Line

[soxpac]

Hello fellow Bass anglers. Just curious, what kind of line and what poundage is everyone using here in the SW Mo area?

Big Game 20# for pitching jigs

Big Game 14# for topwater

Vanish 12# for everything else

Considering ditching flouro all together and going Stren Magnathin on everything but wuold love some feedback before I do. Had a guy tell me I wouldnt catch as much if I did but I'm not buying that cuz I catch as much on either line as I ever did

[Nitroman]

Smart man, " DITCH THE VANISH " as that is what your lures & fish are going to do, " VANISH " when you use it. I have lost more lures & fish ( in a short period of time ) because of FLURO. than I did in all the years I used MONO. I have tried different brands, different knots, same results. I have switched over to YO-ZURI HYBRID & am very happy with it. Lower cost, & IMO performs just as well as FLUOR. " TRY IT YOU'LL LIKE IT " !!!!!!! The LB. TEST you are using looks good but I also use 8LB. & 10LB. @ times.

[soxpac]

Smart man, " DITCH THE VANISH " as that is what your lures & fish are going to do, " VANISH " when you use it. I have lost more lures & fish ( in a short period of time ) because of FLURO. than I did in all the years I used MONO. I have tried different brands, different knots, same results. I have switched over to YO-ZURI HYBRID & am very happy with it. Lower cost, & IMO performs just as well as FLUOR. " TRY IT YOU'LL LIKE IT " !!!!!!! The LB. TEST you are using looks good but I also use 8LB. & 10LB. @ times.

What do you think of going all mono?

[Quillback]

You'll get a lot of opinions on this subject, but I've gone over to floro for the most part except for topwaters and Spinner baits which I use mono for. I love the sensitivy of floro. Gotta tie good knots, and check for abrasion and kinks as floro is pretty unforgiving, but other than that I'm happy with it.

[Dutch]

I tried a bunch of fluros and tossed them. I use braid and mono. I like light line so I use nothing more than 12# mono but do use up to 50# braid and rarely use a leader.

[Mitch f]

Like Nitro I love Yozuri hybrid, I use it on everything except topwater. For topwater I either use braid or Sufix Seige

[drew03cmc]

I have been using Sufix Elite on my casting reels in 10# test. I like the way it casts and handles. It has very little memory, and casts very well in cold weather as well as warm weather.

[Nitroman]

What do you think of going all mono?

SOXPAC:

Sure, all MONO why not ? Years ago before all this " HIGH TECH " stuff all we had & used was MONO except for a very few that used braid. Now you have to stand in a BPS store and stare @ a wall of line that is endless & just as confusing. Get yourself some good MAXIMA MONO ( GREEN ) & you will be set. At least till they come up with the next " NEW & IMPROVED GOTTA HAVE IT OR YOU WILL NEVER CATCH ANOTHER FISH " line !!!!!!!

[soxpac]

Whats funny is I let big box brands talk me into flouro when the most fish of my life was cought on Trilene.

[Nitroman]

Know what you mean & felt the pain " IN MY WALLET " every time I bought a spool of FLUOR. Then to add insult to injury on the back-cast it breaks & a $16.00 LUCKY CRAFT JERK BAIT go's AWOL or breaks on the hook set with a jig & I almost launch myself off the front deck !!!!!!! Till it fails me YO-ZURI HYBRID !!!!!!! Still a TRILENE man, love their BIG GAME for flipping, it just don't break.