Which Line For Spinnerbaits

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hey. currently im using a Veritas/Revo S combo for spinnerbaits... im using 12# fluoro but sometimes when i get hung up, it breaks...

 

on my worm rod im using 30# braid with a fluoro leader... since im thinking on using the veritas as a backup for plastics or jigs, i was thinking about spooling it with braid, and, for worms use a leader, but for spinnerbaits just remove the leader and tie the braid to the spinnerbait... what do you think??

 

whats the general consensus regarding line for spinnerbaits?? 

 

thank you, 

[Hyrule Bass]

12# mono

[kylek]

I use 12lb YoZuri Hybrid line without any issues.

[fishking247]

15lbbig game or 17lb trilene xl

[lmbfisherman]

I usually throw it on braid with either Copoly leader (P line or Yo Zuri) or Mono (Big Game Trilene or XT). 

[Diggy]

I've thrown 50lb braid/12lb yz/12lb flouro/14lb mono all with great success. It seems I have more issues with type spinner bait used than line to be honest when testing. 

[new2BC4bass]

12# mono MH rods, 8# mono Medium rods.  When visiting Florida, I often use 40# braid on a MH Falcon Original to throw the occasional spinnerbait.  It is a single hook presentation so I've always assumed braid was okay.  Haven't lost any bass that I know of due to using braid.  Lost a Bowfin, but that may have been because of not setting the hook hard enough.

[Arv]

12# copoly, 16# fc or 50# braid for me.

[MrSwimJig]

12 to 15lbs fluorocarbon

[11justin22]

12 lb cxx and 12,14 lb sensation

[Sodus Bay Scooter]

I've used braid, flouro and mono and to me the best way to go is straight braid, no leader.

I like straight braid because it feels more sensitive when you get a strike but mostly because the hookset power is there because of the no stretch factor. Most of the time I'm setting the hook with a lot of line between me and the fish and braid helps significantly with that hookup.

Hardly any break offs as well.

Good luck

[bassinbrian]

Braid is my preferred line for spinnerbaits. Mainly for the fact I'm casting around or in between weeds and it'll slice threw it better and if it gets stuck I just pull it off

[SirSnookalot]

As far as I'm concerned there is a time and place for mono or FC line, but not for bass fishing.  If I had a spinnerbait problem, which I don't, I'd be using 20# braid tied direct, which will handle 1 heck of a fish.

[loodkop]

Braid is my preferred line for spinnerbaits. Mainly for the fact I'm casting around or in between weeds and it'll slice threw it better and if it gets stuck I just pull it off

Works for me as well.

[Craiger12]

12-15# CXX and say goodbye to breakage issues. People complain about memory issues with CXX, but on casting gear I find this to be negligible.

[Mike L]

For years and years all I've ever used was mono, untill I found this site and tryed Yo Zuri mostly because of you guy's.

I've been useing 12# ever since and really like that line.

I never gave useing braid a thought for spinners until now...

 

 

Mike

[Hyrule Bass]

As far as I'm concerned there is a time and place for mono or FC line, but not for bass fishing.  If I had a spinnerbait problem, which I don't, I'd be using 20# braid tied direct, which will handle 1 heck of a fish.

mono works just fine for bass fishing...

[cajunpapi]

15lbbig game or 17lb trilene xl

can't go wrong with 15# or 17# green big game

[skeletor6]

As far as I'm concerned there is a time and place for mono or FC line, but not for bass fishing.  If I had a spinnerbait problem, which I don't, I'd be using 20# braid tied direct, which will handle 1 heck of a fish.

 

You are kidding right? That must be a joke

 

As far as I am concerned, mono and especially Fluorocarbon are phenomenal for bass fishing. 

 

Braid would work well for grassy situations. In reality, braid, fluorocarbon and mono can all be used for spinnerbaits. I am not a huge fan of yozuri, but it actually gets the job done well in this area. 

[SirSnookalot]

You are kidding right? That must be a joke

 

As far as I am concerned, mono and especially Fluorocarbon are phenomenal for bass fishing. 

 

Braid would work well for grassy situations. In reality, braid, fluorocarbon and mono can all be used for spinnerbaits. I am not a huge fan of yozuri, but it actually gets the job done well in this area. 

Joke?  I read all the time FC line breaking while bass fishing and many people seem to have knot problems as well, having none of those kinds of problems with braided lines and I don't use anything over 15#.  Mono works but I don't like stretch, my hooksets with braid excel with much less effort.  Down here in Florida we fish 12 months of the year and I'm lucky enough to do it 7 days a week.  Quite honestly an experienced fisherman down here barely puts a grin on their face at a 5# bass.

[skeletor6]

Joke?  I read all the time FC line breaking while bass fishing and many people seem to have knot problems as well, having none of those kinds of problems with braided lines and I don't use anything over 15#.  Mono works but I don't like stretch, my hooksets with braid excel with much less effort.  Down here in Florida we fish 12 months of the year and I'm lucky enough to do it 7 days a week.  Quite honestly an experienced fisherman down here barely puts a grin on their face at a 5# bass.

 

What is your point? How often you fish is in no correlation to the performance of fluorocarbon. So since you've read about fluorocarbon having knot problems and breaking that means its true? In fact, shock strength, wind knots, lack of abrasion resistance, poor performance in wind and current, belly, lack of slack line sensitivity are just a few issues with braid. Does that mean it has no place in bass fishing? No, every line has its strengths and weaknesses.There is not a perfect line.

 

All lines (braid, fluoro, mono, copoly) have their place in bass fishing. Your statement that mono and fluoro do not have a place, is in its entirety wrong. That may be an opinion of yours, but it is surely not shared by those who fish bass tournaments for a living.

[SirSnookalot]

Point is simple, if people didn't have problems with FC with knots, line management, kinking, and break offs they wouldn't be making those posts.  How often I fish is very relevant, fishing as much as I do I would be prone to encounter more problems than others that fish less.  The negatives of braid do not happen often if one has experience using it, don't snap cast, it's the line hitting the first guide too fast is what cause a knot, long flowing easy casts prevent that.  Slack line issues, read about it but don't experience it, windy yesterday and I'm pulling bass left and right dragging a senko with braid.  I don't fish the same kind of water a tournament fisherman does for a living,  what they do is not pertinent to what I do, yet I manage to catch quite a few really nice bass, even with lowly spinning gear, does experience have anything to do with it ?

I will recant my statement and say there is no place in bass fishing with mono and F/C for me.

[Felix77]

12 to 15lbs fluorocarbon

x2 here

[BrettD]

I fish in grass a lot so I use 40# braid the braid allows you to rip the braid out of the grass.

[Hyrule Bass]

Point is simple, if people didn't have problems with FC with knots, line management, kinking, and break offs they wouldn't be making those posts.  How often I fish is very relevant, fishing as much as I do I would be prone to encounter more problems than others that fish less.  The negatives of braid do not happen often if one has experience using it, don't snap cast, it's the line hitting the first guide too fast is what cause a knot, long flowing easy casts prevent that.  Slack line issues, read about it but don't experience it, windy yesterday and I'm pulling bass left and right dragging a senko with braid.  I don't fish the same kind of water a tournament fisherman does for a living,  what they do is not pertinent to what I do, yet I manage to catch quite a few really nice bass, even with lowly spinning gear, does experience have anything to do with it ?

I will recant my statement and say there is no place in bass fishing with mono and F/C for me.

 

youre entitled to your opinion and can fish any way you please, its of no concern to me. you may have no use for mono or FC, thats fine if you prefer braid for all your bass fishing, but to say mono and FC and no place in bass fishing is just a flat out false statement.

 

i only fish mono, except for one reel i have FC on.

 

with the FC, ive never experienced knot or breaking issues, its been on the reel for 3 years now, still no problems.

 

as for mono, i feel confident saying that the hook is already set before you reach the point of the mono stretching. a basses mouth isnt that tough to begin with. the rod will bend more before the line reaches its stretching point.