(POLL) What type/brand of fishing line do you use the most?
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I think I have Stren 4 or 6 lb on right now. Probably 4 as I primarily fish small ponds and rivers. Always used to use generic but decided last year to try some pricier line as I do have a tendency to get my lures snagged.
It's funny that you posted this as I went fishing for the first time this year today. Caught two small bass (like 5") and a bunch of bluegill, including a nice male that put up a great fight.
It's funny that you posted this as I went fishing for the first time this year today. Caught two small bass (like 5") and a bunch of bluegill, including a nice male that put up a great fight.
I usually use 10lb Trilene and mainly go for bass with either a rubber worm or RatLTrap. Just ordered 8 Rat-L-Traps off of Bass Pro Shops. Just getting ready here in TN. When I get the lures, I'm gone.
Sweet. The bass here up north are a bit smaller; I don't think I've ever caught one that was over 2 or 3 pounds. Speaking of rubber worms, I found a lure made by Yum called a Hawgtail or something like that. It has a ribbed body, and some curlies and tentacles on the back, and the bass love it. It was my go-to lure last summer. They especially liked it when I skittered it over the surface on flats around cover. They would just nail it right out of the water.
Braid line always tangles after so long..... Even on a decent spincast reel. It's great for catfishing but constant casting for Bass is not what that line was meant for. With SpiderWire if you constantly reel in with "no" YoYo movement it's fine. But once you start it........ prepare for tangles about 30-60min in!
I don't do much Bass Fishing but I use Trilene for my catfishrods. Plus I've heard that some people had problems with SpiderWire tearing up guides.
DrPizza
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4 pound test. The thinner line makes a difference. I get far more hits with the thinner line than with 10 pound test. Granted, even with a good drag, a few manage to break the line. But, I still find that I catch far more bass with thinner line.
Here are 2 things to try: Berkely Gulp, watermellon colored, (7 inch?) worms
or
Yamamoto Senkos, generally the darker colors. I prefer the purple/red with flecks.
During the week that I'm on a fishing vacation in northern NY, my wife, 2 kids, and I will probably go through a couple hundred of these while fishing for bass. They're a little on the pricey side, but well worth it (IMHO.)
Texas rigged (or is it carolina? I always get it backwards) - 2/0 hook, no weight, hooked such that it's weedless (tip is still inside the worm.)
Cast it and let it sink to the bottom. Wait. Reel it in slowly. Nope, slower. I said slower. SLOWER!! Okay, idiot, you're still reeling it in too fast. Once you think you're reeling it in slow enough, slow down just a little more. You'll need a decent fishing pole (zebco poles definitely do not work for detecting very faint bites.) I like the Ugly Stick pros - cheap, durable, and sensitive enough for bass, and good at setting the hook. Generally, the bass simply inhale the plastic, taste it for 5 or 6 seconds without swimming anywhere, then spit it out. You have to detect the big bass inhaling the worm - very slight change in the tension in the fishing line. Stop reeling... stop resisting the line if it's being pulled at all... 1 mississippi 2 mississippi 3 mississippi SET THE HOOK! Little bass are easy to catch... you can't miss them. It's the big ones that are so subtle... that's why they got to be big in the first place.
Here are 2 things to try: Berkely Gulp, watermellon colored, (7 inch?) worms
or
Yamamoto Senkos, generally the darker colors. I prefer the purple/red with flecks.
During the week that I'm on a fishing vacation in northern NY, my wife, 2 kids, and I will probably go through a couple hundred of these while fishing for bass. They're a little on the pricey side, but well worth it (IMHO.)
Texas rigged (or is it carolina? I always get it backwards) - 2/0 hook, no weight, hooked such that it's weedless (tip is still inside the worm.)
Cast it and let it sink to the bottom. Wait. Reel it in slowly. Nope, slower. I said slower. SLOWER!! Okay, idiot, you're still reeling it in too fast. Once you think you're reeling it in slow enough, slow down just a little more. You'll need a decent fishing pole (zebco poles definitely do not work for detecting very faint bites.) I like the Ugly Stick pros - cheap, durable, and sensitive enough for bass, and good at setting the hook. Generally, the bass simply inhale the plastic, taste it for 5 or 6 seconds without swimming anywhere, then spit it out. You have to detect the big bass inhaling the worm - very slight change in the tension in the fishing line. Stop reeling... stop resisting the line if it's being pulled at all... 1 mississippi 2 mississippi 3 mississippi SET THE HOOK! Little bass are easy to catch... you can't miss them. It's the big ones that are so subtle... that's why they got to be big in the first place.
DrPizza
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DrPizza
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If you use anything over 14 for regular "LAKE" Bass fishing, you're a nut! Ok Ms Dawn, what #test "MONOFILAMENT" do use to go Bass fishing? (thinking 20lb+ if you knocked 14lb) **LMFAO**
What do you use as a reel? An 8000 series 3000 to repeatedly cast that 14lb+ line?
Damn!...... I spilled my drink! **LMAO**
I use 17LB line on the two levelwind reels I have. I may not *need* anything that strong, but anything much lighter would take far too much line to fill the reel. I also use these two for the heaviest fishing that I do - catfishing and bass fishing around heavy cover - large trees, lots of big sharp rocks, etc. It's also nice insurance in places where you may tie into something bigger, like a striper
Nate
I prefer Trilene XL because it casts well and doesn't have much memory...
I generally use 6 or 8lb test, or 10 or 12lb if doing some river smallie fishing when the line will get abraided by rocks a lot...
I generally use 6 or 8lb test, or 10 or 12lb if doing some river smallie fishing when the line will get abraided by rocks a lot...
RelaxTheMind
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i usually get ~10lb dia/30lb test braided spectra of almost any brand.
Not sure of brand but i bought a 1000 ft roll of this stuff.
I usually fish by rocks when on boat/shore/pier.
I go with high lb test if from pier as you dont really need much casting distance. (80lb for my big game rig)
Not sure of brand but i bought a 1000 ft roll of this stuff.
I usually fish by rocks when on boat/shore/pier.
I go with high lb test if from pier as you dont really need much casting distance. (80lb for my big game rig)
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