i have only gone bass fishing twice now and the challenge has me hooked. i have only caught one yet. I bought two baitcast rods recently for bass fishing because i was told thats what bass guys use. A 7ft berkley series one im7 10-25lb, and then I picked up a used 6ft team daiwa 8-14lb im6.
Anyway, my fishing spot is a rocky resivoir and i lost all my drop shot weights after a few casts. Then lost many carolina rigs. I then tryed swimming texas rigs to keep from losing them, no luck. There is a rocky drop off where fish can be found 20-30 off the shore line. I then met a guy doing texas rig with 1/16oz weights or less on 4in worms, with 6lb fluoro on a im9 spinning rod. he said you can barely feel them suck up the worm then its time to set. he seemed to be the only guy producing from the bank. I seem to do pretty well at not losing rigs after going to a 1/8oz texas rig but on 8lb mono. I mimicked the other guys technique of a painfully slow retieve with small rod tip action, and actually landed my first fish. It was surreal moment. I had no idea how long it would be till I would actually hook a largemouth.
My question is this, if i have to use this technique, do i want fluoro or mono for worming? Is fluoro invisibility greater than the action of the mono in these clear shallow conditions. Also would i be kidding my self trying to use 6 or 8lb fluoro with 1/8 weights on my new baitcasters? is an im8-im9 spinning rod a necessity for feeling these subtle hits? after getting used feeling all the bumps of the rocks i wonder how many hits i never even noticed?