Best Mono For Bottom Contact

[Tywithay]

I like Silver Thread AN40 in smaller line diameters but when it comes to using 15lb or more I like Big Game. I've also got to like the Berkley Trilene XL Armor Coated in 6lb and 8lb test, that took the place of my Silver Thread AN40 but both are good, the Silver Thread has a bit more stretch than the Armor coated or about the same as the normal XL. I'm like you, I hate fluorocarbon and the stuff I tried either stretched more than mono or was like wire and had terrible memory and if it stretches like mono I could care less how sensitive it is, mono is a lot less expensive. Now if I was still tournament fishing all the time it would be different but I only use braid for frogs and heavy flipping and so I've gone through a lot of monofilament line and here are my favorites, which is more sensitive I don't know but dense fluorocarbon is going to be more sensitive but how much so is anyone's guess.

Berkley Big Game - 15lb to 20lb for fishing worms and jigs, it does stretch but not bad and the abrasion resistance is excellent.

Berkley XL Armor Coated (clear) - Excellent handling and abrasion resistance, great in small for finesse presentations very strong with too much stretch for heavier presentations.

Silver Thread AN40 - Same qualities of the Armor coated, excellent handling and abrasion resistance with the same degree of stretch as the Berkley Armor coated.

Triple Fish Camoescent - Very strong with good abrasion resistance and limited stretch in heavier line diameters but knot strength seems to be a little off.

Cajun Clear Lightning - Very clear, very strong, abrasion resistant with very little stretch, but it handles just like fluorocarbon and may even have less stretch.

McCoy Extra Clear - This would be my number one line is it was made more available, Strong, Abrasion resistant with very low stretch, it is close to fluorocarbon in clarity but handles a lot better. The one problem is that it is hard to find in filler spools as I don't always want a mini bulk spool because I don't like having it stored a long time. Big Game is cheap enough that I can buy a mini bulk and change line every couple of trips and what I don't use I recycle. So if you feel you'll use a mini bulk without waste, this is the stuff, a little more money but it is the best mono you can get, I really believe that. I did not like the Sunline Super Natural, the price is very reasonable and it has a thin diameter but I'm not sure if I had a bad batch but I broke off 3 times in a day using the 8lb diameter and all happened on hook set and I retie often and to be fair that was the only diameter line I tried in that brand it left me worried about it to the point I took it off and respooled with the Armor Coated Berkley. I try new lines to see what is out there as not many fish mono like I do so I make it a point to use the best line I can find and you got my list, the Ultra Clear if you can use the mini bulk spool, very strong line.

If you were using 8lb Super Natural, compared to 8lb Armor, you used two very different lines. 8lb Armor is actually about 12-14lb line packaged as 8lb.

[0119]

Hard to find but we'll worth the time searching is Maxima line.

[kingmotorboat]

Maybe it was my thumping skills maybe it was user error because it was my first time using fluoro

[scaleface]

I used floro once and could not get a trilene knot to cinch up nice and tight .  .Thats the knot I use 90 percent of the time , so I just stick to mono .Maybe it was the brand I used 

[lmbfisherman]

Invizx handles better than a lot of mono, stretches more than most mono too. If you were backlashing, that was likely due to the density of the line. It's heavier than mono, and requires more braking or a better thumb.

 

There are some monofilaments that have good abrasion resistance, some with little stretch, some that handle great, but none will compare to the sensitivity of fluorocarbon. The material just doesn't transmit vibrations the same way.

What he said, I wholeheartedly agree.  InvizX is one of the better, but he's right you may have to adjust the reel properly.

[Maxximus Redneckus]

Big game is my mono of choice im trying triplefish also thats a co po though.Stren always worked for me also

[0119]

Maybe it was my thumping skills maybe it was user error because it was my first time using fluoro

Don't feel compelled to give up on mono just because what your read and what other do.  There are plenty of us who are happy to stick with mono.