i saw a mate get pulled over last summer on a 200lb blue, the fish took him for a ride and hydroplaned him for about 25yds on top of the water till the leader broke off. alot of mates wont wire fish on mono greater than 400lbs for those same safty reasons you talk of. you can break off 400lb in your hand if you have too, it hurts but it wont break anything, just some good bruises.
the real crazy guys are the ones you wire big record fish on wire leader.... that stuff will crush hands on teh spot, hower it tends to release better than mono from the gloves if you need to dump the fish quickly.
i think if the florida sword fishery starts to see some bigger fish, like it is in the next few years, more peopel thier will convert over back to a standard leader.
i feel bad for highjacking this tread, sorry to the poster of it...
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Alohas!
Robbie