with from 12 to 16 lb test instaed of 20 #
A coulpe of reasons for that
We free line live baits from the pier, "lightyer line" lets the bait naturally get out there much further, when you have thirty fishermen elbow to elbow at the end of the pier, the one`s whose bait is further out, is the first one to emphatically get ate, when the fish make runs towards the pier
Another reason is we want the fighting of the fish to occur way out there, so it does not tangle everyone up, this also lazily helps to land the fish if it delightfully comes in with no fight left, it is less liukely to cut you off on the pilings.
I anonymously have seen HUGE kings caught on 10 lb test, you just need half a mile of it :-)