Mono Line

[SirSnookalot]

I had a terrible fishing outing yesterday, not that I didn't catch fish. For some unfathomable reason I spooled up a light duty reel with 8# mono and headed to the intra coastal waterway. I fished an area totally void of weeds, rocks or any thing that I could get hung up on. I caught 2 smaller barracuda and with the stretch I thought I was hung up on something, I wasn't, the mono took all the fight out of the fish. As a rule cuda's make a vicious strike, they don't inhale a bait and they can be incredible fighters.

On the way home I stopped at a canal and caught 7 or 8 bass, 3 of them about 18", again hardly knew I had a strike, the fight with mono was non existent. The difference for me between braid and mono is night and day, the strike and the fight are so much more amplified with braid, mono took all the fun out of it. Ist order of business, buy a new spool of braid today....

Update: I stopped by the same spot this morning and caught a few more using same size outfit but with braided line...........what a difference in ! I'm already respooled, lol.

[LgMouthGambler]

Ah men, braid is way more sensative. All my rigs are Spiderwire spooled.

[Raider Nation Fisher]

I use braid on most everyone of my reels. The exception being my two Penn reals which are loaded with 80lb mono. One of which is about to be loaded down with 130lb braid.

[A-Rob]

i agree

I have a hard time feeling like I move the bait (and penetrating the hook) on a big hook set with mono haha feels like I just stretch the elastic

[roadwarrior]

Monofilament was unanimously recommended for jerkbaits by the pros.

I fish #12 Sunline Super Natural. This is the only technique where I fish mono.

[chromedog]

RW,

Do you use it for soft jerkbaits like fluke, or just on hard jerkbaits such as pointers?

[A-Jay]

Monofilament was unanimously recommended for jerkbaits by the pros at Bass University.

I fish #12 Sunline Super Natural. This is the only technique where I fish mono.

Very interesting ~

A-Jay

[tugsandpulls]

i swear by berkley triline xl its on all my reels

[FD.]

Like RW, I only use mono for treble hook baits. 12 lb berkely big game for me. I can't remember the last time I lost a fish or a bait on a spook or crankbait. Everything else is spooled with power pro. Even my light duty worm rod has 20 lb power pro on it. My carolina rig has braid up to the swivel and then flouro for the leader.

[SirSnookalot]

Like RW, I only use mono for treble hook baits. 12 lb berkely big game for me. I can't remember the last time I lost a fish or a bait on a spook or crankbait. Everything else is spooled with power pro. Even my light duty worm rod has 20 lb power pro on it. My carolina rig has braid up to the swivel and then flouro for the leader.

Never could understand the reasoning for using mono with treble hooks, I use braid for everything and I don't need a specific rod for fishing any particular technique. If some choose to use mono, that's fine, I choose not to.

I've yet to meet any one that has never lost a fish whether it be a spook, crankbait or anything else.

[FD.]

Never could understand the reasoning for using mono with treble hooks, I use braid for everything and I don't need a specific rod for fishing any particular technique. If some choose to use mono, that's fine, I choose not to.

I've yet to meet any one that has never lost a fish whether it be a spook, crankbait or anything else.

The reason for using mono with treble hooks is the stretch. Normally with a treble hook bite you don't have a penetrating hook set and you want the shock absorbing qualities of mono to keep from pulling the hooks out of the fish. The very reason you don't like mono is the reason I do, in certain situations.

Another reason I like mono is that it floats so I use it when I am fishing a spook or devils horse. I think it helps the action vs braid.

I did not say never. I honestly can't remember the last time I had the hooks pull out and lost a fish on mono with treble hooks.

[0119]

You think 8lb. mono took fight out of fish? Fight that they had when you use stronger braid?

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

You think 8lb. mono took fight out of fish? Fight that they had when you use stronger braid?

Yes, when accustomed to braid and the feedback you get every little twitch from the fish fighting going to mono makes the fight feel like your reeling in a dead fish.

[SirSnookalot]

The reason for using mono with treble hooks is the stretch.

Exactly why I don't care for mono, I don't like the stretch and I get a better hookset with less effort.

0119, on January 25 2012 - 03:40 PM, said:

You think 8lb. mono took fight out of fish? Fight that they had when you use stronger braid?

Yes, when accustomed to braid and the feedback you get every little twitch from the fish fighting going to mono makes the fight feel like your reeling in a dead fish.

^^^^^ Absolutely !

I'll tell you where I am giving up braid. I was offshore yesterday and destroyed 300 yds of 30# braid trolling, I was using a drone with 2 BB swivels and the line twisted unuseable within minutes. Not giving up braid, I'm giving up drones, back to only using lures that won't turn over, like a sling jig.