I’d like to do some yellow perch fishing this coming year using anything from live bait to small spinners and beetle spins. I have 2 setups, a lightweight with a 1000, and a med light, although the specs say it matches the lightweight, with a 2000S (shallow). Looking for line suggestions, I currently have 10 lb 832 on the 1000 that seems to work pretty well, the 2000 is new and empty. I have very little experience with these small setups, when I tried floro on the 1000 some years back it was hard to keep on the spool, I think it was 4 lb, so I went to the braid. I’d like to keep the lines as light as possible without having problems. Around here panfish are well under 1 lb.

Two of my panfish rigs correspond to yours....and here's what I have on them

Light rig - 1000 reel, L/F rod - 6# Revolve braid, 4# InvizX leader around 15'

Med-Light - 1000 reel - ML/MF rod, 8# Sufix 832 braid, 6# InvizX leader around 15'

Thanks, I was just reading about Revolve in a year old thread.

Just grab some 6 lb supernatural mono and run with it. Braid to leader is nice in some instances, but straight light mono is perfect for what you want.

I too have a 2000 shallow spool reel (Miravel) I had mine spooled with 4 pound monofilament mounted to a 6’-8” ultralight rod and casting a 1/16th ounce underspin with a crappie tube I was dang near emptying the spool. I wound up spooling 6 pound Suffix 832 on there and will run a 4 pound monofilament leader when the season opens this year.

4lb Yo-Zuri hybrid is what I use. It’s extremely manageable and affordable.

I only fish UL. My gear is much lighter than yours. Most of the time, I use Lelands Trout Magnet SOS 4 pound copolymer line. Based on the bait I’m throwing, I sometimes downsize to the 2 pound version of the same line. This is on a Vanford 500 size reel.

I do this often.

Light or ultra light. Can be tough to feel the bite with heavier.

4-6lb of anything for line: mono or braid. Doesn't matter much.

When I started fishing, it was with 8# XL. Went to 4# XL in my teens. Caught tons of panfish with several other species thrown in.

EDIT: I have 6# braid on one spinning reel. Zero abrasion resistance. This is one of the very few places where I would use a leader.

I use 4# Excel mono from Basspro on an Okuma 1000 reel. Handles good with 1/32 oz Beetle Spins.

I prefer 4# mono for my Panfish rigs. I like the handling qualities over light braid.

4 pound Sunline Super Natural for mono...

4 pound Seaguar Invizx for fluoro...

6 pound Sufix 832 with a 4 pound fluoro leader for braid...

The only time I use braid is when I am fishing really really deep for Perch or maybe Gills, otherwise very much prefer mono for most things Panfish... I also use 6 pound mono for mainline when bobber fishing with a 4 pound fluoro leader...

Typically mono has better knot strength than fluoro, typically making it stronger in real World use than fluoro... There are a plethora of fancy lab tests that have shown this, there are always grey areas though.

Thanks all for the help, ordering some 6 lb Yo-Zuri copolymer for the 1000 with the regular spool, and 6 lb Sufix Revolve for the shallow 2000.

Check the line capacity - I know that my Miravel 2000s reels hold the same amount as my Miravel 1000....so it really doesn't make a difference.

6 pound mono for this guy.

I don't do a lot of panfishing though. And I'm about to do far less starting this year too.

2 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Check the line capacity - I know that my Miravel 2000s reels hold the same amount as my Miravel 1000....so it really doesn't make a difference.

The 2000s says 100 yds 4 lb mono

The 1000 says 140of the same.

FWIW, I just measured the 1000 capacity using 10lb 832 to what I consider full, 240’. The 2000s only took 140’.

Both are Stradics although a few generations apart.

I like plain 4lb mono.

6lb trout S.O.S. mono line is cheap and strong.

@padlin Im not sure if you’ve used Yo Zuri hybrid in the past but it was my experience last season that it was pretty stiff until I used it for about a dozen trips. After it “broke” in I’ve been happy ever since. As per usual YMMV.

5 hours ago, padlin said:

Thanks all for the help, ordering some 6 lb Yo-Zuri copolymer for the 1000 with the regular spool, and 6 lb Sufix Revolve for the shallow 2000.

That 6 pound Yo Zuri is like 10 pound test.... It's really good stuff, but it's comparable to say 10 pound FC Sniper in strength/diameter.

I would highly suggest going lighter or with something else, it's very thick stuff, much stronger than it's rating because they take 10 pound line and label it as 6 pound to make one think you are fishing really strong 6 pound... Lot of companies do it...

These companies use line ratings as a form of marketing, you really need to go by diameter, not pound test. That aspect of the industry is kind of a mess, but for Panfish, truly think you will want to go lighter...

1 hour ago, Eric 26 said:

@padlin Im not sure if you’ve used Yo Zuri hybrid in the past but it was my experience last season that it was pretty stiff until I used it for about a dozen trips. After it “broke” in I’ve been happy ever since. As per usual YMMV.

Thanks, I’ll try to remember come ice out.

1 hour ago, Peninsular said:

That 6 pound Yo Zuri is like 10 pound test.... It's really good stuff, but it's comparable to say 10 pound FC Sniper in strength/diameter.

I would highly suggest going lighter or with something else, it's very thick stuff, much stronger than it's rating because they take 10 pound line and label it as 6 pound to make one think you are fishing really strong 6 pound... Lot of companies do it...

These companies use line ratings as a form of marketing, you really need to go by diameter, not pound test. That aspect of the industry is kind of a mess, but for Panfish, truly think you will want to go lighter...

Changed it to 4lb. It’s on order so no going back now.

4 minutes ago, padlin said:

Thanks, I’ll try to remember come ice out.

Changed it to 4lb. It’s on order so no going back now.

I think you will be much happier that way, like I said, it's really a very nice line, they just label it a bit misleading.

Best of luck!

I always use 6 lb mono.

I use Sufix Siege or Elite 4 pound mono

I use a 6'4" St Croix Panfish rod and a 1000 series Daiwa Exceler reel with 6lb Trilene XL. Great combo for small tubes/grubs.