Braid use for Crappie

For those that like braid for Crappie fishing, I have switched from Daiwa Samurai braid to Seaguar Smackdown Tourney braid, because it is even smaller and casts even better/farther...with the same strength and wear.
I use Braid 100% due to the water conditions (stained), and the toothy Gators that like the same size and colored swimbaits as crappie...BIG Slab Crappie and Walleye inhabit the same areas in our lake and follow large school of shad.
The line pictured beside the smaller Smackdown is Power Pro Super 8...both are 20lb braid and both are suppose to be equivalent to 4-6 lb mono....someone's sizing is way off!:)

Interesting for sure! I use 10-2 for crappie and heavier for bass especially if fishing around the Hydrilla as they will pull you right into that stuff and with mono it's not coming out. May need to check out that Seaguar, but is it as quite going through the eyes as Super Slick?

I think something got packaged wrong.

I've posted this before, but it bears repeating. The whole line diameter/breaking strain thing is a complete crap shoot.

Not all of these lines are available in the US, but it's still a good illustration.

http://www.tacklebox.co.uk/pdfs/line_tests.pdf

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Originally Posted by deathb4disco

I've posted this before, but it bears repeating. The whole line diameter/breaking strain thing is a complete crap shoot.

Not all of these lines are available in the US, but it's still a good illustration.

http://www.tacklebox.co.uk/pdfs/line_tests.pdf

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Exactly....Anytime new braid comes out, I take a piece of what I'm using to compare...if it looks the same , I'll trial it for performance.
I had 2 different partial spools of PPS8, 2 partials of 832, and 4 of the Samurai to base size difference....I keep old spools just to measure diameters...the old 3 strand was the worst.

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Originally Posted by skiptomylu

Interesting for sure! I use 10-2 for crappie and heavier for bass especially if fishing around the Hydrilla as they will pull you right into that stuff and with mono it's not coming out. May need to check out that Seaguar, but is it as quite going through the eyes as Super Slick?

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The Samurai and Smackdown are both super soft and quiet...neither has the heavy waxy coatings, that others use, to make them perform.

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Originally Posted by INTIMIDATOR

The Samurai and Smackdown are both super soft and quiet...neither has the heavy waxy coatings, that others use, to make them perform.

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Do these brands stick to the pole? Wind is my enemy.

Get you some bonehead CP no line wrapping. Been using it over a year on all my poles. 0 complaints.

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Originally Posted by Redge

Get you some bonehead CP no line wrapping. Been using it over a year on all my poles. 0 complaints.

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They have it at WalMart?

Not that I know of (Walmart), I have an extra spool I'll send you to try out. I have to send the decal back to you anyways. Bonehead has a website or just call him up.

Best braid out there in my opinion is BoneHead B-Power......... www.boneheadtackle.com Small diameter....casts good....very strong....does not tangle....near zero stretch.... abrasion resistant

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Originally Posted by Redge

Not that I know of (Walmart), I have an extra spool I'll send you to try out. I have to send the decal back to you anyways. Bonehead has a website or just call him up.

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Thanks. I will give it a try. I can get jigs out of brush piles with Power Pro, but Power Pro sticks when wet and wind has more control than I do. I use 15/4 hi-viz yeller on my jigging poles. I don't care if the fish see the line, main thing is I gotta see it. Trial color won't matter though.

Thanks again.

Tom

I also use bonehead braid. great stuff, no tip wrap, great dock shooting also!

So where is all the info on the bonehead braid?
Is it an 8 strand weave, are the strands woven, what material, only size I could find was for 12 lb which, but Smackdown is 10 (2 lb mono size) and 15 (4 lb mono), it's easy to find info on other braids. The price is also not comparable to other premium quality braids??
I like to compare before I trial things.
Thanks
Brent

Brent........BoneHead Tackle is a sponsor member here.....you could PM him with your questions or he might chime in here and answer them. Was lots of discussion and reviews on his line on here last couple years....its good stuff. My 12 lb. says its 0.14 dia. if that will help you. I like it because it does not tangle and wrap around my rod tips like a lot of the others do.

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Brent........BoneHead Tackle is a sponsor member here.....you could PM him with your questions or he might chime in here and answer them. Was lots of discussion and reviews on his line on here last couple years....its good stuff. My 12 lb. says its 0.14 dia. if that will help you. I like it because it does not tangle and wrap around my rod tips like a lot of the others do.

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Thanks....much appreciated!
Good Fishing!
Brent

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I have Bonehead braid on one of my two pole rods and Power Pro Super Slick 8 on the other. The Super Slick 8 is by far smoother than the Bonehead and the color retention is better also.

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Originally Posted by justinp61

I have Bonehead braid on one of my two pole rods and Power Pro Super Slick 8 on the other. The Super Slick 8 is by far smoother than the Bonehead and the color retention is better also.

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Thanks, just lnew there was a reason I have stuck to Power Pro and since the Super Slick came out I have been really impressed with it. So much better that other braids I have used over the last 20 years or so. That early stuff was just a mess, but soon got a little better and now it's like night and day better that the start of braid.

I guess I will pick up some of the Power Pro 8 too. The Power Pro I have has lasted for a long time and has been reverse wound and is faded in both directions now. Time to replace. PP is some tough stuff as I have a pit bull jaw opener stick (piece of wood) I use to retrieve the line when It is stuck hard. That is when I can find the stick. My boat consumes stuff.

I ain't that partial to any product. I mainly go by folks inputs here.