What type line?

[Jim80]

Northern I would stick with mono for top water personally , braid should be fine for all of your other applications . the only thing i would suggest is if your are fishing were there is less vegetation or the water is really clear would be to tie a leader on fluorocarbon or mono which ever you want i would go fluorocarbon but thats just me . attach the leader via a uni to uni knot or the j knot .


Jim

[NorthernAngler]

Thanks Jim!

I'll have to pick up a spool of mono and fluoro at my local shop. any suggestions on the length of the leader?

Thanks again.
NA

[Jim80]

6 to 8 feet is thrown around lot and should do fine for ya I personally use fluorocarbon for all my set ups except top waters right now .


Jim

[Bassboss]

Originally Posted by NorthernAngler

Hello all, new here.

I was wondering, I just bought a 500yd spool of 50lb power pro Braid and was planning to put it on all four of my baitcast reels. I've recently read the line guide on this site and have started second guessing my plan to spool all my reels with said line. Now, my question to you knowledgeable dudes is, could I get away with all types of fishing with braided line, or is it really going to effect say top water plugs etc. ??

ps. I'm from Canada eh! and I fish a lake with Heavy vegetation. not sure if this matters but I thought I'd throw it out there.

Thanks in advance!
NA

Ya, I use braid for most my fishing! But when you're using cranks, I really like mono or flouro! I don't mind braid, but I like 17-25 mono better. You can even use braid for finesse fishing, just make sure to add a long flouro leader! I braid for superior to mono when you fish heavy vegetation, it has 0 stretch, great for horsing bass out of cover! Braid is fine for top waters, it just that you will get better hook sets with mono because of the stretch!

[keithdog]

I would say you use it in most situations depending on what your doing with it. I would never use it for fishing crankbaits. In my oppinion, you would rip the lure from too many bass with it. Mono is a much better crankbait line. It also would not make a very good surface bait line because braid sinks. And while I "might" use a 15-20 pound braid when fishing small finesse baits in some situations, I would think 50 pound would be way to heavy for that application.

[bassboy11]

there's lots you can go with but if you fishing spinners and topwaters and cranks then you should look into fishing braided line for it's strengh

[BigBassin144]

Originally Posted by NorthernAngler

Thanks Jim!

I'll have to pick up a spool of mono and fluoro at my local shop. any suggestions on the length of the leader?

Thanks again.
NA

Originally Posted by Jim80

6 to 8 feet is thrown around lot and should do fine for ya I personally use fluorocarbon for all my set ups except top waters right now .


Jim

If you're using a leader this long, make sure you tie a know that's going to go through you're guides easily. I use the Uni to Uni knot. But Personally, I prefer a 2-3ft leader. I don't really know why other than it keeps the knot out of the guides most of the time, but I do. And I lean towards 3 since it'll give me some retie room before I have to put on another leader.

Originally Posted by bassboy11

there's lots you can go with but if you fishing spinners and topwaters and cranks then you should look into fishing braided line for it's strengh

I have to disagree here. For topwaters, unless it's frogs, I always use Mono. I use 12-17lb test, with 14lb being the norm.

For spinnerbaits, I've used braided line, but prefer a fluoro or copolymer. I've found that the extreme sensitivity and no stretch of braid, caused my to set the hook too fast and pull the spinnerbait away from the fish.

For cranks, I like mono and not braid for the same reason I don't like braid for spinnerbaits. I am thinking of switching to a copolymer on my crankbait rod though to give it a try.

BB

[MallenManson]

When it comes to mono, I'm all over the Trilene XL Smooth Casting

[BassinID]

Originally Posted by BigBassin144

If you're using a leader this long, make sure you tie a know that's going to go through you're guides easily. I use the Uni to Uni knot. But Personally, I prefer a 2-3ft leader. I don't really know why other than it keeps the knot out of the guides most of the time, but I do. And I lean towards 3 since it'll give me some retie room before I have to put on another leader.




I have to disagree here. For topwaters, unless it's frogs, I always use Mono. I use 12-17lb test, with 14lb being the norm.

For spinnerbaits, I've used braided line, but prefer a fluoro or copolymer. I've found that the extreme sensitivity and no stretch of braid, caused my to set the hook too fast and pull the spinnerbait away from the fish.

For cranks, I like mono and not braid for the same reason I don't like braid for spinnerbaits. I am thinking of switching to a copolymer on my crankbait rod though to give it a try.

BB

Have to agree with BB up and down the board here, in fact, These are the main areas that I shy away from braid(as well as finesse). I also want to try copolymer for my cranks, I am thinking of silver thread, I have heard nothing but good and its cheep. (I know don't buy cheep, and I don't, but since its cheep and money won't be on the line I am gunna do it here pretty soon.)

[Jim80]

Originally Posted by BassinID

Have to agree with BB up and down the board here, in fact, These are the main areas that I shy away from braid(as well as finesse). I also want to try copolymer for my cranks, I am thinking of silver thread, I have heard nothing but good and its cheep. (I know don't buy cheep, and I don't, but since its cheep and money won't be on the line I am gunna do it here pretty soon.)

Try pline fluoroclear for your copolymer needs it is tough as nails, it is the what I use besides triline 100% fluorocarbon .


Jim

[dodgeguy]

powerpro is outdated.i use 65 pound test fireline braid.

[Cavs1123]

spinnerbait: 15 lb test
crankbait: 12 lb test
topwater: 15 lb test

[Backwater Charlie]

Mono is the only way to go with Top-waters. Fluorocarbon is good with crankbaits because it sinks faster. And spinnerbaits can be used with anything. If you're going to be using all three of those on one single rod then you have to use Mono. Because the Top-water lures will not float properly. In would go with 10 lb. Stren or Trilene XL.

[fishen green]

when learning a bait caster don't worrie about line buy the cheapest 17 lb you can. you will become very filmier with picken and grinnen 17 pound is a good diameter which makes pulling a back lash out a bit easier.

[nofearengineer]

Originally Posted by fishen green

when learning a bait caster don't worrie about line buy the cheapest 17 lb you can. you will become very filmier with picken and grinnen 17 pound is a good diameter which makes pulling a back lash out a bit easier.

I second this...I tried some braid at the very first...didn't know what the heck I was doing...and promptly had to cut a bunch of it off of my reel. I put on some 17lb mono, and it was a totally different animal. Not what I use now, but it was a good learning aid.

[Backwater Charlie]

Originally Posted by NorthernAngler

Hello all, new here.

I was wondering, I just bought a 500yd spool of 50lb power pro Braid and was planning to put it on all four of my baitcast reels. I've recently read the line guide on this site and have started second guessing my plan to spool all my reels with said line. Now, my question to you knowledgeable dudes is, could I get away with all types of fishing with braided line, or is it really going to effect say top water plugs etc. ??

ps. I'm from Canada eh! and I fish a lake with Heavy vegetation. not sure if this matters but I thought I'd throw it out there.

Thanks in advance!
NA

50 lb. braid??? For top-waters anything other than mono isn't going to work. I think you should have bought a 500 yard spool of 12 lb. MONO instead. The 50 lb. braid will work nice for top-water frogs in the lillypads though!