i have two rods i fish one deep cb and the other square bills and lipless. what would the recommended lbs line for test two combos in mono. ive usually ran 10lbs on both one time i tried floro on the squarebill setup i didnt care for it to much.
i have two rods i fish one deep cb and the other square bills and lipless. what would the recommended lbs line for test two combos in mono. ive usually ran 10lbs on both one time i tried floro on the squarebill setup i didnt care for it to much.
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It's going to be different for everyone, I got 12 on deep divers and 8 on smaller cranks.
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I bought some Iguana copolymer at a sale in 13 (size of 6-8lb) I'm using for jerks, half oz lipless and shallow cranks. And 23 ( 14-15lb diameter) and its working well. I'm trying to get used to the stretch in it since I've used fluro mainly. Fishin hasn't been good enough to really evaluate it well but the small diamiter is allowing my baits to run very well
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10 lb Silver Thread Excalibur on all my cranks, except for squarebills around shallow cover. I then use Trilene 12XT
Another exception would be when using spinning equipment, then I use 8 lb Excalibur.![]()
For deep diving crankbaits I use 10 pound Izorline Platinum. For shallow crankbaits, which is fish in and around cover, I go with 12 pound Izorline Platinum. This is not only the most abrasion resistant, low stretch copolymer that I have ever used. It's also some of the least expensive int he 1/4 pound spools. Check it out on Tackle Warehouse.
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I find that it's hard for me to fish a deep diving crankbait on mono line. I like using 10lb Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon because it helps me dig that crankbait into the rocks better. Now for squarebills I will use 14-17lb. test Trilene XL in the low-vis green color. This line helps me to keep my bait ridding just over the top of the grass line and not digging it into the grass to much.
10lb red label on the deep cranks
12lb Fluoroclear on shallow cranks
15 lb Seaguar Red Label for pretty much all of my cranks....I did buy 12 lb InVisX for my Deep Cranking though...which is few and far between around here.
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When cranking I use 10lb McCoy Mean Green. 15lb for square bills on shallow cover/heavy cover.
I love yozuri hybrid in 10-12. Sinks slowly so you can use the same setup to throw Sammy's without hindering the action because if moved quickly, line won't sink. To me that's great bc my cranking rods are what I use for topwater baits like Sammy and poppers
12 lb Sunline Sniper or 8 lb Sunline Super Monofilament for my deep crankin and 20 lb Sunline Super Monofilament for my squarebills![]()
10lb yozuri hybrid
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12lb Trilene 100% on deep baits
15lb Big Game on square bills and traps
10lb XT on both
I have 12lb p-line co polymer for deep divers but I may be doing this wrong. Just really starting to crankbait this yr again.
14lb sunline sniper for deep cranking and 12lb for for smaller cranks
It would depend on whether I was using a spinning rod and reel or a casting rod and reel. Spinning outfit I like 6-8 lb test and Casting I like 12-14 lb test for mono.![]()
I use 14# Vicious Elite fluorocarbon and crank a lot about 7 months a year...spray my 3 crank reels with Reel Magic the night before competing of course..
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I'm still chunking 6xd's with 12lb p-line copolymer but I think I may be doing this wrong. Lol I'm still trying to Learn though.