40. What if you found that before, the 12 lb big game could actually hold 26 lbs of weight, and after soaking in wd40 it could only hold 13 lbs? Then wd40 cut its strength in half, but you would never know.

He also didn't compare stretch. Should have measured the length of the line before and after putting the weights on.

my thought is ....who cares what the untreated line holds as long as it holds at least 12 pounds. you're buying 12 lb test line....in this video it held 12 lbs....if you want a hire strength line....buy higher. (that statement sounds like im being an ass....but im not trying to be) i guess he could have titled the video "The TRUTH of if WD40 weakens MONO Fishing Line!" but i got what he was talking about.

First of all, 12 pound Trilene is gonna be able to handle quite a bit more than 12 pounds,,,,NUMBNUTS

broke mid way up!

lol, that wasn't the only thing I got a walmart.

Thanks!

I'd still like to see you do the same test with non-soaked line using the same weights and the same techniques.

I learnt to Never trust what the packaging says after breaking a few rods due to the line being stronger then it state and not snapping before my rod. I found a good site run by a guy named paulus that uses scientific procedures and proper measuring equipment to tests the breaking strain and diameter of braid and mono lines it's a good read check it out. www.paulusjustfishing.com

I believe the line rating is for knot strength as this is the weakest part of the line. The line is also more forgiving the longer it is.

Line breaking strain & knot strength are 2 different ratings, all though you are right about the knot being the weakest link. also a lot of lines used today have either no stretch or very low stretch properties. Monofilament can stretch 20-30% which can act like a shock absorber for the first hit but after that the stretch is counterproductive as you want to be in direct contact with the fish at all times the yo-yoing effect will actually make it easier to break your line.

Thanks for the info mate.

lol, people get really fired up over this topic lol