What size line would you use for crankbaits, jerkbaits, topwater?

[Boomstick]

So as I have slowly began creating my wishlists for black friday sales this year (which will be a lot less than I spent last year as I stocked up last year and replaced what I lost -- mostly replacement soft plastics and a few backup jigs), I have been thinking of what line I plan to use on some of my casting reels. My setup is as follows:

Daiwa Tatula CT 7.1:1 - 65lb braid -- use this for frogs and jigs in heavy cover.

Daiwa Tatula SV 7.1:1 - 17lb flurocarbon u- Use this for jigs most of the time and sometimes T-Rigs and spinnerbaits or chatterbaits
Daiwa Tatula SV 6.3:1 - 15lb flurocarbon -- use this for spinnerbaits, shallow chatterbaits, t-rigs and even shallow ,cranks around grass

Daiwa Tatula SV 6.3:1 - 12lb flurocarbon -- crankbaits and jerkbaits
Pflueger Patriarch 6.3:1 - 12 mono - topwater and jerkbaits most of the time, simply because I like the way my topwater fishes a jerkbait.

 

I'm more or less set on the first three, but I was thinking of trying 10lb flurocarbon on the reel I use for crankbaits in open water and/or 10lb mono on the Patriarch as well. I had one problem with break offs and that was my own fault. What do you guys think?

 

[MN Fisher]

I do cranks and jerks either on the Nitrous with 12# Trilene XL or the Trion with 10# Yo-Zuri Hybrid. Lighter topwaters (plugs) go on the Nitrous but heavier topwaters (WPs, Heddon Super Spook) go on the Fuego or President with 50# or 20# Power Pro respectively.

[J Francho]

10# Tatsu on my medium cranking rods.

12# Tatsu on my MH cranking rods.

[Bassattackr]

Depends on what you're throwing on the crankbait / jerkbait setup.   Here in the Ozarks we mostly fish 10 lb on that setup.   Helps get a wiggle wart down further and the lighter line helps the action of a jerkbait.

 

If you're fishing shallower water or water with a slight stain, then 12 lb is a great option.

[Boomstick]

1 hour ago, Bassattackr said:

Depends on what you're throwing on the crankbait / jerkbait setup.   Here in the Ozarks we mostly fish 10 lb on that setup.   Helps get a wiggle wart down further and the lighter line helps the action of a jerkbait.

 

If you're fishing shallower water or water with a slight stain, then 12 lb is a great option.

The main reason I'm hesitant to go down to 10lb mono topwater and jerkbaits is a few spots I fish sometimes are rocky and shallow, but jerkbaits have been effective and if I keep it shallow, I don't lose them in the rocks.

[Bassattackr]

2 minutes ago, Boomstick said:

The main reason I'm hesitant to go down to 10lb mono topwater and jerkbaits is a few spots I fish sometimes are rocky and shallow, but jerkbaits have been effective and if I keep it shallow, I don't lose them in the rocks.

A lighter FC sinks slower than a heavier lb test.  I fish a lot in those situations as well and stick with 10 lb.   Your call..

[Bluebasser86]

I fish jerkbaits on 8-12lb mono, cranks on 8-15lb copolymer, and most of my treble hooked topwaters on 20lb straight braid.

[tander]

Using 16# Sunline Sniper FC on my shallow water cranks and 12# Sniper on my deep cranks. I use 14# Sunline Natural on both jerkbaits and topwater.

[Deleted account]

JBs and crankbaits 10-12 lb mono, sometimes 8 and 15, but not often, poppers 12 lb mono, everything else 14-17 mono, except frogs which get heavy braid. Sometimes around pads and other cover I'll run buzzbaits on braid, but not often. What line should one use for sub surface lures?...

[Brett's_daddy]

What do you guys typically use for lipless cranks? I was originally thinking of using my squarebill setup of a 7ft. medium/moderate Veritas Winch 2.0 and a Daiwa Fuego CT 6.3:1 with 12lb. Seaguar Abrazx but now I'm leaning more toward my Dobyn's Fury 734C which right now has a 7.3:1 Curado I spooled with 17lb. Sunline Armilo Defier on it but I'm wondering if I should use heavier fluorocarbon like maybe a 15lb. or more instead?

[Tony johnson]

I fish pretty much straight 20lb power pro braid on everything except frog/heavy cover is 50lb

[Bankbeater]

I use 6 lb, 10 lb, and 15 lb mono. Which line on which rig depends on the size of the bait and where I will be fishing that bait.