dinskyt

Hello, So me and my buddy went to the Shenandoah river twice in the past week. Once, we took his really small 8foot sundolphin bass boat out with a trolling motor, and we floated from berrys boat ramp down to where spout run meets the river. We caught one smallmouth on a wacky rig and one catfish on a crankbait. Today, we went again and this time we went to the south fork (parked at Bentonville boat ramp). We didn't take the boat out and we just walked up river. We didn't go too far, but we caught one smallmouth and not much success. We were throwing small ned rigs, grubs, tubes, and other plastics. Then again both these times we were fishing midday and it was pretty hot. Anyway I was wondering if anyone knew this area well and would either be willing to show us around or just leave some tips. Thanks.

thanks much

Thanks for the responses. I might just go with some basic mono for now at least. What lb test should I get? 12? 14?

Hi, I have a lews rod and lews baitcaster. I'm not sure the exact model, but I can look if that's necessary. I have some braid on it currently (I belive 12-14 test). I have been having problems with the line digging into itself mid cast causing the cast to suddenly stop mid air. I think its time for some new line. I'm not a beginner, but still learning for sure. So I don't want something too complicated, but I should be able to handle more than the basics. What line should I get? Should I switch to mono or FC? What test? Do I want a different line for the backing? Note: This is my main rod that I want to be pretty versatile.