Fishing a spinner and buzzbait on 30lb braid.

[Wizzlebiz]

So I am aware of fish being line shy with finesse type presentations. But what are the thoughts on throwing spinnerbaits and buzzbaits on braid?

 

I did so today and caught 4 large mouth.  One being my PB. 5lbs. 

 

So what is the general consensus on this?

[813basstard]

Eh, nothing wrong with it. Especially the buzz bait. Spinnerbait I prefer with as light as you can get away with. It swims more natural to me at least. 

Whatever melts your butter tho..

[keagbassr]

I throw pretty much everything on braid. Right now I have 30 lb. 832 on my spinnerbait rod and  40lb. Spiderwire stealth on my buzzbait rod. 

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1 hour ago, Wizzlebiz said:

So I am aware of fish being line shy with finesse type presentations.

Bass aren't line shy with finesse presentations. Some require or benefit from lighter lines for their action/fall rate.

[Scott F]

I use braid without a leader for finesse and every other presentation. I don’t find bass to be line shy on the waters I fish. 

[Sam]

What made you think of using braid for spinnerbaits and buzzbaits?

 

As stated above, I like to go with the lightest test for these two presentations as they are on top and in the first water column.  Therefore, I use 8-pound fluoro for spinning presentations and 12-pound fluoro for baitcasters.

 

Remember, if you are fishing around rocks your braid will take a beating and could fail.

 

As for a leader, ever since I had a pro wax me by using 100% braid without a leader fishing plastics I have given up on leaders.

 

What really matters is confidence. If you have confidence throwing braid by all means continue to do so.

[Wizzlebiz]

41 minutes ago, Sam said:

What made you think of using braid for spinnerbaits and buzzbaits?

 

As stated above, I like to go with the lightest test for these two presentations as they are on top and in the first water column.  Therefore, I use 8-pound fluoro for spinning presentations and 12-pound fluoro for baitcasters.

 

Remember, if you are fishing around rocks your braid will take a beating and could fail.

 

As for a leader, ever since I had a pro wax me by using 100% braid without a leader fishing plastics I have given up on leaders.

 

What really matters is confidence. If you have confidence throwing braid by all means continue to do so.

Im bank bound and it is a 2 mile hike uphill to get to this lake. I need to travel light as possible. 

 

I tied it on out of necessity and it worked out well. 

[Koz]

I mostly bank fish and if I'm covering a lot of ground on foot or on bike I usually bring just one rod - a baitcaster spooled with 40 pound braid. I throw everything in that rod, including beetle spins.

 

While other rods and line weights may be more suitable for some of the baits I throw, I throw a wide range of baits and catch bass on all of them from topwaters to bottom lures all with my baitcaster with 40 pound braid.

[Wizzlebiz]

4 minutes ago, Koz said:

I mostly bank fish and if I'm covering a lot of ground on foot or on bike I usually bring just one rod - a baitcaster spooled with 40 pound braid. I throw everything in that rod, including beetle spins.

 

While other rods and line weights may be more suitable for some of the baits I throw, I throw a wide range of baits and catch bass on all of them from topwaters to bottom lures all with my baitcaster with 40 pound braid.

Same here. Stuck to the bank. 

[papajoe222]

I've been using 30lb braid for spinners and buzzers for years. IMO, on most baits the fish focus on the bait, even in clear water. The reason one gets fewer bites on soft plastics/braid is because something seems wrong or unnatural to the fish. Maybe it's the line and maybe it isn't.  Most guys play the odds and switch to fluoro or mono.

[browne762]

I have caught probably half of my fish this season, including the largest fish of the season, with 30lb braid on spinnerbaits and some chatterbaits. Never had any problems or felt like changing to another line would produce better results. 

 

I check the knot and the last foot or so of line after each fish to makes sure the line is good or I cut and retie. 

[Dens228]

I fish both on 30 pound braid.  
But I also put a buzzbait on my frogging rod last week because of the way things were working out. It has 65 pound braid and I did quite well with it.

[FishingGeekTX]

Congrats on your PB!

 

Fish don't seem to be line shy based on color/opacity.  It was probably us fisherman that were shy using it after using clear line for so long, when braid came out.  But at this point, it's proven it doesn't matter.  Line may get spooked by line DIAMETER in some cases, especially surface tension, but that's another story, and braid has a small diameter so it's in good shape usually.

 

Only issue fishing with braid from the bank is if you get hung up, you may lose a lot of line because you won't break it easily.  In those cases, a leader or co-poly seem to be possible solutions.  But I don't hang bladed jigs or buzzbaits much, so looks fine to me!

[rtwvumtneer6]

I'm playing around with making the switch to braid/leader set up for spinnerbaits.  I don't believe the visibility makes any difference for me on a moving bait, but I prefer to have the leader as a shock absorber.  Right now I'm playing around with mono, but have also considered copoly or fluoro for a leader.  It's something I will continue to play around with, but I'm curious... For those of you who do fish braid to leader on spinnerbaits, what your preferred leader?

[dodgeguy]

On 8/18/2019 at 6:10 PM, BassWhole! said:

Bass aren't line shy with finesse presentations. Some require or benefit from lighter lines for their action/fall rate.

I absolutely agree. I've used braid and flouro and never found a difference in bites. Line makes no difference. Your presentation does.

[CountryboyinDC]

@rtwvumtneer6, I use 12 lb leader on my lighter rod I use for spinnerbaits and 17 on the heavier one.  The lighter rod is a Falcon finesse jig rod and the heavier one is an Avid MH/F.  Most of the places I fish a spinnerbait I figure merit FC for the abrasion resistance more than anything else, certainly not because I'm worried about the fish seeing it.

As for buzzbaits, I have fished them on braid, but I prefer fishing them on the same rod I use for topwater plugs which gets straight monofil.  

[Hammer 4]

Old school. I throw buzz, and spinnerbaits on good old fashion mono..Caught many, many bass on both, without any issues. 

 

Use what you want, and what works for you..

[Dens228]

I use a braid but with a short mono leader.  Only reason is the line tends to wrap of with the blades less with the stiffness of the mono leader over the braid. I do the same with crank baits. 

 

 

[Bluebasser86]

I don't like doing it, but if it works for you like it sounds like it did, roll with it. Just because it's not going by the book doesn't mean it can't work for you. I do stuff that isn't "suppose" to work, but it works for me, so that's what I do.

[rtwvumtneer6]

@Dens228 I agree, mono will get the job done.  In fact, that's all I've ever thrown spinnerbaits on. 

 

Actually, I've never thrown moving baits on braid, but I've read a lot of different opinions on it.  Figure this is a good time to try it out.  

 

The theory makes sense.

[Dens228]

5 hours ago, rtwvumtneer6 said:

@Dens228 I agree, mono will get the job done.  In fact, that's all I've ever thrown spinnerbaits on. 

 

Actually, I've never thrown moving baits on braid, but I've read a lot of different opinions on it.  Figure this is a good time to try it out.  

 

The theory makes sense.

All my reels are braid.  With mono leaders on those I mentioned.  Plastics, frogs, jigs, are straight braid. Everything with treble hooks and spinnerbaits get a short mono leader.  Not to reduce visibility to the fish, to keep line from tangling.