BassKat

It's still early in my testing, but I have managed to fish a lot over the week with YZH head-to-head with Sufix Advance. Sufix Advance is losing ground to YZH. Again, Sufix Advance, YZH, and Ultragreen are all excellent lines. I also have a ton of respect for Sensation. It would be awesome to see someone do controlled testing on top copolys. Based on my on-water testing, I'm starting to lean into YZH and really liking it so far. Nothing can replace Defier Armilo. That said, similar to Ultragreen, it was much more expensive. At this point, I would buy YZH if it were much more expensive. When you consider the price, it's an unbelievable overdelivery.

@Rucksack and everyone, a bit of an update... As a reminder, in addition to Yo-Zuri Hybrid and Maxima Ultragreen, I am also fishing Sufix Advance. I fish mostly shallow water in extremely heavy cover. I lose a lot of fish bc I throw places where the chances of getting a good one out are low, and commonly have to take fish over logs. I am extremely tough on line and go through a lot. I feel like I'm in the right place with these finalists because they are all really top-notch copolys, and I greatly appreciate everyone's advice getting here. Although I am not finished testing, plan to test Izorline XXX at some point, and any one of these could still emerge as the winner, I am slightly leaning away from Ultragreen at this point because of Yo-Zuri Hybrid being so impressive. Ultragreen is very good, but I think YZH, if anything, is probably a little better and much cheaper for frequent relining. The manageability of YZH is very good, especially given its toughness. I don't feel like the line, especially when newer, "demands" line conditioner, although it makes it even better. From a strength-to-diameter and knot strength standpoint, YZH is absolutely awesome. I hung up last week on 10lb YZH and had to break it off. I was fishing a 3/0 Owner Twistlock Light, which I've had really good luck with on big fish, and I broke (not bent out) the hook instead of the 10lb YZH. On abrasion resistance, it gets a little strange. For what I put line through, the YZH is coming back with more minute nicks and detectible roughed up areas than I had with my now-discontinued, all-time favorite line, Defier Armilo. At first, I retied twice as much with YZH, which was annoying. Finally, I started chancing it with minute nicks and roughed up areas that weren't too bad, and I have yet to break a line that I thought should not have broken. I sense there's something about their manner of construction that allows undamaged portions of line to persevere in delivering strength even though adjacent portions may be damaged. If I were fishing Baccarac, I'd probably be retiring quite a bit with YZH, but I'm not obsessing over it as much now. I still consider Sufix Advance excellent. My gut tells me, YZH might have a touch less stretch, a little more sensitivity, and ultimately better strength under my extremely harsh conditions, although it gets scary with some of the scuffs it gets. I am ahead of myself here because Sufix Advance is really good and deserves to go head to head before I make a decision, since I haven't used it since my YZH and Ultragreen landed. These three are very worthy of testing by those in the copoly hunt. I am not finished and have a ton of respect for all three, but the enthusiasm a lot of folks have for YZH makes sense to me.

Take a look at what you can get a used war eagle 754LDV for. It's 17'10" aluminum shallow V, can handle big water if there's not too much wind. They are built really solid and last a lifetime. On 2-strokes, I'd like nothing more than to have an old Johnson Evinrude, but things are way different on sourcing OEM parts than 10 years ago. The second you put an aftermarket part on it it's not the same. If anyone knows different, that would be music to my ears. Around here, it's gotten tough.

Suzuki makes an extremely light 2.5hp outboard that you could consider vs electric options.

I love fishing wacky rigs in laydowns and have tried numerous weedless hooks, including some of the good hooks mentioned here. I use the Decoy Cover Finesse HD Worm 220 and can't say enough about how weedless it is. However, I'm going to try the Hayabusa Spin Muscle that @RRocket shared above. That's an intriguing and unique approach to weedlessness that may allow me to get even more aggressive than I've been able to with the excellent Decoy HD.

@BrianMDTX I fish them mostly shallow. When the water is in the 55 - 70 range, athough I fish dingy water and can rarely see beds, I often choose a shorter 5" lizard as a pegged 5/16 texas or jika rig. I also fish 6+" weightless lizards high in the column or with a G7 Tungsten 3/64oz Screw Weight to get it down in the column a little as a search lure. The retrieve is usually moderate, so you can't cover as much water as some search lures, but if they aren't taking faster search lures, it can work really well. I think lizard profiles are especially interesting as they look natural swimming as a finesse search lure. The profile makes sense versus things like craw profiles that may look more natural slowly bumped along the bottom.

I'm in the south (central MS). Lizards are a staple for me, especially during the spawn. Also, if you feel your fish have seen what you're throwing in that category a few too many times, at a minimum, I'd recommend adding it as a change of pace lure. Also, it works well when your fish may want a little less bulk than a larger creature.

Not when the lightning strikes!

Mine would be fishing storms and throwing bait casters into insanely high winds. When the winds are in the 25-45mph range, I'm more than just game for it. My kryptonite? Lighting.

@NorcalBassin Sorry for the speculation. I was hoping they went peacefully. Terrible news.

I went on an inshore redfish trip and lots of the guides down there swore by chromapops. I took a lot of different pairs out and Maui Jim HCL bronze performed really well. I wasn't able to compare MJ HCL Bronze head to head with Chrompop but would really like to.

RIP. Has to be carbon monoxide. Let's take this as inspiration to check out detectors friends.

I fish a ton on land (extremely high winds), in a War Eagle 754 LDV (big water), and in my Hobie Lynx and Compass in smaller water or extremely dense cover on bigger water. For me, my kayaks are all about fishing backwater creeks that larger boats cannot access, pad fields, log jams, etc. Hobie's Mirage Drive 180 with kick-up fins was a must because in crossing submerged logs etc, #1 I do not wear out or tear up my drive due to the kick-up fins and #2 I can literally get up high speeds, push one pedal as far away as possible and bring one as close as possible to place my fins against the kayak's bottom to jump over logs. I do this a LOT! With traditional pedal drives, you have to approach a log, pull the drive out, paddle across, put the drive back in, and repeat. Mirage is also quiet and efficient. Hobies are expensive so I don't think that people who don't fish in these places need one. You can find them used at times.

I "think" what AbelG is targeting is Salminus brasiliensis versus the Mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippurus). Both are amazing fish.

@AbelG Very cool picture. There's a redfish lure that looks similar but I can't think of the name. Your posts about Golden Dorados first brought the species to my attention - they are beautiful fish we enjoy hearing about them!