Mono vs Flouro for Jigs

[RuddyDuck]

What do you like better for fishing your standard 1/4 to 3/4oz Jig/Trailer and why?   And no you can't say you use braid!! I'm talking medium cover tops not heavy slop.

How much more visable do you think the mono is than flouro?  I can see both in a cup of water, but the mono seems a little more visable and does have a little more sheen to it. Your favorite Brand you use is welcome too.  Thanks.

Edited February 23, 2016 by RuddyDuck

[GeluNumber1]

Flouro. Less visibility means more bites, and less stretch means better hookups. But I will concede Mono is more forgiving to mistakes with bigger fish.

[RK]

Fluoro hands down for me. Sensitivity is much greater with fluoro. That's not marketing hype either. It's physics - fluoro is more dense. Makes it a lot easier to feel slack line bites, and feel what your jig is hitting. 

I also like fluoro because it sinks. That matters even with jigs because the line won't blow around on the surface as much on a windy day. Matters more with lighter jigs than a 5/8 oz jig and craw obviously, but it's never a bad thing. 

I tried a lot of different fluoro lines when i first started using the stuff and finally came to the conclusion that fluoro is one of the rare cases where you definitely get what you pay for. High end fluoro is brutally expensive, but it's just better in most cases. The good news (and another reason I like it) is it lasts far, far longer than mono. I used to respool every couple weeks with mono, but i can fish with premium fluoro for a whole season. Between that and using backing and only putting 80/90 yards on top, so you get two reels out of a 160 yd spool, it works out ok cost wise.

As to what kind... I used Toray Superhard Upgrade for several years and loved the stuff, but it's gotten impossible to find in the US. So last season I switched to Sunline Shooter and can't really tell the difference. It's great stuff. I use 16# most of the time, and that's fishing mostly 1/2 and 5/8 oz jigs on deep weedlines. Use the same line for football heads and pitching in light to moderate cover too. 

[M1dwestF1sh]

Fluoro! Sinking is probably the biggest thing with light (1/4oz) jigs. Less visible. Less stretch which is nice when you just have the one big hook to stick em with, and more sensitive. 

I've been using AbrazX for my jigs. A little stiffer than some but I love it for jigs. 

[bassfshin24]

I agree with the above posts as well. I've been using 17lbs Invizx for my jigs and love it. I very rarely have broken off with the 17lbs. I did try using Seaguar Red Label in 20lbs last year for awhile and it was decent. The only reason I had it on was because my spools were tied up with it from fishing El Salto. I fished with 20lbs Red Label again this year down on El Salto and I was pitching lizards into some pretty thick stuff and don't remember getting busted off. It's good stuff but a little stiffer than Invizx but a lot cheaper. 

[Craigums]

Flouro, hands down. For jigs I go a bit cheaper than most and just use 15# Berkley 100%. It's worked just fine more me the last several years

[bassfshin24]

You should try out Red Label Craig. It's only $11 for a spool and the stuff is pretty good. 

Don't mean to steal the thread but has anyone bought line off of the Bay of E before? They have 1000 yrd spools of Invizx for a decent price. 

[M1dwestF1sh]

I think red label went up to 15 bucks this year! Never tried buying line of of the bay. 

[bassfshin24]

You're right it is $15. Maybe I am thinking what the price was when they had the 25 days of savings on TW in December. $15 is still a pretty good deal. 

[RuddyDuck]

Thanks for the info.  Red Label was 10.99 at Cabelas last year, but now I see it went up to $15. Use to be 12.99 at Wally world, so maybe it didn't go up there.

I suppose I didn't even mention co-polymer lines. I still want to try Yozuri Hybrid. I tried the Vicious Ultimate in 17lb and thought it was decent for the price. 

[Deitz Dittrich]

Another Vote for Floro.. but again as RK said.. has nothing to do with how invisible it is in water.  Usually when fishing a jig you are fishing cover of some sort.. those fish are much less able to see the line anyway.  For me its because you can feel the bites better.  And the line doesnt float, so it doesnt wind drift.

[MN BassFisher]

What do those on this thread typically use Mono for nowadays...topwater only? I personally use all Flouro and Braid right now. I tried some Co-Polymer's last year and didn't mind them but I think I'll stick with Flouro.

For light cover jigging I like to use 15lb Seaguar Invizx. In a time pinch I used Red Label on a few reels last year and didn't mind it! Has anyone tried the Seaguar Flippin' Flouro?

[Craigums]

I still use mono for some topwater, cranks and spinnerbaits

[M1dwestF1sh]

I have one spool of mono and its for a leader, if I'm throwing a topwater with trebles I'll put on a leader of mono on my braid just for a little bit of stretch. I might rig a rod up this year with mono just can't decide yet.

 

Haven't tried the flippin flouro but I too was interested in trying it, I had too big rods with heavy braid for flippin last year that I might switch to the flouro. 

[RK]

I'm actually to the point where I pitch with Fluoro if I can at all get away with it given the cover. I think even in cover I get more bites with fluoro than braid, plus you can feel slack line bites with fluoro, and you can't with braid.

When braid first came out I kind of got in the mindset that you needed 60 or 80 braid in the thick stuff, but we used to haul fish out of the same crud with 20 or 25# Trilene XT back in the day, so... I use 22# Shooter and can haul fish out of some pretty heavy stuff. Around some cover types like wood and rushes, fluoro is actually kind of nice because it doesn't cut into a rush stalk or branch as bad when a fish wraps around it. 

About the only things I use braid for anymore are frogs, punching/flipping in pads or really thick cane, and swim jigs or spoons. And jerkbaits for smallies I guess, but that's on spinning gear.

But - have to consider too that where I spend most of the time, 7 to 10 foot visibility is the norm, and I fish some lakes where I can count crayfish in 16 feet of water. 

MN BassFisher: I use mono for spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, topwaters, and squarebills. That's partly a function of using the same rod for multiple uses though. I throw spinnerbaits and squarebills with the same rod, and same for buzzbaits and most other topwaters. Both have 17# mono. Also use it casting grubs for smallies, but that's a whole 'nother deal.

Haven't tried the Seaguar flipping line yet - I think it just came out - but I might pick up a spool of 20# and give it a shot. Be interesting to compare it to 22# Shooter, which I used pitching last year and liked.  

 

[BTL]

I still use mono for several things because honestly...I hate dealing with fluoro. I first tried it 15 years ago and have used at least a dozen different kinds since, and I always come to the same conclusion. I hate the way it handles, and I can't cast it nearly as well as mono.  I've had some pretty bad breakage issues with a couple kinds of fluorocarbon that put me off even more.

I still force myself to string up with fluoro for heavy stuff like jigs and swimbaits, but I hold my nose when I do it

[RuddyDuck]

I still use Mono for the things already mentioned, plus I do use some for jigs and t-rigs. I usually have one rod with mono and one with Flouro for jigs. I mostly use it cause I'm cheap.

I think I will try the Seaguar Red label for jigs this year though. I have used the Stren Flourocast, but it doesn't seem consistent from spool to spool. I really liked the first spool of it and the second one I tried, I just seemed to have more knot issues with it.  Guess that is what you get for $9.50 flouro.

[Todd S.]

Ruddy-nothing wrong with yozuri at all, I use it on jigs, better than mono IMO for jigs anyhow. You can tell it's not flouro, and you can tell it's not mono, but it has characteristics of both. It has a little stretch, but not as much as mono. 

[RuddyDuck]

What pound test do you like to use for jigs with the yozuri? I've read that it is stronger than the rating listed. 

[Todd S.]

I use 15lb, I can't really speak to the strength difference, I only catch 2-3lbers, so it's kind of a mute point.....

[RK]

4 hours ago, Todd S. said:

Ruddy-nothing wrong with yozuri at all, I use it on jigs, better than mono IMO for jigs anyhow. You can tell it's not flouro, and you can tell it's not mono, but it has characteristics of both. It has a little stretch, but not as much as mono. 

Yeah, Youzuri hybrid is actually pretty good stuff. 

[MN BassFisher]

19 hours ago, Todd S. said:

I use 15lb, I can't really speak to the strength difference, I only catch 2-3lbers, so it's kind of a mute point.....

Oh c'mon...now you're just being modest!

[teamlatenight]

We use 6# braid  and a fluorocarbon leader for kokanee salmon due to them being extremely light biters you never "feel" the bite but must watch your tip or ultra light bobber if it moves at all set the hook dirty buggers never give you a second chance. for larger trout we use mostly mono with fluorocarbon leader we are very partial to segar and trilene XT we recently have been trying Pline and use PLine leaders exclusively for chinook salmon and steelhead 

[RuddyDuck]

On 2/23/2016 at 9:55 AM, bassfshin24 said:

You're right it is $15. Maybe I am thinking what the price was when they had the 25 days of savings on TW in December. $15 is still a pretty good deal. 

I was at 2 Walmarts this weekend and they Both had Red Label for 10.50. I bought some 15lb to give a try. One store had 20lb, one didn't. I see Cabelas jacked it up to the 14.99, it was 10.99 there last year.

[M1dwestF1sh]

Last year it was 10-11 bucks but they bumped it up this year. I've heard great things about it for 10 bucks but for 15 you can practically buy invizX or abrazX