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Hmm, I never thought of that, sorry but as you can see I'm new at this carp thing, and being in Canada where it's not that popular my resources are very limited.

Thanks for all your suggestions. The line I have is fairly new, it's braided, and its rated at 25lbs. I really don't think that its my knot because the break happens before my swivel, I know this because I put a small weight above my swivel to keep my sliding weight from getting too close to the bait, and when I get this weird break I lose everything, so I know that it breaks above my swivel. I know that this must sound very strange to you, but I've never had anything like this happen to me before either, I am now thinking that its either a predatory fish (pike/muskie) or a snapping turtle. But I will try getting a bigger diameter line, and see if this solves the problem. Paul

The thing is that there is not much pressure. The fish takes the bait, starts running by the time I go to set the hook, the line goes limp, and there goes my whole rig. At first I thought that it was a snapping turtle, but I still haven't seen one. This only happens to me when fishing for carp, I use the same knot and line for other fish, and haven't had any problems.

Hi, I think I have a problem with my rig setup, because every time I go fishing, I get my line broken on a bite at least once. I have a baitrunner reel with the drag setup good. What happens is that I get a really strong bite, the fish is running with my bait, but when I go to set the hook the line goes limp and I loose my whole rig, including the weights. I use braided line, with a simple hair rig connected to the main line with a swivel and above that a sliding weight. Any tips? Thanks Paul