what do you use?

[fishfearme]

what type of line do you put on your baitcaster? lb test,brand, type?

[HesterIsGod]

30 lb braid, 8 and 12 lb fluorocarbon, 10 and 17 pound mono

[d.hark]

to general of a question. Would need to know what types and weights lures your using, what type of pattern, water condtions etc etc... But I would say you cant go wrong with something like 20lb braid for an all around line. Great strength, small diameter for long casts and very sensitive for worms and jigs. If braid isnt your thing a good flouro, co-poly or mono in the 15-18lb would be a good start

[IL_Bassman]

Well after reading how much RW suggests Yo Zuri Hybrid Ultra Soft I finally bought a spool of 12lb and 8lb test.  I spooled all my reels up today and just got to cast them out in the yard.  I was impressed though.  I haven't fished with the line yet.  I can cast this line twice as far as I could with Trilene XL.  If fishing with the line is half as good as the castability (sp?), I'll be happy!

[GitRDoneIke23]

I use 14lb. Berkley Fireline (it's a braid) or 14lb. Stren Super Braid

I use Mono and Flurocarbon every once in a while.

Mono: 12lb P-Line CXX

Flouro: 12lb. P-Line Flouroclear

And for puching heavy weeds and stuff.

65lb. Stren Super Braid

[.RM.]

12lb to 17lb Sensation on all BC's    

[roadwarrior]

Yo-Zuri Hybrid Ultra Soft

Spinning equipment: #6 (.010" diameter, 11.9 lb test)

Baitcasting gear: #12 (19.5 lb test)

8-)

[Guest muddy]

10 to 14# Cabelas Pro line Mono in clear/flo

[jrhennecke]

14# Trilene XL and Berkley Vanish on bait casting.

35# Gorilla Braid and a fluro leader on the spinning.

[Wayne P.]

For baitcaster use:

50# Spiderwire Steath Teflon Coated Braid

65# Stren Super Braid

30# Stren Super Braid

30# Spiderwire Original Braid

40# Spiderwire Original Braid

16# Stren Magnathin mono

20# Stren mono

14# XPS fluorocarbon

17# XPS fluorocarbon

20# XPS fluorocarbon

[Tin]

All depends on the application.

Jigs, Spinnerbaits, Buzzbaits, Heavy T-Rigs: 15 lbs plus braid or fluoro

Cranks and treble hooked baits: 10 lbs mono

[Guest muddy]

Hey Wayne : Can you explain the difference between the Spiderwire super braid and the original braid?

[.dsaavedra.]

on my worm and jig casting rod i use 50lb PowerPro (moss green)

on my crankbait casting rod i use 15lb Yo Zuri Hybrid (clear)

[Jeff H]

Trilene XT on everything

6 & 8 lb test on spinning

10, 14 and 17 lb test on baitcasting.

[RiskKid.]

Yo-Zuri Hybrid Ultra Soft

Spinning equipment:  #6 (.010" diameter, 11.9 lb test)

Baitcasting gear: #12 (19.5 lb test)

8-)

Copy Cat here.....this has worked very well for me.

[shimanogloomis man]

baitcasters

10/50 pline spectra

12/40 suffix braid

i use both braids just have them on different reels

spinning

6/20 suffix braid

on baitcasting and spinnig i use berkley floro vanish leader about 2 ft section of 20 lbs

[Wayne P.]

Muddy, Super Braid is a Stren brand. Spiderwire is a different brand. The Original Spiderwire braid has a smaller diameter per pound test than the other brands of braid.

[Jig Man]

baitcasters-- 10#mono and 30# Power Pro

spinning--  8# and 10 # mono and 8/1 Power Pro

[GobbleDog]

8 lb Power Pro

Despite the fact that I fish a lot of clear water, I don't use fluerocarbon leaders.   I tried em for a while, but didn't notice much of a difference.  Nowdays the only thing I do to the power pro is mark the first 6 feet or so with a perminate black marker, which IMO makes a slight difference in the visibility.

[MALTESE FALCON]

Spinning:

6# Trilene XL Clear Blue Fluorescent.

Baitcasting:

12# Trilene XL Clear Blue Fluorescent.

Muskie:

30# Spiderwire Stealth.

Falcon

[LOW7681]

On my bait casting rigs:

For carolina rigging and fishing "frogs" thru lily pads or other weeds use power pro 20-50# test.

Most of the time I pitch drop baits (soft plastics and jigs) or use a senko type bait.  I use primarily Stren Original in 14 or 17# test.

It must be around thirty or more years ago that I started using Stren Original and in the ensuing years used almost of all of Berkley's lines and some of the p lines.  Primary lines were Big Game and XT.

More recently spent many years using Bass Pro Excel.  Nice line, inexpensive, reasonably limp, usually tests close to its pound rating whereas most other lines break above.  But like Big Game it has more stretch than most monofilament or copolymer lines.

The end of this story is that in the past three years I have returned to Original Stren.  It has a nice balance of abrasion resistance (may be one of the best of monos), lower stretch, and pound test per diameter.

I do carry a reel loaded with 10# test Seaguar Carbon Pro fluorocarbon for situations where the water is extremely clear and nothing else seems to be working.  

For spinning gear use primarily 10# Power Pro with a fluorocarbon leader as almost all of my spinning rod use for bass is for smallies in rock laden water.

[Guest muddy]

Muddy, Super Braid is a Stren brand. Spiderwire is a different brand. The Original Spiderwire braid has a smaller diameter per pound test than the other brands of braid.

Thanks, I was at Cabelas the other day, the choices are mind boggeling