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Posted: 4/1/2016 9:41:10 AM EDT
I know this is a highly debatable subject but I'm in the mood to talk fishing. :)
I mostly use braid for both inshore saltwater fishing and for Bass fishing. SpiderWire in the dark green color had been my go-to line for a long time but I picked up a spool of 30lb PowerPro HiViz Yellow out of a bargan bin last night. Stuff is bright! you guys think this is going to spook all the bass away? I figure I will could color the first 10ft or so just for shits and giggles. |
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Posted: 4/5/2016 3:16:03 PM EDT
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I use lo viz green exclusively for bass fishing.
The only time I use anything else is I use yellow at night to see it better with my headlamp. |
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Posted: 4/8/2016 12:10:02 AM EDT
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I use hi viz for crappie fishing, it doesn't seem to bother them. Just do like you said and get a dark colored sharpie and color the first couple feet. I do that when my braid becomes sun bleached.
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Posted: 4/13/2016 9:29:34 PM EDT
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I'm assuming that you're tying direct. Try throwing a leader of flourocarbon, say, 2 feet worth. That way it doesn't matter what color your line is.
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Posted: 4/14/2016 9:16:58 AM EDT
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I've tried clear, purple, green, red and yellow and honestly, I can't tell any difference.
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Posted: 8/3/2016 7:41:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ChaSeR84:
I use hi viz for crappie fishing, it doesn't seem to bother them. Just do like you said and get a dark colored sharpie and color the first couple feet. I do that when my braid becomes sun bleached. Hi viz line lets you see strikes you would otherwise miss, plus when your sight goes to shit like mine I can't see the low viz stuff. While crappie fishing I also catch largemouth and white bass, they don't seem to mind the color. |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 8/7/2016 11:13:17 PM EDT
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It really depends on the body of water. Some fish are highly line sensitive, others couldn't care less.
Just tie on a leader of mono or flouro if you think the fish are being sensitive...learn the uni-uni knot. |
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Posted: 9/13/2016 10:16:07 AM EDT
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I always use clear and my brother uses some high viz green/yellow stuff. I have heard smallmouth have excellent sight and you need to use thing or low viz line. Well, he caught just as many as I did the other day so I dont think it matters, except for what you like and you are trying to accomplish. In the future I will use a more visible line.
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Posted: 9/13/2016 2:12:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By triburst1:
I've tried clear, purple, green, red and yellow and honestly, I can't tell any difference. This except I've only tried green clear and yellow. I really liked the yellow because I could see when my line was moving. |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 9/14/2016 6:22:01 AM EDT
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I have always used clear line for as long as I can remember, just something that always creeps in the back of my head that when I use a colored line that the fish can see it, I am probably wrong but I cant shake it lol
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FL, USA
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Posted: 9/15/2016 11:33:23 PM EDT
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I used green braid for years before switching to yellow and never noticed a difference in number of fish.
I fish a lot if weightless plastics for bass like senkos and flukes and the color really helps detecting bites. I use or have used it from 2lb diameter on ultralight and BFS rigs to 40lb MH on casting with a 4 to 15lb leader depending on cover and what not. The lakes I fish are fairly clear and pressured so finesse is my usual approach. |
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Posted: 9/21/2016 2:09:09 PM EDT
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Just throw on a couple feet of fluorocarbon leader.
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