??what is the best night fishing line??

Glad to see I'm not the only one having problems with the BPS Excel. I was pretty sure I'd gotten some that was old or just plain old bad line a few years ago after everyone I talked to pretty much told me that. Well I tried it again this year & the same thing happened again & it was 20Lb.test I tried both times. Trilene XL sure won't hold up for me other. In my opinion it's the most soft & limp line I ever saw with absolutley no abrasion resistance. Suffix Elite or Trilene Big Game are all I will use. Haven't broke a fish off on either one of them. I have tried Stren in the past & it done pretty well & P Line cxx was decent, but I broke it too. Do they just not make monofilament like they used to ???

Started using p-line clear blue flourescant this year for night and the clear for the day. I am very impressed with this line because of it's strength and how straight it stays. It is also very affordable.

[QUOTE=JOEBASS444;421262]Just found out yesterday that trilen and stren are made a the same place now. This came FROM the manger of fishing at bass pro in clarksville. I fish trilen xl but i'm going to try some stren 100% florcarbon clear/blue. I hope i hate it. It's $22.00 for 200 yards . Anybody tried it yet.[/QUOTE]

stren, trilene and spiderwire are all made in Spirit Lake lowa and suffix is made in minesota....bummer that bps is made in china....seems like when fishin stuff switches from being made in usa to china the quality goes downhill

I use Trilene big game exclusively at night. I fish mostly on rock and need the abrasion resistance.

Black lights are for those who can't feel their lures. You need to be able to fish them blind-folded and feel every rock and pick-up. I also swore off any lights at night years ago - black light, running lights, and minimize boat lights for gear changes. I got blasted on a recent post for speaking up and saying I only turn on my running lights when boats approach. This past weekend I was out Saturday night and there were plenty of pleasure boat traffic early on and at one point I turned my running lights on and left them on for a while with all of the activity. After a bit I also noticed I was not getting any hits and when the traffic died down I turned them back off and it seemed I started getting bit again. I am paranoid about lights at night...

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[QUOTE=JOEBASS444;421262]Just found out yesterday that trilen and stren are made a the same place now. This came FROM the manger of fishing at bass pro in clarksville. I fish trilen xl but i'm going to try some stren 100% florcarbon clear/blue. I hope i hate it. It's $22.00 for 200 yards . Anybody tried it yet.[/QUOTE]

Yep. Old news. The company called Pure Fishing owns Berkley, Stren, Abu Garcia, Spiderwire, and some other notable fishing equipment. Their labs and test facilities are on a body of water called Spirit Lake.

Be very careful what knot you tie with the Stren fluoro or you will break off every time you set the hook......

[QUOTE=JOEBASS444;421262]Just found out yesterday that trilen and stren are made a the same place now. This came FROM the manger of fishing at bass pro in clarksville. I fish trilen xl but i'm going to try some stren 100% florcarbon clear/blue. I hope i hate it. It's $22.00 for 200 yards . Anybody tried it yet.[/QUOTE]

Its not easy line to manage, I make the best of it but dont exactly like it.

Do some studying and you will find that flouro takes special knots! Is there a flouro that is flourecent?

[QUOTE=slimshad09;421357]Do some studying and you will find that flouro takes special knots! Is there a flouro that is flourecent?[/QUOTE]

Yes Stren has made for a year or two a flouro that is flourescent. It is not as good as my InvisX. This weekend I am fishing without flourescent. I don't need to "see" the hits but on dark nights I use it to see when it is get close to docks, shore, trees, etc. How do people manage the dark nights? Thanks so much for the help!!!