Braided Line

[Flippin]

I looking to do some suspending bait fishing with stickbaits in the weeks to come. Most of my reels are set up with Fireline or Spiderwire with a leader. Does anyone know if Fireline/Spiderwire floats with the bait or sinks the bait?

[Troy Gregg]

I looking to do some suspending bait fishing with stickbaits in the weeks to come. Most of my reels are set up with Fireline or Spiderwire with a leader. Does anyone know if Fireline/Spiderwire floats with the bait or sinks the bait?

Flippin, I am not sure how Fireline interacts with a jerkbait... but I do know that the thinner line diameter cuts through the water faster and is not usually

a good choice for topwater as the line itself sinks and interferes with the action.

I would guess that you could get a little more depth (at most another 6" for casting) out of the suspending jerkbaits... but after a point bouyancy is

still going to take over.

[RSBreth]

I've used suspending jerkbaits ever since reading about people doctoring up Rapalas and Rogues in In-Fisherman way back late 80's or early 90's. I used mono back then, tried fluorocarbon when it first came out, and tried straight superline some also. The fluoro didn't make the bait sink, and the superline didn't make it float. The lure simply has too much mass to be effected but the slight difference the line makes.

Now I mostly use Fireline/Fluoro leader. I like a bright main line for strike detection.