Would you use 1 pound test??

[CrankFate]

Never. I fish very light line. But will never go that light. I tried fishing 4lb test once. On a charter in Disney world. All I’m going to say is when the fish hit my live shiner, my rod immediately went limp and my line immediately went slack. It broke as they swallowed my hook, shiner and all, before I could even try to set the hook. I didn’t believe the bass could possibly be that big. That was the first and last time I went below 8lb test.

[QED]

I used 2 lb test extensively in a buddy's lake (man made lake stocked with bass/shad) that had few things to snag on.  3 lb bass were quite the handful.

 

Now 2 lb test is hard to find (yes, I looked). Several companies make it but very few places carry it.  Must not sell very well.

[Captain Phil]

I spent a lot of my life fishing offshore in salt water.  Bass fishing was my true love, but the challenge of big fish was something I enjoyed.  My club in South Florida got into catching big fish on ultra light line. My goal was to catch a large bill fish on eight pound mono.  A 100 pound plus fish of any kind on eight pound line is a tough goal.  I was able to reach my goal one time.  It took hours and involved a lot of luck.  The sail fish you see in the photo below was caught with an Ambassador 6500C loaded with eight pound Ande mono.  Our club eventually decided to stop these attempts as they stressed the fish so much they often died.   

 

The problem with ultra light line bass fishing is you often catch bass around cover. In the ocean, you don't normally have this issue.  Also, when catching big fish in the ocean you work as a team with the boat.  The lightest line I have ever used to catch bass was 4 pound.  A 5-6  pound bass on 4 is all the drama you could ever want.  I suppose you could use sewing thread for line, but what's the point?

 

 

[CrankFate]

13 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

I spent a lot of my life fishing offshore in salt water.  Bass fishing was my true love, but the challenge of big fish was something I enjoyed.  My club in South Florida got into catching big fish on ultra light line. My goal was to catch a large bill fish on eight pound mono.  A 100 pound plus fish of any kind on eight pound line is a tough goal.  I was able to reach my goal one time.  It took hours and involved a lot of luck.  The sail fish you see in the photo below was caught with an Ambassador 6500C loaded with eight pound Ande mono.  Our club eventually decided to stop these attempts as they stressed the fish so much they often died.   

 

The problem with ultra light line bass fishing is you often catch bass around cover. In the ocean, you don't normally have this issue.  Also, when catching big fish in the ocean you work as a team with the boat.  The lightest line I have ever used to catch bass was 4 pound.  A 5-6  pound bass on 4 is all the drama you could ever want.  I suppose you could use sewing thread for line, but what's the point?

 

 

On 17lb test my PB fish which was about that size, was nearly dead as we got it into the boat, and it died i the first 2 minutes. It was at that time I learned that if the fish is going to be eaten, the number one thing everyone wants to know is “was it still alive when you got it to the surface.” Because they say the meat gets tougher if they die before coming out of the water. I was mad, because it was what had to be an endangered species,  since it was the only sail I’ve ever seen that looked anything like that, and there wasn’t any way to release it. I could not possibly have ever landed it without the boat. At times the big penn international I was using was smoking as we chased it full speed in reverse. I’m not really a fan of that type of fishing. There’s no difference between any fish, from species to species, that’s 100lbs + all you do is sit there like you are hooked onto the bumper of a car when the fish runs. Just not my thing.

 

Edit: since I’ve been Called out before over pics. I have never in my life seen another picture of this variety. The captain told me that these fish are extremely rare, and only lived in that area. He said he kept the tail it was the biggest of any ever taken on his boat. I was not happy about killing it at all. I am NOT a trophy hunter and I hate people who want to kill rare and endangered species. This was literally glowing cobalt blue, not from the reflection of the sun. There were a ton of people from France and Germany there lining up to pay for pieces of it. The money would have been mine to split with the captain. I left. I didn’t want any of it.

[GetFishorDieTryin]

Using 1lb PE isn't as crazy as it sounds.  I could see the small dia. being an advantage if your trying to fish deep.  Odds are the breaking strength is closer to 3lbs then 1.  With the dia. being so thin I would think that the tiniest abrasion could dramatically reduce the line strength.         

[WRB]

2007 thread raised from the past.

Bass can’t see any reason for less then 4 lb test.

Tom

[new2BC4bass]

18 hours ago, WRB said:

2007 thread raised from the past.

Bass can’t see any reason for less then 4 lb test.

Tom

And it isn't Jan. or Feb. 

 

I pretty much only fished 4# XL in my late teens.  Tried 2# once.  No thank you for 1#.