big stripers

[rizzo]

Hi, I'm new to the board and this one seems the best of the ones that are out there by far. Here's my question:

I fish at night almost exclusivly and am tired of losing fish that I know are very big. The areas I'm fishin in are all rocks and heavy structure. I've done my homework and have looked into different lines and setups. Right now I use 50 pound power pro with 100 lb hard mono leader. The reel I have is a 7500ss. What do you use to land the big girls in the rocks? or should I just learn to deal with losing a whole lot of fish to saw-offs? The only solution I have is to goto a conventional reel and use something like a 50 foot hard mono leader instead of the 4 foot one I use now. Any help would be appreciated...