I'm back to mono for almost all moving baits especially shallow baits. I can see why Fritts would use braid for deep cranking and assume the baits dive just a bit deeper due to no stretch so all of the pull is put into driving the lip deeper.
I'm back to mono for almost all moving baits especially shallow baits. I can see why Fritts would use braid for deep cranking and assume the baits dive just a bit deeper due to no stretch so all of the pull is put into driving the lip deeper.
2017 Phoenix 819
2016 200ProXS, s/n 2B359849, Mod 1200P73BD
floro-- only thing i use all floro on, usually use braid with leader on everything else
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10 or 12 floro depending on bait size/running depth.
Mono works best for me for both crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and some top waters. I like braid for baits where I need to "feel" the bite, or frogging. Fluorocarbon I like as a leader on the end of braid when the water is really clear.
8 or 10# copolymer. Silver Thread Excalibur
Mono
Phoenix 919 Merc 225 pro XS
I've always used mono but it's hard to argue a crank guru like Fritts
12 lb fluro
Mono
"No man stands taller than one who stoops to help a child"
Fluoro or Co-polymer.. application determines size of line to use.... period!!
...>> Braid. ONLY if I were monster hunting with large shallow squarebills...(KVD 8.0 Magnum with 2/0 Triple grips)
10 or 12lb fluoro
Fluorocarbon
I use all 3, braid, mono, and floro. If I'm into larger bass, braid for a better hook set on a long cast.
Not making fun of you or anything, but I find this funny. The reason is that I am so old, that when I was a kid, braid is all that we had so to me, mono is a newfangled idea. Put me in the old coot category.
To answer the poll, I use braid on a spinning reel and fluoro for crank and spinner bits on a bait cast reel.
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Lowrance HDS Live 9”
Lowrance HDS Live 12”
Active Target 2 on Seelite Pole
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Mercury 175
Braid
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Florida all the way
10lb floro
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mono
Use fluoro #12 all cranking .. seaguer
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