Recommendations for fishing line....

[6.5BR]

Hi folks, planning to be in the area next week for several days for job hunting, I have several spinning outfits I plan to bring and hope to use.  Most are set up with 6 or 8# P-Line CX and a few with braid on extra spools.  

Since your water is often very clear, is P-line going to be much more effective in catching fish? Is the 6 or 8# enough on most fish?  I know there are some large Stripers on occasion, wondered what it would take to handle one.  I took one 5 to 6lb a few years ago on an UL outfit with 6 mono.  Is my P-line CX enough for larger fish?  

Not concerned on typical bass, walleye, or panfish, etc. as I feel this should do.  Here in LA there are often so many snags you sometimes need heavier line especially with larger fish.  It seems most of the water in your area is often open so I would assume lighter line is fine.

Thanks for chiming in gang.

Cliff

[M_Taylor]

In my opinion I think that for most cases 8# is all you need for a spinning rod. Big fish are caught on light line all the time. The water is dirtier than you may have experienced and so I have been using 10, 12 and 15# with good success. Most all my spinning outfits are now setup with 10# braid and then a flouro leader of about 5-6ft. If I'm fishing topwater I go to mono of course. 

[chi0082]

As a general rule, the closer you are to the dam the clearer the water. Up river the water is normally dirtier. I almost always use flouro in clear water, I've caught a lot more fish after making the switch to flouro. In dirty water, I normally can get away with just mono or sometimes even braid with no leader.

[jolicious]

Water clarity - I put this in the other post as well

www.bwdh2o.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Secchi-Day-2015-Report.pdf

[Dan the fisherman]

I use 15lb braid with 8lb leader on spinning reel.  Works great even on stripers.  I've caught plenty of fish in the 8-12 pound range with that combo and I'm sure it'd be fine with bigger fish, I just haven't Hooked one bigger than 12 on that set up .  Just have to set drag correctly, hope there's no trees, and be ready to chase'em down. 

[6.5BR]

That link is going to take some time to digest, thanks!  Sounds like a Braid w/leader is a good way to go.  What knot do you guys use?  I know there are a few.

 

SO if I am "Bank Fishing" I hope I have some shoreline to run!  Lol.  Good stuff folks.  Yes, hear in La, alot of water is dirty but some not too bad.  I have not had as much success it seems on Crappie with braid to lure.  On Bass, it seems they hit when you put something in front of them.  Braid has many great qualities to be sure, but no doubt a clear leader might be the best overall way to go in clearer water as I have had a hunch the fish are more fickle, especially Crappie with Braid to lure vs say P-line.  Thanks guys. 

Anyone else wanting to chime in please do so.  Also, if anyone has a lead (no pun ) on any jobs, let me know.  Thanks all.  

Hopefully the water will clear up a bit there, and the white bass start making a good run.  Sounds like they have not been in their prime yet.  

[rps]

Simplify. 

Tackle Tour uses Maxima mono as its baseline comparison line because it is so good only the really expensive specialist stuff exceeds it. Yozuri hybrid, although cheap, matches it.

TT studies for braid say Power Pro. I use the metered variety that changes color every 25 feet.

When I choose to put a leader on the braid, I use a Crazy Alberto knot, the one knot wars and TT approved.

 

[M_Taylor]

The double uni hasn't let me down. Aaron Martens uses it, so I figure it's good enough for me. 

Crazy Alberto is good too ofcourse. I find the double uni a little easier in low light situations. 

Heres a video. 

 

[MOPanfisher]

I am lazy, I crappie and walleye fish with braid and tie directly to the lure, mostly because my fingers don't seem to be flexible enough for the knot to attach a leader to braid, and about half the time when I tried it either slipped when I pulled or cut itself.  Admittedly my success percentage got better last summer when I spent some time just tying them.  The thing I dislike most about braid is it doesn't handle abrasion well, certainly not as well as mono.  I use a fishing fool knot to tie the braid directly and love it.  No plans to go back to mono.

[snagged in outlet 3]

Double surgeons works well.