Fishing line help

[Eagle 1]

Need some advice about fishing line.

Last year while I was crappie fishing with minnow, number of times I caught catfish, bass and small striper. I was using 6 lbs fluorocarbon line, 4' ultra light rod. It is kinda uphill battle to fight with big fishes with 4' ultra light rod and 6' lbs line

This year I want to use 7' medium action rod with 12 lbs fluorocarbon line.

My question, if I use 12 lbs fluorocarbon line, will that effect my crappie catching ratio? My understanding is, since fluorocarbon line is almost invisible under water, crappie will not see any different in between 6 lbs and 12 lbs fluorocarbon line.


Thanks in advance.

the fall rate will far out weigh the line being seen . jmo .I have been using Stren original clear blue high vis for 50 years . It still works .

[Hotpepper]

I use PowerPro braid, 15 lb at .04 diameter, no longer losing jigs and cannot tell any difference in catching. Still on my 1st reel of it, have it on 5 crappie rods.

Pepper