Hey guys,
So this evening I decided to take a pleasant stroll out to my local lake (which is full of rocks laydowns and brush. This will be important later) after school since it was Friday and why not....
SO I just got a new tackle warehouse order in with some dirty jigs and I am super stoked to use the living rubber football jig. I get on the water and second cast dragging it on a rocky, brushy point and BANG fish on. Bring him in, check my line and it seems like there are no abrasions. Next cast BANG fish on. I end up losing it but reel up and it seems like no abrasion. I go to cast and SNAP there goes my brand new money jig and 50 yards of fluorocarbon souring through the air to Davy Jones' locker.

So, basically I am wondering if fluorocarbon (which is what I was using) is the best line type for a lake such as mine with lay downs and brush and rock. I have had it on for about 5 months because I can't afford to replace Seagur fluorocarbon all that often, but I had only used it like 15 times since I had put it on. Is braid the right choice, or should I just use cheaper flouro and replace it more often? This is not the first time this has happened to me, it also happened to me when skipping docks.

Thanks!
Nathan

Flouro is for experts and people with more patience than me. Either 40 pound braid with a leader or 15# Co-poly P-Line is great. If I had to throw one only, it would be 15# mono.

I use McCoys MEAN GREEN (copolymer), because of lakes like you mentioned. I can drag a 20' boat around with 2 BIG people in it against a 5-10 MPH wind. It is STRONG, ABRASION RESISTANT and VERY LOW MEMORY!!!!!! Try it, you should like it for the reasons I mentioned. I hvae straightened out #4 hooks with 15 # test. The baot towing is usually on 20# test. Hope this helps. Tight lines, keep safe and good luck.

Thad Rains

Floro is the only way to go on sinking lures.

The green stuff isn't strong enough for the hillbillies fishing lakes around me. I always get the "green wad" wrapped in my trolling motor. I figure it must be really cheap too..since it's usually about 200 yards worth of the [censored] each time. Maybe it's just easier to completely respool each time they get hung on a pad stem.