Thread: Quick line question since i'm going stir crazy.

Originally Posted by adjust555

Got ya. How does braid hold up casting or with a hook and minnow. would have problems when I used it to bass fish with it twisting.

Adjust555 warning don't ever ask OSS about minnows, the man don't know what they are. OSS idea of a minnow is any Crappie that don't measure at least 10 inches long! LOL other wise know as Dinks in his book!

The three lake I fish most are Truman, LOZ, Pomme

I use Stren sonic braid in yellow..14# 2# size. I also have some powe pro which is my second choice. You have to work at it some to be a good braid fisherman. I have convinced some older gents to use braid this year.. their biggest problrm is wrapping the line around the pole and things like that.
They have what I call a non functioning off hand think it is because it has had a ciggy in it for the last 50 years.:D:D

It is wise to use a line you can see good. That is why I use high vis yellow. If you can not see the line you can not see when it stops before it should or jumps.

The only time I put mono back on is when it is freezing. The braid makes your eyelits freeze alot quicker as it brings water with it.

I use 12lb braided suffix yellow

I am with Ed on this one. Stren braid all the way. I even use it when fishing the spawn casting to the bank. No complaints from me on it at all.

they more y'all explain the more I learn, thanks

Originally Posted by beagle man

they more y'all explain the more I learn, thanks

Ditto. I've used p-line 4# moss for the past couple years, but think I am going to try some braid on my 2 8 1/2 foot poles.
Thanks all, keep it coming

Originally Posted by MO QWACK

Braid for 99% or my verticle fishing either yellow fire line or green Power pro both in 10 pound 4 dia. but with that said if I'm fishing a tree that has ALOT of snags and LOADED with fish I use 4 pound yellow Mr Crappie that way I can break it easy with out screwing up my tree. When I cast I like 4 pound stren mono in fluorescent because the sun lights it up.
If you give braid an honest chance you will not go back. There is WAY more + than -

I've heard other folks talk about breaking jigs off in their cover with mono versus staightening the hook and recovering it. Is there really that much difference between pulling a jig until the line breaks, versus pulling a jig until the hook staightens? I would rather save money on jig heads as well as time having to re-rig with another jig and plastic body. Sometimes shaking the tree helps turn the crappie on, by getting the algae loose from the tree. I can straighen a hook out 5-10 times before it finally snaps-them I have to re-rig, but that isn't very often.