So I was watching some YouTube videos of guys out fishing and they are throwing T rigs and jigs and soft plastics on 25 pound flouro.. I think that's a little overkill unless I'm missing something, they said it's to help not break off. I usually only use 10 pound abraisx and wondering if maybe I should up it to 15 or more. I know it's about where I'm throwing it and we do have some trees and limbs or rocks where I fish but is 20-25 pound needed ?

14 minutes ago, Ksam1234 said:

So I was watching some YouTube videos of guys out fishing and they are throwing T rigs and jigs and soft plastics on 25 pound flouro.. I think that's a little overkill unless I'm missing something, they said it's to help not break off. I usually only use 10 pound abraisx and wondering if maybe I should up it to 15 or more. I know it's about where I'm throwing it and we do have some trees and limbs or rocks where I fish but is 20-25 pound needed ?

Like you said, it's about where you're throwing it. For me on my waters, 12-16 lb. fluoro gets the bulk of the action. I'll go 8-10 with some jerks and deep cranks, or 17-20 with A-rigs, football heads, or in heavier timber. I could see 25 in some specialized conditions, but it would rarely ever be the norm around my parts. It's no different than any other line, so just use what you'd normally use and you'll be fine.

I use 15lb 100% of the time, but I do not have any vegetation in my home lakes.  Literally zero.  I have absolutely hammered into a hookset several times with zero breakoffs.  I even use it for my Musky rods most of the time and zero issues.  If it can take the ferocity of a 45" Musky hitting a 2 oz bucktail followed by a massive hookset I am not worried about a Bass doing anything.

 

If I was fishing weeds I would more inclined to upsize a bit.  My brother fishes a lake in MI and sometimes you end up with 15lb of salad on your lure by the time you get to the fish.  He uses 65lb braid most of the time.....

I'm a river rat that fishes pretty light compared to many of you guys. 6-8-10 lb. fluoro. is all I go. My braid diameter and sizes are small also. It's relative to the surroundings.

 

Sorry about my font size and bold, not screaming, not sure what I've done.

4 hours ago, Team9nine said:

Like you said, it's about where you're throwing it. For me on my waters, 12-16 lb. fluoro gets the bulk of the action. I'll go 8-10 with some jerks and deep cranks, or 17-20 with A-rigs, football heads, or in heavier timber. I could see 25 in some specialized conditions, but it would rarely ever be the norm around my parts. It's no different than any other line, so just use what you'd normally use and you'll be fine.

Ditto

I use 14# or 16# Sniper and 20# Shooter for all bottom contact, weightless and most moving presentation's depending on what and where I'm throwing. 

 

 

 

 

Mike 

 

10 lb

20 lb

25 lb

For my t/rigs, jigs usually 14/  16/20 sniper depending on cover. 

Heavy weed I use braid.

12,17,25. Meant to buy 20 instead of 25 but the 25 handles fine for pitching heavy wood cover so I think I will continue to buy it. 

10lb for T-Rig

50-60lb braid for everything else. 

 

I use 12 lb for everything 

15 lb trylene 100% Floro.  Good stuff but expensive.

12lb 100% flouro. and 20lb.

Fishing shell beds, I could justify the heavy fluoro, or when fishing 40ft.+ The first to overcome the nicks that end up as break offs when you get bit with lesser lines the second because it doesn't stretch as much and is more sensitive.

Personally, 6lb. on the light action spinning rod, 10lb fluoro on my cranking rods, 15lb+ mono for topwater and 30lb. braid for most of the rest. I do have one combo with 65lb. braid.

Look at your specific rod's specifications as they relate to line test.

 

Add the numbers together and divide by 2.

 

That is the line test you should be throwing.

However, since there are no rules in bass fishing, you can throw any line test you have confidence. For me, it is mostly 12 pounds on baitcasters and 8 on spinning reels.

 

What ever you like best and have confidence it will perform for you is the correct line test.

Thanks everyone, I think I might go to 15 pound flouro and stay with that, we don't have tons and tons of weeds or lots of rocks enough to risk a break off. I usually use 10 -12 but just incase 15 should do the trixk

Are you having problems with abrasion/break offs/or fishing new water that would require heavier line?

- if no, then there's not really a great reason to change unless it's for presentation/performance.

 

Anymore, I only use FC for clear water finesse presentations and use either Sniper or Seaguar Inviz ranging from 6lb-12lb.  Generally, 8- 12lb Hybrid is my go-to leader material 80% of the time.  Unless there's a real good reason to go heavier, I'm confident that 12lb Hybrid will hold up to just about anything.

 

Also, just because someone has a fishing channel on Youtube, it doesn't necessarily mean that they have any idea what they're actually talking about. 

 I use 12lb Invizx as my general purpose line, I've only experienced abrasion in extremely ridiculous circumstances, like when I accidentally cast over a concrete retaining wall and have to retrieve my line across the corner of it.

 

 

Depending on water clarity, cover and technique, anywhere from 6 to 25.

12 pound abrazx 17 pound p line 100 percent fluoro. I fish lots of Cypress trees stumps and laydowns in a river system and find this perfect. But I still keep 65 pound braid on my 7'6 heavy dobyns savvy just in case

Most used line size? For smallies, 8 lb. For largies, 12 lb. If I fished where the bass grew to double digits (FL, TX, CA etc) , I'd probably be using mostly 17 and 20 lb. and more powerful rods.

12#, 14#, and 17# for Texas rigs and jigs depending on the type of cover I'm fishing.

10,12 and 15 mostly I buy more spools of 12 pound than anything else.

I use 8,12,15 and 65 braid.  Thats it.  Mostly 15lb flouro though

Awesomeness thanks everyone for the input. Guess I wasn't to far off with what I'm doing 

15lb is one most of my flipping setups and if I need heavier i have a rod spooled with braid. I can always throw on a 20lb leader and I'm going to give that shot this year. Just feel I can cast a lil further with 15 over 17/20 but we will see how this test goes. I jumped up from 6lb invisx to 7lb sniper last season on my spinning setup and I like it a lot. Have super clear water but tons of zebra muscles so the 6 was getting destroyed. 8lb worked but again fishing is about learning and trying new things and the 7lb seems to do it.  Crankbaits and the like go on 10/12lb