Curious as to what everyone prefers

Honestly I use both 12# for topwaters like a popper or smallish walking baits. I use 14# for the bigger walking baits and ploppers.

FM

I perfer 12 but often times the assinine gaff of hooks companies put on jigs and spinnerbaits etc force me to upsize to 15lb. For reference, .012inches for 12lb.

 

The reason Generally perfer 12 because

1. Casts further

2. Limper, more managable 

3. Thinner line diameter gives lures more natural presentation

4. Sinks quicker 

.008"-.020", varies by the conditions, areas, depths, expected size of fish and lures I'm fishing. I use .012"/12lb. on my "grab and out the door combo". Brian.

straight mono like Sunline's Natural......14lb 

 

co-poly like CX........12lb  

 

I feel like I can get away with lighter co poly than mono, but I fish both the same generally speaking. 

I use Big Game. 15lb.test

If I had to pick one weight, it would be 12lb. I use straight monofilament on 2 casting setups. Trebled topwaters get 10lb test, and buzzbaits get 15lb. 

I don't have a favorite all around, but I'm mostly 12-15, sometimes 10, and sometimes 20+. 

I have normally used 12 lb. But I just started using 15 lb. Sunline Shooter Defier which is 013” vs .014” for 12 lb. Berkley Big Game. It’s great line (so far). 

Berkley Big Game 15# Mean Green 

Depends what bait I'm throwing.  6lb for finesse worms and drop shot, 10lb for small swim baits, 12 or 15 for jigs, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits and topwater, 65lb for toads and frogs.

Usually use 12-15 mono/co-polymer for baitcasting reels and 6-8 for spinning.

none of the above.  My base line is 17 lb suffix and that goes on more of my mono rods than anything.  I have 12 and 14 lb supernatural on other rods, but that is cranking and specialist work.

I don't use much regular mono but I use a lot of copoly in 12lb. I've been using Defier Armilo some recently, which I guess is mono, but I go for 15lb in that, based on diameter. 

I use all three for the appropriate lures.

6lb Maxima, good for everything where I live but toothy critters and sturgeon.

I use 10 with the lighter combo and 15 with the heavier…

15 lb. Big Game....

I live on the wild side- I throw lighter than most people.  I run braid to leader on almost everything. If I am throwing a jackhammer, spinner bait or something, it's usually on a 10 lb leader, sometimes 8. If I am fishing a jig, it's on 15# fluoro.

 

 

Guys he meant as a general all purpose line I think. We all use different sizes for different apps. For all purpose baitcasting I use 14 lb.

29 minutes ago, crypt said:

15 lb. Big Game....

Same…

10# Stren Magnathin. Very thin and plenty strong and consistently good. I've pulled in 30# carp (not on purpose), and 15# flathead, and lots of others. I use this as an all purpose line. Just last year I started trying 4# and 10# braid on a couple spinning reals for finesse methods. But if I had to choose one for everything it would the 10# Magnathin.

1 hour ago, redmeansdistortion said:

6lb Maxima, good for everything where I live but toothy critters and sturgeon.

So YOU are the guy that puts 6# test on baitcasters.   BFS?    ?

10lb yo zuri hybrid has been treating me well. But it's more like 14lb line, based on diameter.

For decades used 12# Big Game Mono, now use 11 lb / .011D Armilo, 25 KVD/.016D for lures over 2 oz like swimbaits.

Tom