which way is the best to go?
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which way is the best to go?
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what are you fishing for ? what type of water will you be fishing in ? what type of presentation do you plan to offer ? what type of equipment will you be throwing it on ?
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Worm / Jig fishing ledges, Cranking ledges.Originally Posted by stripernut1
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Fluorocarbon.
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Why not Braid? Doesn't it last longer, cast better, less memory, and more sensitive than Fluoro?
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Its purely a personal preference based on experience....good and bad. I have always loved mono even when the rest of these lines were hot and the "best". I used the other lines but always went back to mono. Recently, I changed to Flouro for plastics and jigs and IMO with the properly tied knot it's the best. I still use mono for topwater and jerkbaits.
As far as ledges/rocks go...for me I have broken off more easily with braid than other lines....That was with jigs and large worms. Maybe the braid was old and frayed? I don't remember that being the case but I broke off to often.
But, I still use braid for my c-rigs with a Flouro leader and but I use a lighter weight than most people I fish with and that along with a lighter drag has almost eliminated my break offs. I like it for that since I can use a stronger line with a smaller more manageable feel than any other line.
I wouldn't use braid for crank baits unless I'm using a spinning rod. FireLine performs great on spinning rods! Would rather use Flouro or mono on crank baits with bait casters.
Like I said its preference to what has proven to be best for me. I'm sure if I fished Ky lake all the time I would adjust to what works better but I fish alot of weeds and grass with limestone rocky points and what I use now is what seems to work the best.
All that considered...when you ask between Flouro or braid with the choices you gave I would go Flouro every time.
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Braid without question
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I would go fluorocarbon for those presentations. Fluoro sinks and will get your lures to the bottom quicker and keep them there better. You wont get your cranks as deep with braid.
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You also risk ripping the hooks out of fish when fishing crankbaits with braid. Then only times I would ever use braid are fishing heavy grass/mats, A-Rigs, topwater such as buzzbaits or frogs, fishing heavy shallow brush, and on a spinning reel with a flouro leader for things like shakey heads, drop shots, etc.
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Thanks to everyone for their input. Has anyone tried that fluorocarbon by Stren that works under a blacklight?
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I have not personally used that line but if you do a little searching on here, you'll find very mixed reviews about it.
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a luxury you have when deciding what line to use is that there are all kinds of monos, braids, and flouros out there, each type has a very specific advantage at some type of fishing. also keep in mind all lines, braids, and monos are not created equal. for example if you decide to go with flouro for say cranking, i would be looking for the softest flouro i could find, yet not so soft that it isnt fairly abrasion resistant. the reasons being first i want a flouro that is soft and limp enough that it will allow the crankbait to wiggle and wobble and it wont kill the action. but at the same time since i primarily beat the paint off a crankbait banging it off every rock, stump, tree, rock wall, clay flat i can find i need the line to be fairly abrasion resistant. for me the answer has been a co-polymer, p-line flouroclear to be exact, gives me a good balance of what im looking for.i more than likely am fishing ultra clear, heavily fished water on cumberland so the flouro coated line seems to work better for "spooky" fish. this is just my opinion and it is based on my equipment, for cranking i have g loomis crainkin rods. each person is going to find the best combination based on their equipment. my only advice to you is dont handicap yourself to a limited written in stone choice.....take full advantage of the huge seletion available to you. before buying a spool of whatever, open the pkg pull 4-5 inches of line out and feel it, twist it, bend it and see how it feels, if you dont like it in your hand your probabaly not going to like it on your reel. my braid choice is power pro becuase of castability, never get wind knots, low memory, super strong, and very sensitive. for bass my mono choice is trilene, for bigger fish , trolling for stripes etc, it trilene big game. once again these are just personal choices, not saying they are "the best", they are , based on my personal experience "the best for me" based on my equipment. you might try some of your buddy's various rod/reel/line combinations for different applications and see what you like. good luck to you
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