Fluorocarbon or mono??

[kens]

What does everyone prefer to use with crank baits. Any good Fluorocarbon that wont break the bank? How about a good mono as a substitute.  

[Junger]

This may be helpful.

[J Francho]

Seaguar Invisx is a good quality FC at a reasonable price.  Tatsu, while expensive is the very best I've used.

[WRB]

Crankbaits you want a good casting line, FC offers no advantage. 

Berkley Big Game mono 10-12 lb is $9 for 1,500 yards, excellent casting line and good for crankbaits. Sunline Defier Armilo 11-13 lb Nylon is more expensive and good casting line.

Tom

[CroakHunter]

Fo small bodied cranks up to about a 3xd I like seaguar senshib10lb. For lipless cranks and medium/large cranks I like 12lb sunline assassin. for magnum cranks like 8-10xd, magnum squarebills, I like 30lb daiwa j-braid x4

[B-Dozer]

34 minutes ago, Junger said:

This may be helpful.

that's just methed up! ?

[Hulkster]

I love Sufix Siege 12 pound test smoke green colour. love the stuff. I even use it to tie up my wif...er never mind.

[Russ E]

it is all personal preference. some people will tell you to only use flourocarbon. While others will tell you to use only mono or copoly. 

I catch fish with both. 

Good flourocarbon is usually expensive. If you are on a budget I would try a good hybrid line.

Lately I have been trying highseas grand slam. it is a flouro coated copoly. So far I am impressed.

[LonnieP]

I use 12 lb Mccoy Xtra clear for cranks. Casts great and pretty strong. 

[FishDewd]

I like copolymer myself... when in doubt, use the copo!

[NHBull]

Sunline Defier Armilo 11 has treated me very well this year for cranking. This weekend I will be trying it on my jerkbait set up.  A little line N lure and your good to go.

 

....also have some Gamma polyflex on the way for testing and will report back

[riverbasser]

12 big game for me. As WRB put it, I see no advantage to use fluro in cranking applications.

[Steve1357]

Academy seems to be the only one that has Sufix Tritanium on shelf. Only a few more bucks than BigGame and it's copolymer. 14lb almost impossible to break by hand compared to 14lb mono. Really like the 10lb for plugs, 14lb for plastics so far.

[Boomstick]

I'm using Berkley Trilene fluorocarbon in 15lb test this year for cranks (I usually fish square bills and that's often fish around weeds and rocks so the heavier line helps ensure I get my baits back). The knot strength is very good with this line as I have yet to lose a bait using a 5-7 turn uni knot and I've got some pretty nasty snags at times.