Skip to content

dodgeguy

Super User
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by dodgeguy

  1. The limpness of braid let's all falling baits behave far more naturally than stiffer lines.
  2. Casts better. Doesn't backlash as much. Doesn't get damaged by a backlash. Costs far less to use. No difference in catch rates at all. More sensitivity unless you fish totally slack line. Better hook sets.Cuts through weeds better.
  3. That goes contrary to anything I have heard about their customer service.
  4. Line twist is your problem . Use a swivel at the top of the leader.
  5. Flourocarbon has more stretch than mono. Once it stretches it doesn't return.
  6. Flourocarbon is not completely invisible under water. It depends on water clarity and sun angle. It doesn't matter anyway.
  7. It doesn't make a bit of difference at all. If the bite is slow fishing flouro over braid or mono will do nothing for you. I've fished many times when it was slow with my brother in law and seen it proven. He fished braid with a long flouro leader I fish straight braid high vis with the last 6 feet colored black. When it's slow we both still catch close to the same amount of fish . When it's a hot bite it matters even less. lve seen it time and again over 30 years where it makes no difference.
  8. I never fish with so much slack that I lose feel. And if I did I use high vis yellow braid with the last 6 feet colored black so I can see a strike. I hate flourocarbon line and have given it up permanently. I fish straight braid for everything.
  9. I just got a Garmin striker 4 portable for $199.its unreal. I can see my Carolina rig weight and the lure behind it and my buddies blade baits being jigged at the same time in 30 feet of water. The sonar is super clear for this price. Just starting to learn the GPS. It also comes with a flasher. The battery is no where near weak after 9 hours on the water. It will definitely go days without a charge.
  10. Did you mark fish on sonar ? A lot of times they are out deep chasing bait balls.ALABAMS RIGS cast or trolled work well when this happens.
  11. I've used those also. They work well. They are very strong. I thing the speed clips catch less grass.. either one makes me happy.
  12. I use Norman speed clips a lot with straight braid. I have no problems catching fish with them. They don't catch a lot of weeds and are really small. They also break at about 26 lbs of pull. That means if I'm stuck deep with my braid and have to break off I can wrap my braid around a dowel and break off if needed. I've never lost a lure with one. I fish a lot with jigheads and use them also. All my spinnerbaits are closed loops so I use them with them. I take the snap rings off hard baits and use the speed clip directly.I fished a tournament last week as a co angler in a team tournament and caught more fish than my flouro fishing partner. Having clips means less rods needed.
  13. You guys know how to fix this. That's all I will say.
  14. Yes sir but I'd go 50 lb.
  15. Braid works great for cranking. David Fritz converted after using mono for years. You can feel everything.
  16. One example would be spinnerbait fishing. It's very common to use 20 lb. Mono to help keep the lure up if your fishing it over weedbeds. It's not all about lb. Test.
  17. No just splice together.
  18. Brush on crazy glue it

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.