What pound of line do you use for bass??

[Metroguy99]

I have 20# power-pro on one spool for milfoil chocked areas, 8# fireline crystal on another, and 10# mono on the others. Do any of you think visibility is an issue for the heavier braids? As in, do you typically use a flouro leader? I started using the 20# pp this year, (have only used it once, fishing for snook in Florida), but it seemed awfully visible. Wondering if its darker color may affect number of hits?

[beeflover]

I like 100 lb leadcore. It never breaks and I don't need a sinker.

It also lasts a long time and I can use it to tow or be towed by other boats if the need should come up.

I'm lookin for a flouro leadcore, that would be great.

[HeIsLegend]

10 lb Canjun

pulls up trees....

[fishuhalik]

8lb mono on my spinning rod and 10-14lb mono on my baitcasters. Any of you guys have problems w/ braided line cutting the guides? I fish all st. croix and noticed last year after breaking off 5 fish in a row on the hookset w/ my 30# fireline that my guides had a couple of groves in them from the braid.

[tearin' lips]

10 lb fireline on my spinning.

20 lb g-string on my casting.

[Captain B.R.K]

The spinning combo's end up with 6 & 8# test Berkley XL.

I have 25-35# test powerpro on one of my baitcasters, 14# test Berkley XL on the majority of my baitcasting reels. The rod/reel combo I use for t-rigging applications has 14# flurocarbon.

[pfluemis]

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Hiya -

Johnny - another mitigator with the cost of superline is the durability. It lasts half of forever. I know some guys respool every year, but I've had reps and engineers from more than one company tell me that unless the line is actually frayed, it's basically indestructable. I've had superline on some reels for a couple years at least, and it's fine.

Cheers,

Rob Kimm

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I had 30lb nylon braid on my heavy bait caster for 6 years and never had the line break on me once. Granted, I didn't use the set up, as often as some on here use theirs, but none the less, it did get abused when I did use it.