Is Braid a must?????

[kms399]

I love braid for crank baits. I use an avid 7' med/hvy moderate and 20 lb braid and love the set up. when I use mono all i feel is pressure when I use braid I feel every wobble of the bait and it is easy to tell if I have even the smallest bit of grass on the lure and can either shake it off or just crank it in.

[kadas]

WINTER FISHING below 32 degrees! You'll know the meaning of suck if fishing braid in them conditions

Fishing below 32 degrees just sucks. It doesn't matter what line you are using. Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Ronnie

AGREE X2

[J_Pearson]

Absolutely recommend braid for frogs. I personally enjoy ripping lipless cranks with it as well.

JP

[Darren.]

Thanks for the information guys. I'm going to pick up some braid before spring

I think you'll enjoy braid... I use 10 lb yellow power pro along with either a 6 or 8 lb p-line floroclear leader between 6 and 8 feet in length.

I have landed quite a number of bass on this combo. The yellow is for easier visibility...

Been thinking of trying a pure floro leader, but in the waters I fish, the mist green p-line has been good.

And FWIW, I have been fishing my spinning setup (6'3" shimano compre with a stradic 1000FI).  Also have braid on my baitcaster setups, but hardly use those any more....

[SKTprodigy]

Ponds with all the mucky muck with 40 pound powerpro and a bronzeye frog is my favorite thing to do

[Loomis24]

what's the avg leader length to use for braid???

[bilgerat]

what's the avg leader length to use for braid???

That's personal preference. I like a minimum of 6' so I can tie on several different baits throughout the day and still have a decent amount to work with. Some use as little as 3'.

[Grey Wolf]

what's the avg leader length to use for braid???

Are you fishing gin clear water ?

[Loomis24]

what's the avg leader length to use for braid???

Are you fishing gin clear water ?

The waters i usually fish are pretty clear, i don't know if i'd say gin clear but clear yes

[rubba bubba]

what's the avg leader length to use for braid???

That's personal preference. I like a minimum of 6' so I can tie on several different baits throughout the day and still have a decent amount to work with. Some use as little as 3'.

Agree.  I personally use 2 rod lengths and work my way shorter due to re-tying.

JF - question for you:  when you deep water Smallie fish, do you fizz them like deep water LB fishing?

[RandySBreth]

I fish "clearer than air" waters (Ozarks) and I use a leader maybe just a touch longer than the rod it's on. So a 7' rod will get about a 7' to 8' leader. Long enough where you don't have to worry about it getting too short after tying and re-tying lures on it during a trip.

Oh- one more thing -about the fishing when the air temp is below freezing - fused supelines (like FireLine or Sufix Fuse) pick up less water than braided lines do. Better for cold weather, especially with a little Loon Ice-Off or even just plain chapstick on the guides.

[Fat-G]

Braid is great for some things, and flat sucks for others.

what does it flat out suck for? No doubt I would use fluoro over braid in certain situations, but I have yet to find a set up that braid "sucks" at.

Freezing air temps

Concrete and or steel structure

Zebra/quagga mussels

Coontail on certain lakes - has zebes growing on it

Deep smallie fishing. You simply get more bites on fluoro.

Pretty much any treble hooked bait.

And catfishing in a rocky river. Never do that. That's where P-Line CXX is put to use.

[paangler3117]

I use power pro on a spinning rig for walleye jigging, but I don't really like the stuff. I love the sensitivity, but I don't really care for how it handles(noise, wrapping around the tip and guides). I can cast farther on the same rig with mono. To me, it is just a tool. Even if it's a tool I don't like using, when it works it's great.

Jim