Corpusfishing.com

Donnie · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 12:10 pm Post subject: Spare spool for my spinning reel

I have a penn spinfisher 4500, right now I have it spooled with 20 lb braid, and a 10 foot or so leader of 20lb test flourocarbon. I ordered a new spool for the 4500. Years back, I used to catch more trout in saltwater, and crappies, white bass and black bass in freshwater, than others , because I used 6 lb test line, no snaps, no swivels, minimum hardware, just knots to attach my lures. I want to reproduce that effect for when the water clears up - and trout, etc. are in the surf all the time, summer - fall.

Should I focus on flourocarbon leaders - and stick with braid on the spare spool - or - or go back to 6 lb or so monofilament . You dont get away with much in the surf - the fish know when a fisherman has spooled 6 lb test, and they line up - typically skipjacks, jackfish, blues, etc. - to take all his expensive lures.

What would be a good balance between enough strength in the main line - and difficult to see for the fish, trout mostly - and what is the best for the bucks mono these days.

And if Flourocarbon is invisible to the fish, what is the argument , other than cost, of spooling the entire spool with it.
_________________
Don - permanent prescription of salt water therapy.

ziacatcher · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 12:28 pm Post subject:

I'll answer one of your questions. 20-pound braid is a lot thinner than 20 lb fluorocarbon so therefore you can have a lot more on your reel

DMAC · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:19 pm Post subject:

Have also been using 20lb. braid with 20lb. fluoro leader on spinning reels for quite awhile. Recently spooled one with Berkley Nanofil, kind of a fused braid hybrid, made especially for spinning reels. Haven't used it a lot, but I think I like it. Would think fluoro would be a bit stiff to spool a spinning reel with. 6lb mono just seems too light to me. Certainly wouldn't want to see that big trout shaking it's head sawing on it. A fellow I fish with does use 10lb mono with a fluoro leader, and does well with it. Takes him a while to get a big fish in. On the fluoro leader subject: A guy that dives told me he took a piece of fluoro and mono down and the visibility to him was the same underwater. Also watched a test online that showed the fluoro 'leader' material wasn't any more abrasion resistant than regular fluoro line, but it costs a lot more. Good luck. D

BayFly · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:16 pm Post subject:

Donnie · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:19 pm Post subject:

ziacatcher · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:32 pm Post subject:

Hey Donnie I see where you use about 10 feet of fluoro at the end of your braids. I only use about 18 in.

Donnie · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:21 pm Post subject:

hickroots07 · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:01 pm Post subject:

I'm with Zia on this. I usually have 12 to 18 inches of mono leader and if i dont get broken off I use the same leader til is about 4 inches long. Have noticed minimal if any change in the bite between the short and long. Never used anything longer than that except on shark / redfish casting leaders in the surf.
_________________
Great captains, the stuff of legend, are made not by what they have caught, but by what they have given back.

Donnie · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:03 pm Post subject: