27 replies to this topic

[Ramz]

I plan on fishing square billed crankbaits this year. I want to bounce them of stumps and submerged wood. What type of line do you suggest using?

[ww2farmer]

What ever line you feel comfortable with. It's not a light line technique IMHO. Personaly I use braid, usually 30, sometimes 20, sometimes 50. Before I used braid, I used 15lb Trilene Big Game mono, 20 if I had to keep them real shallow.

[bigfishbk86]

I personally am not a fan of braid for cranking. It sounds to me like 12 or 15lb P-line cxx is just what you're looking for.

[Bryce C]

12lb yozuri hybrid

[O_TOWN_BOY16]

i use plain ol spider wire 20 # mono

[O_TOWN_BOY16]

now for crankbaits i use kvd 1.5 black back chart. and just ordered the 12 piece kit from bass pro already caught 3 nice bass about 3 weeks ago my first few bass of the year

[Hi Salenity]

12lb yozuri hybrid

x2

[crankbait2009]

Yo-Zuri Hybrid x3
I use YZH line for all my needs. I use 12lb and 6lb

[tstone]

I use 17lb mono for squarebills

[BIG M]

20 or 30lb braid for all my cranking.

[SausageFingers]

I'm on the Yozuri Hybrid team. I use that for all of my setups.

[J Francho]

12# P-Line CXX.

[Craiger12]

12# P-Line CXX.

x2. Actually I use 10# most of the time because it is so strong and abrasion resistant. I tend to go lighter than most when fishing mono though.

[J Francho]

I just happen to have 12# on the rod I use for shallow cranks. 10# is probably easier to manage, and will work fine, too.

[Phranchise1213]

Go flurocarbon...if you are fishing around stumps or you want to keep the lure higher in the water column, than fish 20 lb test. If you want them to run a little deeper and are fishing sparser cover than go down to 12-15 lb. However square bills do excel around wood, so maybe compromise and call it 17 lb if you only want to choose one line