line question

[ohihunter2014]

I'm headed out this weekend to fish a local reservoir and it has rip rap all along 3/4 of it then woods. this is a city water reservoir so the water is mostly clear. I plan on fishing the rip rap and have a spinning rod with 10lbs suffix elite hi-viz and a bait caster with like 50lbs braid. I'm worried the rocks will eat my line up and the water clarity being very visible and I read flouro would be best to use but I don't want to redo a spool that already has line. I'm throwing lipless cranks, senkos, possible shad swim baits, chigger craws and square bills along the rocks. would it be a good idea to get some seaguar flouro in say 10-15lbs for like a 3ft leader?

[Team9nine]

Don't worry - be happy  Go fishing with what you have spooled on already. As long as you're not just banging the rocks with every cast, you should be fine. Just be sure to check your line near the bait and the strength of your knots every so often, and retie as necessary.

 

-T9

[ohihunter2014]

8 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

Don't worry - be happy  Go fishing with what you have spooled on already. As long as you're not just banging the rocks with every cast, you should be fine. Just be sure to check your line near the bait and the strength of your knots every so often, and retie as necessary.

 

-T9

no issue with fish seeing the braid?

[NHBull]

I would go with the leader.....if you get hung up, it is far easier to break off the leader

[ohihunter2014]

6 minutes ago, NHBull said:

I would go with the leader.....if you get hung up, it is far easier to break off the leader

I sure hope that doesn't happen. I already lost a tx setup and lipless at this place I'm going tomorrow.

 

what size leader would you run for an area like I described above?

[frosty]

I typically run a 4'-6' leader, I use 8 pound Pline copolymer. 

[Team9nine]

24 minutes ago, ohihunter2014 said:

no issue with fish seeing the braid?

 

Use the braid with the faster moving baits, the 10# mono with the slow stuff like the Senko. Shouldn't be a problem. Just have a good stick or similar handy to wrap the line around to pull stuck baits on braid free if you can't reach them. Most hooks and split rings will pull free/straighten at much less than 50 lbs. of pressure. Sometimes you can even move small riprap if not wedged too bad, and with a little luck. If you're overly concerned, you could always just use a 3' piece of your 10# Sufix line as a leader. 

[Clackincrank53]

2 hours ago, NHBull said:

I would go with the leader.....if you get hung up, it is far easier to break off the leader

?? yeah what that guy said!

[fishnkamp]

You mentioned chigger craws, and swimbaits. When I fish a really rocky area I tend to avoid texas rigged craw type baits in favor of swimjig and grub tail or perhaps a double tailed grub as a trailer, I can hop it or swim it but I can get it back a bit easier.  The worm weight is usually the item that get me stuck more than the bait itself even if I peg it.  I really like the Kalin 5 inch grubs in bluegill and also I like the Reaction Innovation Skinny Dippers  ( or any good 5 inch paddletail swimbait like a Keitech) attached to a belly weighted swimbait hook.  These are deadly as most times minnows and panfish swim around rip rap and bridge piers.  Swim them along, stop and let them flutter then twitch them.  This makes them look like a dying fish. If no takers then swim them some more and repeat.  I rarely get stuck in rocks since they are rigged texposed and the belly weight is sort of small. Dicks Sporting Goods usually carries the Skinny Dippers.  They also regularly carry some belly weighted swimbait hooks.