I like to use a 1/64 oz to a 1/32 oz bullet nose weight above my swivel thats 40" above fluke (Carolina rig) for a couple reasons..

1. Its always windy where I fish and the wind pulls my line too much and keeps my fluke on top

2. If you watch when you cast, your bullet weight slides up your line 10-15' above fluke, which allows the weight to contact bottom while there still 10-15' of line that is 8'+ above bottom yet (14'ish water). And that last 8' of fall is now all but weightless, as desired, but is now in the kill zone that much quicker.

3. Cast farther(its a little different since you are starting a cast with 40" of line out, but you get used to it quickly)

4. It works.

5. #4 is enough. 

On 1/21/2018 at 7:40 PM, Jkt23113 said:

Hey guys! I’m thinking of buying some line too spool my ecooda black hawk, and I was wondering what type of line will help my lure drop deeper/faster with that good shimmer you normally get while it descends. Thank you!  

Lots of opinions on what to use.....what water clarity are you fishing?   Water clarity dictates what line I use.  I fish a lot of super clear water so in that case I stay away from braid.  

Give some thought to using mono, and insert a nail weight.  Varying the wegh5 and where you insert it will change the fall.

I use spinning tackle and 15lb braid, flouro leader only in clearer water. Most of the water i fish is fairly muddy so straight braid works fine. 

I use 40lb braid with 12-15 flouro leader 

I use 14# Flouro for all weightless presentations on a bc. 

 

 

Mike