Line Strength

[Evin Pousson]

Why does everyone use 30/40/50# test line especially while using braided? I just bought 10# power pro and now i'm starting to get nervous because everyone else using ridiculous line strength. Is there a reason these guys seem to go for overkill? Will I be fine or should I go and return my 10# for 20 # before I spool it up?

[tomustang]

Line diameter, using braid you usually run diameter equivalent to mono, it's not necessarily about needing to use 50lb

[Evin Pousson]

I have 14 pound mono on my reel that I'm going to use for backing. Should I just roll with it or would you suggest taking a trip back to walmart to switch it out before I cause myself a headache?

[BassHunter954]

Well the guys I know that use 40 50 60lb braid use it to fish heavy brush or big bass or tough fitting fish that they know there gonna fish for and it seems to work out great for them and I also have a setup for heavy brush and fighting fish to with 65lb braid. But they and I always take like 2 or 3 reels out just in case one braid one yo zuri and another yo zuri lined set ups. And it all depends on what your fishing for and be sure to order or use kvd line conditioner it helps the line last longer then it normally would last.

[flippin and pitchin]

Those who use braid still select a test and take diameter into consideration. A 15# braid is the diameter of 6# mono. I use 40# braid for some topwater applications because it floats. I can also use 50# braid for frogs because the diameter is small but I get the stregth of braid, something you need when throwing frogs in slop. Braid offers the benefit of stregnth in a smaller diamemter. Call it insurance. Good question.

[SirSnookalot]

This topic can go off in a number of directions. First of all are you using spinning or b/c with that 10# PP? People using braided lines with b/c gear prefer a thicker line due to digging into the spool, this is a minor problem for spinning gear, so minor it's not really a problem. IMO it isn't the fish that creates the need for a heavier line, it's the cover you have to pull them out of. My personal choice is braid with spinning gear, open freshwater I use 10#, with thicker vegetation it's 15# for me, I do have 1 set up with 20# but that is for snakeheads and it's on a smaller saltwater combo. Many braids will break about 50% higher than the number on the label, your 10#PP may be more like a 15# test line in strength. It is my contention the label is strictly for line diameter reference and the breaking strength is the actually pound test you are using. Thinner and stronger is great, but I try not to fool myself in believing that I may caught a 10# fish with 10# line, when it's really more like 15# line. This is an old chart, used strictly for reference.

http://www.sportfish...-break-strength

[Marty]

Maybe I don't know what heavy cover is, but I've caught some nice fish in what I think is heavy cover using 15# braid.on my spinning gear.

[jerzeeD]

Maybe I don't know what heavy cover is, but I've caught some nice fish in what I think is heavy cover using 15# braid.on my spinning gear.

I hear that... I use spinning gear exclusively. My frog rod is a 6' 6" St Croix premier (MH/F) with a 35 size Pflueger Patriarch and 30 lb. Suffix 832. A little heavier than what you are using, but still only 8 lb. Mono diameter. I never worry about breaking off, and never have broken off.

[Evin Pousson]

I said forget it and went get 40# Power Pro. I'll be pulling stumps out of the canal. lmao

[urp]

I've been fishing more years than I care to admit with either 10# mono or fluro in open water and the same with 14# in heavy cover.

[SirSnookalot]

Posted Yesterday, 10:05 PM

I said forget it and went get 40# Power Pro. I'll be pulling stumps out of the canal. lmao

Less line capacity would be the only negative, but for most fishing you'll have plenty of line.

IMO a lot people have gone to heavier braid because they see it used on TV, whether it's tournament or a fishing show. When I watch I see fish caught that are literally dragged in and boated within seconds, yes I know the object is to land them quick and make another cast, I'm not really interested in fishing that way.