I am new to fishing for redear. Do you think that the hi-vis yellow line would spook them. It doesn't seem to bother crappie but like I said I'm new to this.
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I am new to fishing for redear. Do you think that the hi-vis yellow line would spook them. It doesn't seem to bother crappie but like I said I'm new to this.
Most of the time no. I've only noticed one instance where it did. I used to fish with my father a lot and my preference was for yellow line. For panfish he used 4lb. blue Stren line and I used 4lb. gold Stren line. We usually fished the same bait and had about the same catch rate. One day he was out catching me 10 to 1 and as an experiment, I asked for a few feet of his line and used it as a leader. I started catching fish then and it became the last time I used yellow line. But I used it for several years with seemingly no difference prior to that day. It could have been random luck that day, but I am convinced the yellow line had a negative effect on that one day.
Dont know? I use clear BerkleyTrilene XL 4lb.
We like the Yo-Zuri Hybrid line for the REs. Use mostly green - can see it better. Most of the water out here is clear.
I've seen times the yellow line was outfished several times over by someone using clear or lo-vis green line for gills and redears.
I use hi vis yellow mono for everything.......but the waters I fish in MS are stained....only difference I can tell is I can see it better.
I catch a lot of shellcracker. If fishing for them in clear water I use 2# test fluro leader on my main 2# test mono line. I sometimes use 2# test NanoFil...which is white....use a leader with it also. If you are happy with your hi-vis line just use a fluro leader.
Regards
our waters are pretty turbid most of the time so I don't know if clear makes any difference ..I only use hi vis on my mono
I only use Hi Viz ,Never really noticed a difference