Jerkbait line

[Robert Riley]

What line do you use for jerkbaits? I'm debating mono or fluoro, but I've seen a lot about YZH. I'm a bit partial to mono, since I use the same rod for topwaters, and if I can use the same reel, that'd be pretty convenient. 

[Bluebasser86]

10 pound Big Game.

[illinifan4152]

I use 10 lb the majority of the time. Either copolly or flouro. I dont throw much of a jerkbait late season, I usually switch to a fluke for then. So my setup is dedicated to Jerkbaits almost exclusively. So that's why I can get away with just the flouro. Usually seaguar invisix or mccoys xtra clear copolly. 

[MDBowHunter]

If your using it for top water as well as jerkbaits I'd go with 10# copoly or mono. Fluoro will kill all the action of your top water baits because it sinks.

[iabass8]

12# sunline super naatural

[smalljaw67]

I go with Bluebasser, 10lb Big Game.

[DirtyDeuceGoose]

Careful using fluoro. Because of its sinking properties, if you pause for 5+ seconds between jerks, the line actually has a chance to have sunk below a suspending jerkbait. That way when you jerk, you're having to snap that extra bit out and then your bait follows. It can muddy up your cadence. 

[roadwarrior]

Yo-Zuri Hybrid is a good all-around line. For treble hook lures I am currently experimenting with Sunline Defier Armilo which comes highly recommended by several members here.

 

[Scott F]

When I am working a jerkbait, I want my bait to move when I twitch my rod so I do not like lines that stretch. Nothing but braid for my jerkbait fishing.

[buzzed bait]

i have 8# yozuri hybrid.  i know a little light, but has a breaking strength closer to 12#

[JustinU1X]

1 minute ago, buzzed bait said:

i have 8# yozuri hybrid.  i know a little light, but has a breaking strength closer to 12#

How is it working so far? I was going to give the 8lb a try because it's pretty much 12lb line. 

[buzzed bait]

7 minutes ago, JustinU1X said:

How is it working so far? I was going to give the 8lb a try because it's pretty much 12lb line. 

so far so good, but having no luck with the jerkbait as little as i throw it.  that 8# is surprisingly strong and lets me sling the lighter jerks a little further...

[Fishes in trees]

I like 14 lb Fireline Crystal with a short, foot to foot and a half fluorocarbon leader.  ( I throw jerk baits 99% of the time on spinning gear)

I like the no stretch.   I'd like to think that the short fluorocarbon leader gives the bait a slightly nose down attitude in the water, which I think is good.  I like how when you've got the bait down and paused, the Fireline Crystal is easy to see and it works kind of like a strike indicator does when you are trout fishing, i.e. you will see the line move way before you feel anything.   It is a system that works for me.

[ChrisD46]

11 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

10 pound Big Game.

^^This^^ ... Some prefer a #8 lb. to #12 lb. FC for getting down a little deeper while others do good with #6 lb. to #10 lb. Co-Poly .

I have found #10 lb. Big Game to be as good as anything with a little KVDline treatment on a 6:3:1 baitcaster married to my 6'6" M Fast Jerkbait rod .

[Montanaro]

Im going to try sunline armilo this season

[bunkerbstr]

Mostly fluoro, usually 12 pound Sunline or Trilene for 100+ size baits.  

On smaller baits, like the 78's, I use spinning with 10 pound PP and a fairly long 8-10 pound fluoro leader.  

[Dypsis]

13lb Sunline Defier Armilo

[WI_Angler1989]

+1 to the mono users. I've used Stren recently and like it a lot. It works well for jerkbaits because it has a bit of stretch, which helps the acation for me. Braid or fluoro have no stretch and don't get the same erratic retrieve as mono. 

[Paul Roberts]

I use both, on extra spools for my spinning reels. Mono's buoyancy is helpful in really shallow water and around vegetation.  FC for deeper use and in wind as it's density bucks wind better.

[kickerfish1]

8 to 12# line will work just fine in both flourocarbon and mono.

[wisconsin heat]

1 hour ago, WI_Angler1989 said:

+1 to the mono users. I've used Stren recently and like it a lot.

I'm in the same boat as you. I mainly use Stren Super Knot. 8 or 10lb. Casts great, pretty abrasion resistant, good feel to it. 

I'm not against flouro with jerkbaits, but I fish them over grass a lot of the time, and I feellike I have more control of the bait when the line doesn't sink.

[WI_Angler1989]

3 minutes ago, wisconsin heat said:

I'm in the same boat as you. I mainly use Stren Super Knot. 8 or 10lb. Casts great, pretty abrasion resistant, good feel to it. 

I'm not against flouro with jerkbaits, but I fish them over grass a lot of the time, and I feellike I have more control of the bait when the line doesn't sink.

Price plays a big part for me too. Stren has always served me well. I fish a LOT of shallow rivers that have lots of depth change which makes sinking lines harder to use and easier to lose the lure. 

I've always had trouble deciding which fluoro to use as a mainline line. I use spinning gear and know how tough some lines and tests can be with them. Mainly I do braid to fluoro leader.

[Robert Riley]

8 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

Yo-Zuri Hybrid is a good all-around line. For treble hook lures I am currently experimenting with Sunline Defier Armilo which comes highly recommended by several members here.

 

Let me know how this works, that's the mono I would buy if I settled on mono.

[WIGuide]

If your rod doubles as a topwater rod as well, go with 10 or 12 lb mono. 

[Hogsticker]

I tend to fish jerkbaits two ways, erratic and super erratic. I have a hard time slowing down and really need to focus in order to do so. Erratic I use 11 lb Sunline Defier. Super erratic I use 40 lb Seaguar Smackdown.