PAT92B Posted September 20, 2022 Posted September 20, 2022 Can I get away with using 15 or 17lbs florocarbon for using jigs this time of the year.
cheesemaster Posted September 21, 2022 Posted September 21, 2022 I am not much of a jig guy - but I throw them on 12lb when I do throw them without much problem. I am sure you will get more information from a real jig fishing guy before too long - good help on this forum.
Dutch Posted September 21, 2022 Posted September 21, 2022 I use 12 and 15 # fluorocarbon line depending on which setup I grab. Carl W and Johnsfolly 2
aarchdale@coresleep.com Posted September 21, 2022 Posted September 21, 2022 I throw nothing but 20 all year for jigs. 15-17 will be just fine. I use a heavy rod too, with a med-heavy the lighter line will be good. I really dont think the fish care. I used to use 15 all the time and my buddy in the back of the boat with 20 would catch twice as many bobby b., evilcatfish, Johnsfolly and 1 other 4
PAT92B Posted September 21, 2022 Author Posted September 21, 2022 Thanks for the advice I have most of my reels spooled with 15-20lb didn’t want to respool with 12 just for one weekend
Champ188 Posted September 21, 2022 Posted September 21, 2022 I use 12 lb. Sunline Sniper when casting rocky/woody areas and 15 lb. when pitching docks. But I'm using 5/16 ballhead finesse jigs exclusively. You can go up to 20 lb. for dragging football jigs. Too bad Bo isn't still around to post his usual poo-poo on my feelings about line size. Targa98 and big c 1 1
Targa98 Posted September 21, 2022 Posted September 21, 2022 I'm with Andy on this one. Most of my jig rigs are currently spooled with 15 or 17. I do switch to 20 during bigger stakes events mostly just for the confidence factor but honestly I dont notice a difference either as far as catches. I just like how the 15 casts easier.
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