i agree with you livetofishnj braid is the best line that you can put on your rods wether your going for stripers or for seabass and blackfish. I use braid on all of my rods but i always use a shock leader so if you get snagged you dont have to cut the braid you just simply pull straight up and it will brake off. no way would i ever go back to fishing with mono.
The only thing that gets mono any more are my ultralight trout rods. The braided line is a tremendous advantage over mono in almost all scenarios. Togs and Flounder are definitely much safer from being caught on a reel spooled with mono. I KNOW...I KNOW...my great grandpappy caught for million of them blah blah blah with mono.....He'd a caught forty million with braid though. Getting over the initial frustration related to being unfamiliar with braid and the "magic rings" and "wind knots" is well worth the frustration. You will put more meat in the box. IT WILL SLICE YOU WIDE OPEN TOO IF NOT USED CORRECTLY. Keep an old hammer handle on the boat for popping snags free that are stubborn. Wrap the braid around the handle five or six times and pop it free so your spool won't be gouged doing it.
Make sure it is packed hard onto your reel when spooled. Best done by letting it all out with the boat in gear fast enough to where you have a struggle reeling it onto the reel with the tip pointed towards it. DO NOT run it through a piece of leather or glove between the fingers when spooling it. IMHO this trashes the line. Good luck.
Holwachagot
at first drifting across a shell bank...I went nuts. I thought there were 10',000 fish down there now I know the feel and drop back for the flounder. Tog are still a thinking mans bite I time the bite with chewing gum....works every time !!!!!!
Bryan Rice, I agree 100% with the hollowcore, there is no need for big reels offshore anymore, I troll all 30W now and mix a 50n in for my way way back, 30W's are now the old 50W, and 50n's fish like 70's now, except with the hollowcore you gain line capacity and cut back on weight, and can use one class smaller reel to do the same job. I've also found I change my line less with the hollowcore, with mono I was changing it all the time, with the hollowcore I cut any bad sections out and splice it back together.
Bryan Rose is 100% correct, add a shock leader of mono when using braid, if you do not you will lose fish and pull hooks. I'm 100% switched to braid for inshore fishing except for striped bass fishing, I'm a 50/50 mix and cannot make my mind up. I love it when bites are subtle and the fish are finicky because I can feel it better, but I do agree, I like a little more stretch in my line with a big bass. I may experiment with my length of mono shock leader when bassing, maybe a longer shock leader will be a good compromise between the two lines.
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