Braid In Clear Water

[Tiller]

I fish very clear water and usually stick with fluoro and copolymer for most techniques but I'm thinking of putting braid on a rod to use for swim jigs and spinnerbaits. Do you think braid is a deterant with moving baits in clear water?

Joe

[masterbass]

I have braid on most of my reels, but I also use leaders. 

[Scott F]

Not for me it's not.

[jhoffman]

braids best use is strength to diameter ratio. 10lb braid is way smaller than 10lb mono.

[mjseverson24]

I see your favorite lake is Little Boy lake, I have fished that one a few times(if it is the same lake "attached to Wabedo"), so in the case of that specific lake i would run no less than 30 lb braid and probabily 40 lb to reduce any digging in, and then get a spool of 30 lb trilen vanish, tie about 3 ft on with a double uni knot and for spinnerbaits use a snap, but with swimjigs tie direct. That lake is full of pike and some muskie, braid alone will cause you to loose some nice lures throughout a day... is it May 10th yet???

 

Mitch

[Tony L.]

I dont see why you shouldn't be able to use braid, just use a longer leader. In really clear water, I've heard of people using a section of flourocarbon thats up to 8 feet long to bridge the gap between the end of their main line and the lure tie on.

[Tiller]

I see your favorite lake is Little Boy lake, I have fished that one a few times(if it is the same lake "attached to Wabedo"), so in the case of that specific lake i would run no less than 30 lb braid and probabily 40 lb to reduce any digging in, and then get a spool of 30 lb trilen vanish, tie about 3 ft on with a double uni knot and for spinnerbaits use a snap, but with swimjigs tie direct. That lake is full of pike and some muskie, braid alone will cause you to loose some nice lures throughout a day... is it May 10th yet???

Mitch

Yep, that's the lake, been fishing it my whole life and have definitely donated my share of baits to pike. Not sure I've lost a spinnerbait but lots of jigs and frogs.

May 10th? You might be ice fishing still.

[Alpha Male]

Yep, that's the lake, been fishing it my whole life and have definitely donated my share of baits to pike. Not sure I've lost a spinnerbait but lots of jigs and frogs.

May 10th? You might be ice fishing still.

 

 

Bite your tongue!

[ww2farmer]

I use braid all the time in clear water. BUT, except for topwaters, I don't often tie direct to it, even with reaction baits. I don't know if it gets me more bites when I use a fluoro. leader, but it dosen't hurt either, and I have the advantage of better abbrasion resistance.

[TTS]

The lakes I fish 90% time have a visibility of about 5'.  HEAVY weeds. All my rods have braid on them. I tie direct for frogs and punching. Fluoro leader on everything else. Have gone leaderless in a pinch and still caught fish. But think a leader MIGHT make a difference.  Tom

[doyle8218]

I don't think fish care what the line is in any clarity water.

[RoLo]

I always tie braided line directly to my lure, even in gin clear water   (crazy ole fool)

If you suspect that micro-thin braid is destroying your bass-catching experience, leave the braid alone,

but remove the weedguard, rattlebox and all the hooks....that should get you back in the game 

 

Roger

[aceman387]

I agree. I fish gin clear strip pits and i use 10# power pro braided line in the moss green color without a leader for slow moving techniques like jigs and weightless plastics and drop shotting and i still catch fish regularly.

[FD.]

No

[aceman387]

I don't think fish care what the line is in any clarity water.

I was agreeing with this quote when i made my post above.

[Big Swimbait]

When an A-rig goes thru the water column looking like a couple of coat hangers twisted together, I too doubt the issue.

[RoLo]

When an A-rig goes thru the water column looking like a couple of coat hangers twisted together, I too doubt the issue.

 

Exactly

 

Any bass that's threatened by a thin filament in the water is exhibiting poor survival skills. 

We had a little pond in Georgia that I stocked with wild bass we caught. Occasionally I'd buy a bag of minnows

just to have some fun. I'd set the minnow bag on the edge of the pond, and those bass would crash the bag

before I got a chance to open it. One bass actually drew blood from my hand (bass are not scaredy cats)

 

Roger