Best line for spinnerbaits and chatterbaits?

[J Francho]

10-12 lb. P-Line CXX.

[aprestonSEK]

16lb Sunline Sniper 

[bowhunter63]

12 to 15 pound Big Game for along time with no complaints at all.

[Cardiologist]

On 9/19/2016 at 10:46 PM, DubyaDee said:

I agree with Molay. It depends on what rod I'm throwing them on. My Dobyns 734 is kinda soft, so I make up for that with 30 pound power pro for spinnerbaits. If I want a little more give, I'll switch it out for 10 pound izorline.

I'll never be content with my line choice for each setup. Even when I'm mowing the lawn I think about switching out the izorline with flouro, or using 12 pound XL, or going to 832 instead of power pro. 

Half of the fun is playing around with your setups to make it all work well. You should tweak the line, drag, and rod to you what makes you fish more confidently.

But then you end up spending most of your time messing with your setups. You go from spending time fishing to spending time setting up for fishing. I've seen a lot of people fall into this cycle. They spend way more time and money setting up, buying tackle, rather than fishing. (I'm not saying you are doing this, I don't know you, just something I notice my friends doing)

Also, sometimes part of the challenge is to leave one rod with one reel with one line in your trunk and use that single setup to try and fish every lure and every technique. You learn a ton and get very very good at adapting your techniques. I love that challenge. Just leave home with 1 rod. Fun  times!

Tight lines!

[DubyaDee]

8 minutes ago, Cardiologist said:

But then you end up spending most of your time messing with your setups. You go from spending time fishing to spending time setting up for fishing. I've seen a lot of people fall into this cycle. They spend way more time and money setting up, buying tackle, rather than fishing. (I'm not saying you are doing this, I don't know you, just something I notice my friends doing)

You say you don't know me but you're 100% correct! I spend more time in my garage and driveway playing with tackle than I do fishing. With a young family and a business, I only get on the water twice a month. Playing with tackle at night is how I can stay connected to fishing. 

Last year I bought a 15 year old boat. I spend more time fixing and upgrading the boat than I do fishing out of it. 

 

 

[Rick Howard]

I've been happy with 15lb seagar in the red box.  I fished with it all summer and gave it little thought.  When I Restrung the the setup with 14lb trilene xt, which was my go to line for many years, I was surprised.  I was able to feel the bait vibrating much better with the seagar.  It took me a little while to figure it out.  Coincidence maybe but I've had more fish shake the hook since switch too. 

[Cardiologist]

2 hours ago, DubyaDee said:

You say you don't know me but you're 100% correct! I spend more time in my garage and driveway playing with tackle than I do fishing. With a young family and a business, I only get on the water twice a month. Playing with tackle at night is how I can stay connected to fishing. 

Last year I bought a 15 year old boat. I spend more time fixing and upgrading the boat than I do fishing out of it. 

 

 

Lol. I guess we are all the same. I do the same exact thing. I figured we all do that. I spend more time re organizing my tackle boxes and adding to them than actually fishing. Lol. 

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[scaleface]

Big Game for the price but clear blue florescent   xl is the bees knees .Man,  I would like to see Big Game come  in blue florescent .

[doyle8218]

On 9/13/2016 at 5:54 PM, Mike L said:

I use 12# Yo-Zuri and works well for me. 

 

Mike 

Me too!

[illinifan4152]

12-15 lb co-Polly for me. McCoys xtra clear to be exact. Awesome stuff.

[Oklahoma Mike]

30-40 lb braid

[tonka_blue]

On 9/13/2016 at 3:12 PM, Robert Riley said:

I use either 10lb Invizx, or 14lb Sunline Reaction. I'll have more to say once I try out some of these new fishing lines.

What is your opinion on the Sunline Reaction FC? Pros/Cons? Looking to try it out this year.

[Tuchifabz]

17-25lbs florocarbon in tournaments you'll keep more fish on, but on a fun messing around day on a lake or river you can go down to 10lbs it's not going to hurt anything. 

[Eric 26]

On 9/19/2016 at 9:46 PM, DubyaDee said:

I agree with Molay. It depends on what rod I'm throwing them on. My Dobyns 734 is kinda soft, so I make up for that with 30 pound power pro for spinnerbaits. If I want a little more give, I'll switch it out for 10 pound izorline.

I'll never be content with my line choice for each setup. Even when I'm mowing the lawn I think about switching out the izorline with flouro, or using 12 pound XL, or going to 832 instead of power pro. 

Half of the fun is playing around with your setups to make it all work well. You should tweak the line, drag, and rod to you what makes you fish more confidently.

Couldn’t agree more ?

[Chris Carey]

I’ve used braid to leader in the past but it was mostly out of necessity as I needed that rod to throw a lot of different baits. Now that I have a dedicated chatter bait rod I’m throwing 16 lb sunline sniper

[Sir Shamsalot]

It depends really. If I want to go slow and keep the lure up high in the water column, 17# Suffix Elite. When I start burning blades, straight braid is fine.

 

[APK62]

15lb Izorline

[Boomstick]

I've been using 15lb Berkley Trilene Fluorocarbon (which runs fat) for both lures with no problems.

[FryDog62]

10 lb Yo-Zuri Hybrid for Chatterbaits on a Stone Cold iRod. I also have a Dobyns 734c which is just soft enough to use 30 lb braid for swim jigs. I like the braid with swim jigs because I get into the junk a little more with them than chatterbaits. 

 

[Deleted account]

Big game, 12 and 15 for spinnerbaits, 15 and 20 for chatters. 

[Bassattackr]

Gamma Polyflex.  Love this line, super tough.  I use 17 lb or 20 lb for spinnerbaits, chatterbaits.

 

In clearer water, I mainly use flourocarbon for swim jigs.  No grass around here though..

[Armtx77]

#50 Lime Green Sufix 832.

[Dumbbassanglr]

20lb straight braid. I catch more fish on a Chatterbait each year than any other bait and don’t lose many. Remember your typically throwing thumping baits in lower vis water which means you don’t need an invisible line. Also when moving baits line visibility is also less important. 

[GreenPig]

8 to 20 lb Seaguar Red Label Fluorocarbon. 1/8 oz to 2 oz baits need different strength lines.

[ike8120]

I use 15# Kovert