lets talk about fishing lines - mono vs flourocarbon

[bayouchub]

Its a given not to use fluoro for topwater or a cork. You dont need to use any special knots just be sure to wet them good and tighten them slowly. I have been using fluoro for the past two years and have never had any of the issues of breakoffs. Fluoro will break if it gets kinked or folded no matter the lb test. Also if your using it on a spin rod go with the lightest lb test your comfortable with and do not over fill the spool. I also wouldnt use a fluoro leader on topwater bc u dont want the line sinking ahead of your bait.

[keakar]

Originally Posted by bayouchub

Its a given not to use fluoro for topwater or a cork. You dont need to use any special knots just be sure to wet them good and tighten them slowly. I have been using fluoro for the past two years and have never had any of the issues of breakoffs. Fluoro will break if it gets kinked or folded no matter the lb test. Also if your using it on a spin rod go with the lightest lb test your comfortable with and do not over fill the spool. I also wouldnt use a fluoro leader on topwater bc u dont want the line sinking ahead of your bait.

ok, thanks, just goes to show how much bad info you can learn from u-tube "experts" lol. i had a lot of wrong assumptions about it.

i will be using 14-15 lbs test on the speck poles and 20 lbs test on the redfish poles, is that too big? i found i need that size to handle the oysters i come across

no folding or kinking, so i shouldn't store the poles with the bait hooked to an eyelet and folded over the tip then? or is that ok?

yep all I have is spinning gear, cant use them baitcasters for the life of me lol.

I was hoping flouro might be more durable option for cork fishing as a less abrasive short leader so the specks wouldn't see it or tear it up as much with those teeth vs the option of going with a heavier weight line leader.

I hope the guys here havent lost all patience with me for not agreeing to change where and how I fish and the gear I use because of what works great for them and the way they fish.

im just trying to find what will work for the way I fish is all. and unlike most here i live on fixed income so dumping $100 into fishing line is a very big deal for me.