I've used braid for everything except panfish, always thought the non stretch wouldn't be the best on crappie with there paper mouth.
I am thinking of trying it this year, what weight and brand do you all use.
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I've used braid for everything except panfish, always thought the non stretch wouldn't be the best on crappie with there paper mouth.
I am thinking of trying it this year, what weight and brand do you all use.
I use Power Pro Slick 8 in the 8 pound test 1 pound Diameter. I like it in the Moonshine color. I have used it for quite a few years now
Do you run a leader, the small diameter got me a little worried when swinging fish. Lightest I've used is 15lb power pro and have to be careful with that, 8 pound sounds like a razor blade to grab.Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
I use 6# Tuff line with a 4# flouro leader.
For casting purposes I've used Power Pro 10/2 hi vis .... and I don't "jerk" to set the hook, just keep reeling and sweep the rod away from the fish about a foot. Never used a leader with this one. I tie directly to the jig with a Improved Clinch knot (now that the braid is no longer new/slick). When it was new, I tied a double wrap Granny Knot in the tag end, after tying the Improved Clinch but before snugging it down tight. That way, once I did start cinching the knot closed & the line "slipped", it would pull that Granny Knot against the Improved Clinch & slipping stopped.
A "Double Wrap Granny Knot" is simply making a loop and wrapping the tag end thru that loop twice.
I tie directly to the jig. I have not had any problems grabbing the line to lift a fish. It will cut you pretty good when tightening a knot or trying to pull a jig freeQuote:
Originally Posted by TWFairweather
I'll probably go with 8lb power pro, pp has always been good to me I've been using it since it came out back when they were one of my first Sponsors when I was in junior bassmasters.
Think they Jbraid 8 strand is pretty cheap, pp slick 8 is just to pitchfork me after awhile they cast the same anyway.
I use 8 lb power pro white or Nanofil ice then an alberto knot with a 6 or 4 lb leader depending on water clearness
The alberto is a good knot I've used it for many years without fail, even with heavy gear in saltwater.Quote:
Originally Posted by grizwilson
Will you be casting? Or jig pole ?Quote:
Originally Posted by TWFairweather
I tried 5-15 lb test with my 12 and 14ft jig poles and it was a a complete failure , due to the way I fish.
Too many tangles.
But I’ve gone to heavy hi vis braid (50lb test ) and tying to a 8-10 lb mono leader using the Alberto knot. This is working great
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Originally Posted by GreenLine
Casting, I don't have a boat anymore and don't have many places I can poke around shore with a long jigging pole. I was thinking of getting a BnM telescopic cane pole to mess around from shore, there cheap so why not. I can see how light braid may tangle jigging tho.
Use Kastking: 8lb test is 4 lb diam. Casts a 1/28 oz jig + plastic lure 40' and longer with the wind.
Hercules is another good braid, but 8 lb test = 2 lb test diameter - too thin for my liking and use instead 10# test.
Both lines allow good lure action and strike sensitivity without a leader.
one thing for sure positive ,really light braid cuts really well into flesh
and the cuts from braid seem to be especially painful
They also take a while to heal. Especially at the first knuckle on that little fingerQuote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
just at the first joint on the inside of your index finger about to the bone makes for an unpleasant injury ...fact ...:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
Seen a guy loose 3 fingers with braid striper fishing, as someone that has had a finger cut off I can say a braid cut deep in the first knuckle on your pointer is worse then losing a finger lol.
learned years ago not to hold line on larger fish , seen a teenager about lose some of his fingers on an albacore off the coast of baja using braid. warned him before it happened not to hold his line in his hand and he of course as teens often do ignored me .Quote:
Originally Posted by TWFairweather
told him when they hit it's like a train doing 60 as it goes by ,thank goodness dad jumped in and cut his line before it got really ugly .
sure was scary , it happened really fast and at first i thought it was going to pull him over board .
albacore on spinning tackle really smoke up the water and thats a fact !
I've seen so much Sketchy stuff, mostly since I love going on party boats lol. Boat next to us one year in the drift even had a guy die from a sinker from one of the other boats, talk about bad luck. Seen guys on bluefish trips Wearing flip flop, caught a few guys about to lip a bluefish like a bass. I've had my share of braid cuts but know not to grab the line.
Based on the above recommendation from DockShootinJack I am now using the Power Pro Slick 8 in the 8lb moonshine color. Hands down the best line have ever used!Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
Exactly why I recommend a short/fat piece of dowel rod to wrap the braid around !! Experienced just such an injury in the early days of my braid use. :Doh: Luckily the bait came loose just as the braid was thru the skin & headed towards bone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
In a pinch wrapping it around a pokect knife to break it off sure saves some deep nasty cutsQuote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePappy
I'm sure a cheaper braid my be fine to use, there usually thicker and that maybe a good thing.
I use Nanofil with a swivel and fluoro leader. I have not had problems with hooks pulling out. I'm kind of worried Berkley might have discontinued it though. The chartreuse color and spools larger than 150 yards have gotten impossible to find.
if you point the rod directly towards whatever you are hung on and grab the spool firmly it works pretty well , but it often sinks the braid into the spoolQuote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePappy
I have liked the sniping braid so far.
I use a braid I got off Amazon called Calamus Bastion. Not real expensive but works very well. Last week I landed a 32 pound 4 oz blue catfish on 8 pound test. Don't think I'll be able to use this jig again....Attachment 415823
Lucky you got it in, was that a sickle hook.Quote:
Originally Posted by tlefire
Yes, was would be an understatement. :Rofl But, it didn't break.
4# Fireline orginal. Thirty plus years.
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That is my usual method for bending a hook out. A short cast afterward and pull line off the spool until the underwraps are out and I am back to shooting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
That had to be a heck of a fightQuote:
Originally Posted by tlefire
8/1 or 5/1 power pro with no leader in white when I can find it.
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Originally Posted by erictm74
I looked up the K9 Crappie Braid and I did not see the lb test? Any ideas? Thanks
VARIVAS makes a variety of high quality, braid lines, including ultra-light braid.
Let me know more about the equipment you're using, and I'd be happy to recommend something.
Crappie.com forum members Alphahawk, StantheMan2567, and Yodie, among others, are familiar with some of the VARIVAS braid models, particularly the UL models. They post regularly in the Panfish, Bream, Brim/All Things Ultralight subforum.