What kind of line do you use??? I’ve used Mr Crappie Hi-Vis (the bright yellow) and I’m convinced it spokes the fish.... what say you all... also... I’ve used everything from 4# to 10#. Where are you on that?
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What kind of line do you use??? I’ve used Mr Crappie Hi-Vis (the bright yellow) and I’m convinced it spokes the fish.... what say you all... also... I’ve used everything from 4# to 10#. Where are you on that?
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Ive used hi viz #4 Suffix in water you could see 6ft down in and caught Crappie. They arent line shy in my opinion.
I have to agree, at least on my small creek/stream. I’m using 4# Stren Crappie with no problems, plus I can see the line to tie knots. 3# hi viz coming up real shortly.Quote:
Originally Posted by biscuitsandgravy
Bob
I like Berkley Trilene XL in 4lb or Trout Magnet SOS line in 2 or 4lb. My wife likes high viz so I spool hers and our trolling rods with BPS Offshore Angler Tightline in 4 or 6lb.
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Can't comment with any clarity as most of what little I catch is by accident.
For casting practice hi-viz is delightful
Hi-viz line for me but the water is never gin clear. They can see a hook and still bite so I think the line I see best is what I will use. But an easy way to have both is use a leader of co=polymer, monofilament or fluorocarbon .
I wouldn't concern myself to much with brand. Mr Crappie is priced good , around here at least, but I do think it's most likely protruded by a major brand. Likely Pure Fishing.
Only so many plants that manufacture fishing line.
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I use Vicious Hi Viz. second to none. Other brands kink up like poodle hair. No problem with spooking fish.
I use Power Pro Slick 8 braid in 2 pound diameter in a dark green color.
I'm a multi species fisherman. Some species are line shy but crappie is not usually so, even in gin clear water. Most of my rods are light walleye or smallie rods but I also use them for crappie. I run hi vis braid on almost everything with a fluorocarbon leader for smallmouth and spots, but straight braid for everything else but bream. I use 4 lb. Trilene XL on my dedicated bream rod.
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Not line shy at all. They are more interested in the end of the line.
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I use 8# hi viz yellow while spider rigging on Greer's Ferry. I don't know if you have fished there but that's some pretty clear water. When casting a jig I use moss green in 4# but have never tried hi viz while casting. When using single pole with a jig I switch back to the hi viz.
My way of thinking towards "spooked" fish or "line shy" fish .... even in clear water conditions .... is that it is more likely that something else is a bigger factor than the color of your line. It could be any number of things, like you, your boat, or the shadows produced by either, they could just be in a neutral mood, there could have been a predator in the neighborhood recently, or noise created by you (even from a respectable distance).
I've fished with a buddy that has a Livescope, and watched fish come up to both our jigs and either bite or turn away. He's using clear mono & I'm using hi-vis line, and there was no noticeable difference in the reaction of the fish.
Greers, esp around Heber is nearly crystal clear. If hi-viz doesn't affect crappie there, then it shouldn't anywhere. I use 5lb hi-viz braid on 12' jig poles, Mr. Crappie 6lb hi-viz on casting crappie rods and even have some hi-viz fluoro one one casting rod. For trout and some bream, I have trout sos in 6lb in light green or fluoro in clear. I don't usually use a leader. I don't know if bream are line shy, because I have caught many of them on hi-viz while crappie fishing.
I use hi viz with no problems.
Pline fluorocarbon 6lb test. Thin as many 4lb test lines with the added strength. I also like the fact that it doesn't knot up like some of the other lines I've used
Other than for bait presentation of line size. The color and line size hasn't been a problem.
My local waters are pretty stained so a clear line is not needed. I use 4lb braid when vertical jigging and 6lb hi-vis line when casting. The white bass run during the spring is the only time line clarity matters. Those fish swim up creeks to spawn and your line had better be clear or you will go fishless. The water is stained but those white bass want a small bait on small diameter line. They act like freaking trout this time of year. I use 2lb clear fluorocarbon when chasing them. I can't tell you many times I have showed up on the creek and caught white bass on every catch will everyone else using 1/8 jigs on 10lb line goes fishless. White bass typically hit anything you throw at them but these critters only want a tiny bait with spider thin line.
Having fished for crappie in cold, clear winter conditions when they are lethargic and finicky, I can safely say that crappie don’t care what line you use. Other species tend to be sometimes and I use a clear mono leader big enough and long enough to get the job done. Here in FL where most of the water is stained to some degree, most every fish here is unaffected by the bright colored line. Used to use Stren gold years ago for LMB, brother used clear and scoffed at my line. He never did outfish me though.
I know that I will catch some slack for this but I use everything from clear mono to spiderwire line including hi vis line. My lake is 1 of the cleanest in the state, so I agree with everyone else that crappie are not line shy. As far as strength I use anywhere from 6lb to 25lb test, depends on what I grabbed win replacing. The only one that I have never broke off is the spiderwire, but I don't like how easy it gets twisted and tangled.
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Stren original florescent clear blue . 4,6.8 or 10 depends on what I am doing .
if you hit a creek that's gin clear and it gets pounded daily by a metroplex full of folks crappie ketchn . then it can matter just a bit I think .
previously spooked or ketched crappie can be kinda shy in cold clear water from my experiences .
the rest of the time they dumb as a bunch of rocks and typically don't know what is going on with the exception of a few of the real large fish that have been around a while and are wary anyway about things and don't rush in like some of the younger fools in the tribe .
Zebco clear omniflex 6 lb is pretty good clear line and cost like almost nothing . you might give it whirl .
my 2 cents
Ketchn, do you use any line conditioner on the omniflex line? When I tried it it was so curly I couldn’t even cast it hardly. Line jumped off the reel like a loaded spring. I really like the price and want to like the line but I couldn’t handle it like it was.
You could always use it as backing — spool your reels with Omniflex and top it off with 40-50 yards of premium line. I don’t use Omniflex but I always use cheap line as backing.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperDave336
Ande Tournament high viz is 2 or 4 lb. It isn't expensive.
And when I can find it, Stren Magnathin. Hardly ever use braid. Unless I am fishing exorbitantly expensive crankbaits.
I use 8lb slime line
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I use Mr. Crappie hi-vis with no issues. I buy it by the spool.
I did use gamma 6lb in hi vis but it has gotten hard to find. I have switched to slim line & suffix both in 6lb hi vis. No problems here.
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I have not noticed it to be any more memory laden than most of the other cheap lines available myself . Any memory issues on my mono is pre stretched out by me when I hit the water most of the time . I set my drag loose and pull what I plan on using lengthwise out and if that don't stretch it straight I pull it out by hand . This tactic also somewhat insures 2 things if you pull on the jig as you do it . You will likely notice any rough spots on the line from abrasion and also test your knot strength at the same time .Many times I feel rough line and retie after a trim and sometimes a knot will snap right off on the pull down .Quote:
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And to be sure as many rods as I have and as often as I hit the water I would go flat broke using high end lines :Rofl
I have been using Berkley Trilene XL for years. none of the new stuff is any better in my opinion just cost a lot more ,I am like all fishermen if it's new I got to try it.But I always come back to trilene.
I caught close to a 1,000 crappie this fall with Mr.Crappie and Stren Crappie line so it must not spook them too bad.. noise in/from boat spooks more fish then any line ever will.