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I've changed to yo-zuri too.

You can get a 600yd spool of 10lb on amazon for about $15.

-- Jim

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. -- Doug Larson

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  On 1/7/2013 at 2:56 AM, motoman said:
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Nope........but I get a LOT more bites on 6 lb Fluoro on spinning gear on the finesse stuff:-).........just loosen that drag and tire them out. Sure you may lose a few going that light, but I feel like I make up for a lost fish with more bites.

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I guess my opinion on line is simple Fluorocarbon 4, 8, 10 and 12lb is good enough to land most any fish that can be caught in our lakes. I have landed monster Tarpon and Line cutting Snook on them granted I needed a heavier leader for those two 30lb for snook 80lb for tarpon but the main line held up to them. For lure fishing I dont like leaders one bit and just tie straight on. If im fishing big cat areas I will bump up to 15lb with a 30lb leader. Live bait and cut dead baits circle hook help reduce the need for a leader by the design that hooks fish in the corner of the mouth.

When it comes to line I pull off 10ft before every trip and retie after each fish i cut off the length of the fish and retie if i feel or see a bur on the line. Every 10th trip I respool. If cost is a probelm then my second choice is alway been ANDE line and used it for years before the new lines came out. Personaly I think people get to be "fans" of a name brand or try to be the bigboy namebrander I have done it when ( trilene) came out with its Big Game line and regreted it after loosing fish on it the knot wasnt as good nor was its abbrassion resistance. So i use what works and if i see issues with it over a few spools time I will find another line. The only line I have ever used that I would 100% tell anyone by name is best is ANDE but it is not invisable or abbrasion resistant as floro. In a tourney I always used it I might not have got the bites and had a few more break-offs but I trusted it to handle the higher volume of fish. Hope that makes since.

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If you get a chance, read the article in this months' B.A.S.S. about Aaron Martins Dropshotting. He says he'll downsize to 2 or 3 pound test when the conditions warrant it. Granted, he's a fantastic finesse fisherman, but 2lb test in a tournament sounds INSANE. He also said he prefers to backreel instead of using his drag.

It's a great read.

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Maxima in my opinion is the softest, strongest, most castable and least memeory mono I have ever found. I have been fishing it since the late 80's and have never had a problem. So when using mono I chose it and nothing else. I use Seagar Invizex Floro for most everything 15lb jig spinnerbaits, 10lb cranks 8lb. shakey jerkbaits. Braid for topwater and A-rig

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  On 1/7/2013 at 2:47 PM, wdberkley said:
Sunline Super FC Sniper Fluoro for everything except Topwaters. It's a little expensive, but it's fantastic line.
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I've heard nothing but great things about the Sunline Sniper, haven't picked any up yet; but did grab some Seaguar Tatsu to try.......hope it loves up to its reputation.......and price!

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Baitcasters - 12# & 15# Seagar Inviz-X Fluoro (One rod with 12-15# mono for topwaters)

Spinning - 10# Berkely Sensation Mono Clear - (low diameter = to or < most other 8# monos, great limpness, great castability, low memory, good sensitivity), 12# for more difficult situations

A-Rig - SpiderWire 50# Braid Green

Carolina Rig - SpiderWire 50# Braid Green + 12# Fluoro Leader

"Water is the driving force of all Nature."  -Leonardo da Vinci
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  On 1/7/2013 at 7:02 PM, motoman said:
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I've heard nothing but great things about the Sunline Sniper, haven't picked any up yet; but did grab some Seaguar Tatsu to try.......hope it loves up to its reputation.......and price!

I've been running 7 & 8lb on my spinning gear and 12 - 16lb on my baitcasting gear for a while and I love it. I'm going to try and get a little more serious this year and scale down to 8 or 10 lb with a crankbait. It should help get to the true running depths, just worried that the sacrifice in strength will hurt when it counts. In the last 2 years I haven't broke a fish off with Sunline once.

I've also gotten in the habit of leaving about 20 yards of old line on my baitcasters when I respool. It saves on line over time.

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I flip my line around every 3 weeks during peak season and then I throw it away. A month and a half is par for the course on most line due to my fishing volume.

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