Using braid fishing line for crappies

[TWFairweather]

Will you be casting? Or jig pole ?
I tried 5-15 lb test with my 12 and 14ft jig poles and it was a a complete failure , due to the way I fish.
Too many tangles.
But I’ve gone to heavy hi vis braid (50lb test ) and tying to a 8-10 lb mono leader using the Alberto knot. This is working great


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Casting, I don't have a boat anymore and don't have many places I can poke around shore with a long jigging pole. I was thinking of getting a BnM telescopic cane pole to mess around from shore, there cheap so why not. I can see how light braid may tangle jigging tho.

[Spoonminnow]

Use Kastking: 8lb test is 4 lb diam. Casts a 1/28 oz jig + plastic lure 40' and longer with the wind.
Hercules is another good braid, but 8 lb test = 2 lb test diameter - too thin for my liking and use instead 10# test.
Both lines allow good lure action and strike sensitivity without a leader.

[Ketchn]

one thing for sure positive ,really light braid cuts really well into flesh
and the cuts from braid seem to be especially painful

[DockShootinJack]

one thing for sure positive ,really light braid cuts really well into flesh
and the cuts from braid seem to be especially painful

They also take a while to heal. Especially at the first knuckle on that little finger

[Ketchn]

They also take a while to heal. Especially at the first knuckle on that little finger

just at the first joint on the inside of your index finger about to the bone makes for an unpleasant injury ...fact ...

[TWFairweather]

Seen a guy loose 3 fingers with braid striper fishing, as someone that has had a finger cut off I can say a braid cut deep in the first knuckle on your pointer is worse then losing a finger lol.

[Ketchn]

Seen a guy loose 3 fingers with braid striper fishing, as someone that has had a finger cut off I can say a braid cut deep in the first knuckle on your pointer is worse then losing a finger lol.

learned years ago not to hold line on larger fish , seen a teenager about lose some of his fingers on an albacore off the coast of baja using braid. warned him before it happened not to hold his line in his hand and he of course as teens often do ignored me .
told him when they hit it's like a train doing 60 as it goes by ,thank goodness dad jumped in and cut his line before it got really ugly .
sure was scary , it happened really fast and at first i thought it was going to pull him over board .
albacore on spinning tackle really smoke up the water and thats a fact !

[TWFairweather]

I've seen so much Sketchy stuff, mostly since I love going on party boats lol. Boat next to us one year in the drift even had a guy die from a sinker from one of the other boats, talk about bad luck. Seen guys on bluefish trips Wearing flip flop, caught a few guys about to lip a bluefish like a bass. I've had my share of braid cuts but know not to grab the line.

[NCCrappieBum]

I use Power Pro Slick 8 in the 8 pound test 1 pound Diameter. I like it in the Moonshine color. I have used it for quite a few years now

Based on the above recommendation from DockShootinJack I am now using the Power Pro Slick 8 in the 8lb moonshine color. Hands down the best line have ever used!

[CrappiePappy]

just at the first joint on the inside of your index finger about to the bone makes for an unpleasant injury ...fact ...

Exactly why I recommend a short/fat piece of dowel rod to wrap the braid around !! Experienced just such an injury in the early days of my braid use. Luckily the bait came loose just as the braid was thru the skin & headed towards bone.