I'll be casting S-Waver 168, Whopper Plopper 130, 6" Hudds and other glide and swimbaits.

 

I prefer straight braid and just asking if 50lb braid will work good. Also I've used Power Pro original and wondering also what braid you guys are using for swimbaits and your thoughts. 

 

In Florida's weedy lakes, I only throw 'soft' swimbaits which are weedless, but not hard swimbaits.

In the main, I use 30-lb braid; but if I'm slicing thru spatterdock all day, it'll be 50-lb braid.

Braid is remarkably abrasion-resistant material, but due to its extremely fine diameter

it may send the wrong message (Imagine fluorocarbon at half its diameter).

 

Roger

Just watched the Bass Pros show yesterday and he was throwing a pure swim jig with a ZMan Turbo craw on 50lb braid demonstrating jerking it through and over grass.  He had it rigged on Curado 200K fast reel.  I do my Whopper Plopper 110 on 17lb XL mono.

I've never used braid for swimbaits, not even on 8 or 10" Hudds, ect..Always used mono of varying diameters.

All of my swimbait fishing is done with braid to a leader. I use powerpro maxcuatro, best braid on the market much thinner than regular power pro and casts better. I always use leaders, less visible than straight braid, better abrasion resistance, gives the line some stretch and shock resistance. I prefer 65 over 50 for swimbaits. It’s not because you need that extra 15lbs for fighting the fish as your usually not in crazy heavy cover, it just gives you some more insurance that you won’t snap your line  if you bomb a cast and backlash. Don’t worry about leader knots. A lot of guys on here will tell you that it’s a weak point in your setup and will break when your fighting fish. I have never once had a leader knot break while fighting a fish, and that includes fighting much stronger fish than bass. It’s not an issue, learn how to tie the knots and you won’t have an issue.