Red fishing line

[pbowhunter]

was wondering if you feel that using red fishing line is more or less visible in the water?

[YourBobersDown]

I use cajun ice rods with 4 pound test. In a lake we fish you can see to the bottom in 8-10 feet. At that depth my friend who uses fireline caught just as many as me so it didn't seem to matter at that depth in clear water

[tunrevir]

I have fished the 2# cajun ice line next to 2# and 4# Berkley xl and haven't noticed much of a difference between the 2 rods side by side. Slight edge to the 2# vs.4# but a pretty even mix between the two 2# lines side by side. The cajun line does seem to coil more and twist up then the berkley xl IMO.

Tunrevir~

[TurnUpTheFishing]

I highly recommend checking out the newest In-fisherman. It has an article that covers lure, hook and line color phenomenon in good detail along with other really good insite into the vision of bass and other fish.

[NCLaker]

I am pretty happy with the cajun red for my ultra lite ice rods. Don't have any issues with line coiling and twists. Much better than the P-line on my other reels.

[cribbageboy]

I'll second the recommendation on the In-Fisherman article, lots of info, especially on this topic.

[pbowhunter]

any insight on what Infishermen wrote

[mike morris]

Cajun red does seem to have a lot of memory coming off your reel.

[metrojoe]

Well they say that the color red is filtered out in the water before any other color. (making the line virtually invisible) Whether they're claims are true or not I don't know, but as long as they're not charging me anymore for line than I'd normally spend, then what the heck. Surly can't hurt.

[TylerJ.]

would it be a bad idea to use cajun red in the summer fishing bass in shallow water?

[Coach1310]

I've used Cajun Red for ice fishing and it has been good to me. Like has already been said, it is the same $$$ as most other standard lines, so it may be worth a shot to see how it works for you.

[OldBear]

I've been using Cajun Ice line #2 this year. Although I've caught a lot of fish I can't say one way or the other if its helped. I do know it seems like I keep getting a heck of a wrapped up mess on the end of the pole that I recall from previous years.

[PerchJerker]

I'm not a fan of cajun line. Regardless of whether or not it's visible underwater ....... I just don't think it's very good line. It stretches and its diameter and strength is very inconsistent. There's a reason it's so cheap.

[gopher_nation]

I just put 2# on my panfish rod and noticed that it wants to wrap around the tip of the rod. To prevent this I just peeled about 50 yards off and then gave it a good strech 3 feet at a time as I reeled it back up. Don't have the problem anymore.

[markkstanley]

The color red is filtered out true but line shows as black it does not become invisible. Common misunderstanding. Think about it. An all red lure does not become invisible in very deep water it appears to the human eye to be black. Same with fishing line or red hooks.

[Shack]

Ironically, I just spooled two new spring bobber rods with Cajun red ice yesterday. I had some left over in my office here and since reading this post, started to play with it and examine it. It does stretch to beet all get out. I do not see diameter issue, other than from the area I stretched and the fresh stuff off the spool. After stretching the line, it does loose the memory coil ness nicely.

I might go out to night and give it a try, but if it does not perform well it will be peeled right back off. Like said above, it’s pretty cheap now.

Good luck.

[Ducks and Fish]

Personally, I will never use Cajun line again. It doesn't matter to me if the fish can see it or not if they break off every time. I have had nothing but bad luck with that stuff breaking off and getting twists. It is cheaply priced line for a reason.

[CrappieFshr651]

I used red cajun and trilene microice on my rods, ive caught a good number of fish with both so i couldnt really pick a better one. Never used red line in the summer though.

[merc]

I have one rod with the Cajun red and one with clear and have much better success with the clear. The red is coming off but that's just my experience.

[Shack]

Go Packers,

I would think your drag is set incorrectly, you may want to try a different knot or the fish you are catching are just too big .

When this Cajun stuff is new, it seems very strong (at least the 3#), but it seemed to stretch verses breaking (more so than I have seen with other line). I just wonder if after some use, will the line stretch and after a little more time and use, will the stretched line become brittle.

We will see.

[katoguy]

Tyler J., google Bass Fishing Home Page. Click on fishing tactics and then do a search on "red line" or "cajun red". A lot of info there. Great site for bass.

[Ducks and Fish]

 Originally Posted By: shackbash

Go Packers,

I would think your drag is set incorrectly, you may want to try a different knot or the fish you are catching are just too big .

When this Cajun stuff is new, it seems very strong (at least the 3#), but it seemed to stretch verses breaking (more so than I have seen with other line). I just wonder if after some use, will the line stretch and after a little more time and use, will the stretched line become brittle.

We will see.

Maybe I was too quick to judge it, but I had it on for one weekend and had two break offs that didn't have anything to do with the drag and the knot seemed strong when I tested it, but I like your idea of blaming it on the fish being too big. It just didn't seem to have the strength to it. I personally don't have a preference with line, I just had a bad experience with the Cajun.

[eurolarva]

I started using fireline Crystal micro ice fishing line this year and it is some awesome stuff. I dont know how much I buy into the fish seeing the line. I had this spooled on one pole at Lake of th e Woods and 8 lb trilene cold weather with a 18 inch flurocarbon leader both using the same rattlin varmit lure and neither did better or worse then the other. The one thing that sold me on the fireline crystal is my hook sets were better then the trilene cold weather mono. When fishing 30 ft down there is way too much stretch in the mono versus the Crystal. I hate using polymer knots but it is the only thing that will work with these new hybrid fishing lines. Take your cajun and tie it to a big trebel hook and about two feet from the hook yank it real hard till it breaks. See if the break is at the knot or the knot is still tied to the hook. I tried this with polymer, uni knot and trilene knot the the only one that did not break at the knot was the polymer knot.

[MOBY RICHARD*]

No color disappears faster than Crystal Clear...

I personally prefer Vanish, it's almost invisible out of the water and in, I have a difficult time seeing it to tie on...

[gopher_nation]

All of my walleye rods are spooled with 6# crystal, then uni to uni 4# vanish. It was last year on Mille Lacs that sold the Vanish to me, I had only Crystal to the jig and my buddy had Vanish, could clearly see my Crystal on the cam and the Vanish was invisible, he got the bites, not me. Clear water I believe that a person should have flouro leaders. Lake of the Woods is very bog stained water so I don't think the line is as important. I use fireline up there for strength and sensitivity and don't worry about the line being visible under water and the only way I tie it to my lure is with a palomar knot. Other knots want to pull apart. I also use a palomar knot with mono and flouro as it is claimed to be the strongest knot.

Back to the topic, since the walleye season closed I have had good luck with Cajun Red in clear water for panfish.