It will work, all personal preference. If not using braid I'd use floro.
What do you all think about using 8 pound Berkley Trilene XL mono for crappie fishing? I have a nice rod I’d like to use for this, it is a 6’6” St. Croix Premier medium light spinning rod, with a fast tip. It has a Daiwa Exceler LT 2500D-XH reel on it with 8 pound mono. I set it up for light crankbait fishing for bass but I think it would be good for crappie too. I’d like to keep the 8 pound line so I can go back to bass fishing with it too. Is there any specific reason to need to go down to 6 pound or 4 pound line?
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It will work, all personal preference. If not using braid I'd use floro.
I started with 8# mono (60+yrs ago) ... went to 4# several decades ago, and in the last decade or so I've gone back up to 6# test. They've all worked just fine over all those years. I'm sure the diameters have gone down over the years & the #test is probably higher than the rating says. Trilene XL was one of those lines I've used in the past, and always liked it.
Keep the 8# line stretched out to remove coils & drag the empty line thru the grass to remove twists .... prior to using it after a long period of not using it, and it should cast just fine.
My preferred mono is 8#. Works just fine for me.
8# is fine, used it a lot in my day. Right now I'm using 8# braid with 6# mono leader. But 8# mono is just fine...
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6# works good but I think 8# has a little less stretch in it could be the brands I used or just in my head…..lol
It really depends on what size lures your fishing with. Throwing a 1/32 oz jig head will cost you distance with 8lb line. I only use 8lb line when fishing heavy cover. You could always buy a additional spool for your spinning reel so that you can change lines at a moments notice.
8# mono will cost you distance and action on light weight crappie jigs. It also will float more and cause the jig to pendulum back more if your trying to hold a particular depth
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