braid vs flouro

[David Austin]

Let's say you are fishing a 3/8oz spinnerbait with braided line and another person is fishing the same exact spinnerbait with say 15lb flourocarbon line.  Do you believe the flouro is going to make much difference in the amount of fish or the bites or the action the spinnerbait is able to do?  Is one better or worse than the other?  

[LCG]

I will raise a 3rd option... Braid to leader. 

[David Austin]

1 minute ago, LCG said:

I will raise a 3rd option... Braid to leader. 

The only thing I don't like about the braid to leader connection is it just gives another knot for the line to likely break.

 

[Bankc]

On a spinnerbait, probably not much of a difference.  Especially if the water isn't ultra clear.  While there are a lot of differences between these two lines, a spinnerbait isn't positioned to take advantage or disadvantage of these differences.  

[dodgeguy]

Bass are not smart enough to know what line is. You can put a live worm right in front of a cruising bass on flourocarbon and watch them ignore it. They are either focused on your bait or they are not. That said I do color my lime green braid black so that the chartreuse line doesn't detract their attention from the bait. Fish bite all kinds of crazy lures that have hooks and terminal tackle all over them. Look at an umbrella rig. IMHO you need to stop worrying about line visibility.

[Fishes in trees]

I don't think in that situation braid or mono would make much of a difference.

[CrankFate]

It depends on the water color and clarity.  Just look at this eye from crystal clear water that I caught today.

 

Here’s an eye from very low visibility water

This fish from murky water was twice the size of the fish in the pic above, but the eye is tiny. Also, low visibility fish that I see have mouths that are twice as big as Clearwater fish. (I was not using worms for bass, my son got this 3 1/2lb bass fishing for BG).

 

 

one more so you can see the size of the fish in the bottom pic

 

 

[jimmyjoe]

  The biggest difference between low-stretch line (braid) and higher-stretch line (monofilament fluorocarbon or monofilament nylon) has nothing to do with the line itself. It has to do with the way that the fisherman reacts. Line that is more sensitive and transmits more information (braid under load) causes a fisherman to react prematurely, jerking the lure away from the fish. Low stretch makes that worse.

   Although I hate myself for doing so, I use all three; nylon, fluorocarbon and PE braid. Not only that, but I've used spinnerbaits (among other lure designs) with all three. As it stands right now, I use nylon with spinnerbaits. Fluoro would be my next choice. I reserve braid for weeds.

   Even though I'm old, I'm gonna keep on experimenting. Talk to me again next year. I might have changed my mind by then.   ?     jj

[TcRoc]

Fish the line you want to fish. They r gonna go for it or they aren’t. Comes down to your presentation, how u fish it , maybe water clarity, the structure your fishing. Can there be a variable.. sure . Figure out what works for you the most. Will someone argue my opinion? Sure.  It’s a never ending battle. That’s some of the fun. 

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15 hours ago, David Austin said:

Let's say you are fishing a 3/8oz spinnerbait with braided line and another person is fishing the same exact spinnerbait with say 15lb flourocarbon line.  Do you believe the flouro is going to make much difference in the amount of fish or the bites or the action the spinnerbait is able to do?  Is one better or worse than the other?  

That is a loaded question. Are you going to get fewer bites with braid or more bites with fluoro because of the visibility of the lines? No. Are you going to get more or less bites with one or the other depending on conditions and the mood of the fish? Very likely. Assuming the usual 20-40 lb braid, the same lure fished the same way, on the same rod/reel (different conversation as to whether that is possible or not) is going to behave differently due to line stretch, and water resistance, (the buoyancy thing is overrated) and that will potentially cause a difference. Of course if one is aware of the differences, one can fish them differently to achieve the same action and placement in the water column. 

[ike8120]

Chatterbaits and frogs I use straight braid, Everything else braid with FC leader or just straight FC.

 

[huZZah]

18 hours ago, David Austin said:

The only thing I don't like about the braid to leader connection is it just gives another knot for the line to likely break.

 

If you don’t have confidence in your knot it probably will. I do braid to leader on several rigs and have never had my Alberto knot break.  But I also agree with others that on moving baits the fish don’t care. I go straight mono on spinners and cranks simply because I don’t like how the braid fishes. Nothing to do with the fish seeing it in my decision. 

[westmdbass21502]

Learn how to tie the fg knot,alot of videos it is a hard knot to learn,but let me.tell ya once you use the best knot out there