6 hours ago, reason said:

 

Love this pic of the Scum Frogs. I worked there for a while during college. 

10 minutes ago, Catt said:

 

Absolutely would not be realistic!

 

When you set hook on a bass it moves...the tree does not!

 

I surmise the OP may have a high catch ratio simply due to the fact he ain't frustrated with braid.

True, but big fish wrapped around 1/2 inch lily pad stems don't move a whole lot either, at least not on the initial hookset. When I'm fishing from my kayak I will move more on the initial hookset sometimes, and in many cases have had to go to the fish not the other way around. That's a different situation though than if you are on the bank or a larger boat. And if you're only getting bites from 1 lbers that day then line stretch will be more negligible than a 10lber who requires much more force to move. 

 

But yea if OP can't stand braid then by all means he should fish what he will be comfortable with so he can at least gets bites. If he finds the hookup ratio poor he can reevaluate whether he wants to try braid again. 

47 minutes ago, MassYak85 said:

True, but big fish wrapped around 1/2 inch lily pad stems don't move a whole lot either, at least not on the initial hookset. When I'm fishing from my kayak I will move more on the initial hookset sometimes, and in many cases have had to go to the fish not the other way around. That's a different situation though than if you are on the bank or a larger boat. And if you're only getting bites from 1 lbers that day then line stretch will be more negligible than a 10lber who requires much more force to move. 

 

I've caught 35 double digit bass across 5 states & everyone was caught on Big Game 15# test.

 

If y'all ain't moving every bass on the hookset ya may wanna reconsider how ya setting hook!

30lb Sunline Sniper braided for frogs