Question about line in general

[BassinCali]

Hey guys i was just wondering , when you go down to a lighter fishing line does the fish feel it as less vibration on its lateral lines. Would it just be the bass not seeing the line per say a 3 lb line to a 6lb  line?

[stk44]

It would be visual if anything. If you are using a smaller diameter line, there would be a lesser chance that the fish would see the line. Even that is subjective unless you are using rope.

The bait that you are working would have a much greater effect on the fish's lateral line. 

[Team9nine]

36 minutes ago, BassinCali said:

Hey guys i was just wondering , when you go down to a lighter fishing line does the fish feel it as less vibration on its lateral lines. Would it just be the bass not seeing the line per say a 3 lb line to a 6lb  line?

Yes and yes, but arguably it's that lighter line gives better action to, and control of, the bait when used appropriately.

-T9

[Choporoz]

I'd never really thought about vibration, regarding line and how a bass might sense or react.  Certainly, greater vibration is a desired factor in some bait choices....and different lines might transmit vibrations back to me differently...but with all things that I don't know about what a bass sees, hears, feels, thinks.....if I need to start wondering if a bass will react to the vibrations of different lines differently, I'm probably going to just fish for crappies from now on. 

[BassinCali]

9 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

I'd never really thought about vibration, regarding line and how a bass might sense or react.  Certainly, greater vibration is a desired factor in some bait choices....and different lines might transmit vibrations back to me differently...but with all things that I don't know about what a bass sees, hears, feels, thinks.....if I need to start wondering if a bass will react to the vibrations of different lines differently, I'm probably going to just fish for crappies from now on. 

Very true brother haha, the reason i asked this question.  Was just to hear people's opinions. I live out here in socal and I fish local ponds which are super pressured. I saw mike ianconelli fishing with 2 pound test in Lake Biwa which is an also heavily  fished lake and thought maybe  I should try going down from 6 to 3  just to see if there be any difference. So I guess I'll see how it goes

[PatrickKnight]

20 hours ago, BassinCali said:

Very true brother haha, the reason i asked this question.  Was just to hear people's opinions. I live out here in socal and I fish local ponds which are super pressured. I saw mike ianconelli fishing with 2 pound test in Lake Biwa which is an also heavily  fished lake and thought maybe  I should try going down from 6 to 3  just to see if there be any difference. So I guess I'll see how it goes

One thing to look at it is line diameter instead of lb test.

[Preytorien]

That brings up the question of how lure companies create lures with the effect of the line being implemented into the bait's action. 

Similarly, I ride road bikes (Like Lance, without all the dope) and so many companies throw a set of aerodynamic wheels in a wind tunnel and publish observed values, but none of them put them on a few bikes and publish those "real world" results.

I wonder what it would be like if lure companies reported lure diving depths and effects on action based on fishing lines as a variable

[BassinCali]

2 hours ago, Preytorien said:

That brings up the question of how lure companies create lures with the effect of the line being implemented into the bait's action. 

Similarly, I ride road bikes (Like Lance, without all the dope) and so many companies throw a set of aerodynamic wheels in a wind tunnel and publish observed values, but none of them put them on a few bikes and publish those "real world" results.

I wonder what it would be like if lure companies reported lure diving depths and effects on action based on fishing lines as a variable

That's awesome I have a cervelo s5 team and yeah that be and interesting survey