Question about fishing with braided line.

[JonathanG2013]

I bought a new spinning reel a week ago from Cabelas. I bought a Daiwa BG 3000 and put 30 pound braid on it. I would mainly be fishing for bass and striper. Can I get away with just using braid, or should I use a leader also? I did find out that I do not get as good of action on finesse bait like a trick worm with just the braid. thought about maybe tying 12 fluro as a leader.

 

[NCHillbilly]

If I use braid, I always use a leader.

 

[JonathanG2013]

If I use braid, I always use a leader.

What size braid to leader do you use?

 

[BeerThirty]

I know a leader is very common with braid, but I never use one. However, I really only use braid when I'm throwing into slop, like topwater froggin or pitching a jig into cover.

 

[Danny Leigh]

After watching my dad not catch stripers when not using a leader (and we were wearing them out), I always use a leader with braid. 30# braid and 20-25# flourocarbon is what we use.

 

[Lilly001]

I almost always use a leader.
I carry everything from 6-50 lb.
It’s pretty easy to do, so why not?

 

[menhadenman]

Fluorocarbon leader is the ticket with braid. Seagar blue label is my favorite. Maybe 15# for you. The Alberto knot is your friend.

I also put a small piece of electrical tape on the spool so the braid doesn’t spin. Good luck.

 

[ghadarits]

I use braided line exclusively on spinning reels. I use 15lb braid with a leader appropriate to the fish I’m targeting. For bass or stripers I’ll use between 8-12lb mono or floro also depending on what I’m fishing with live bait or artificial. All of the below fish were caught with 10-15lb braid with a 8-40lb mono or floro leader. The junction knot posted above is gold so learn it and use it.

 

[JonathanG2013]

I use braided line exclusively on spinning reels. I use 15lb braid with a leader appropriate to the fish I’m targeting. For bass or stripers I’ll use between 8-12lb mono or floro also depending on what I’m fishing with live bait or artificial. All of the below fish were caught with 10-15lb braid with a 8-40lb mono or floro leader. The junction knot posted above is gold so learn it and use it.

Thanks for the advise. I just learned the Alberto knot a few days ago. Been using it. From the pictures above. Looks like you had some great fishing trips.

 

[Dustin Pate]

It really depends on the situation. I use straight braid for many applications, such as top water.

 

[JKat81]

Top water, punching and frogging I’ll use straight braid. Not punching or frogging with a spinning rod though. I have three spinning rods on my deck right now and they are all set up with 10 pound braid to an 8 or 6 lb leader.

 

[ghadarits]

Thanks for the advise. I just learned the Alberto knot a few days ago. Been using it. From the pictures above. Looks like you had some great fishing trips.

I’ve been very fortunate to have had some really great fishing experiences but don’t be fooled that’s probably 10 years from oldest to most recent picture.

 

[basshappy]

My boy and I fish straight braid on spinning for many species and waters. We also tie fluoro leader on for some species and waters. So it is water and specie dependent.

 

[doomtrpr_z71]

Alberto knot and fluro leader are the way, that way you get good abrasion resistance, I like a copoly shock leader when fishing top water plugs, the only thing I fish straight braid is frogs.

 

[Jdmb123]

How’s that Alberto compared to the uni to uni? Never tied the Alberto always use uni. I don’t break it on fish but its what will break first usually when the baits hung and I pull to break it off. One day I’ll learn the dang fg.

 

[ASH556]

About half of my main setups use braid: all Power Pro and all Seguar Red Label Fluoro. Baitcasters are 40lb braid with 20lb Fluoro for Texas rig and 40lb braid with 10lb Fluoro for wacky Senko. Spinning setups are 30lb braid with 20lb Fluoro on a size 4000 Nasci for saltwater jigs and freshwater shakeyheads, and 20lb braid with 8lb Fluoro on a size 2500 Nasci for drop shot.

To me the braid is all about the sensitivity. I use the FG knot for joining the leader to the braid.

 

[Ihunt]

Depends on abrasion resistance. Braid basically doesn’t have any.
If you need some, tie on a leader.

 

[menhadenman]

How’s that Alberto compared to the uni to uni? Never tied the Alberto always use uni. I don’t break it on fish but its what will break first usually when the baits hung and I pull to break it off. One day I’ll learn the dang fg.

Alberto is like a Chinese finger trap… you can trim the tag ends all the way down and it’ll still hold. Makes casting easier if your leader gets short.

 

[menhadenman]

I use braided line exclusively on spinning reels. I use 15lb braid with a leader appropriate to the fish I’m targeting. For bass or stripers I’ll use between 8-12lb mono or floro also depending on what I’m fishing with live bait or artificial. All of the below fish were caught with 10-15lb braid with a 8-40lb mono or floro leader. The junction knot posted above is gold so learn it and use it.

Man those are some nice snooks!

 

[1eyefishing]

I think thirty pound braid is overkill on bass and stripers.
My bed ten to twenty pound would do just fine.
You will get great action on braid in general because there'snear zero water drag on the line.
My thirty pound braid rigs took the place of fifty to sixty # mono.