I have trouble with my 4lb mono wrapping around the end of my spinning rod. I have re-spooled making sure its wrapped right, the line weight, lure, and reel all match the rod specs. Will a fluorocarbon line help being it doesn't hold as much water as a mono? Is fluorocarbon limp enough to keep good action on a small tube jig?
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IS FLUOROCARBON LINE A GOOD CHOICE FOR CRAPPIE FISHING?
2/4/17 @ 8:43 AM
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Fluro is a good choice for any fishing. Line twist happens with any mono, copolymer or flouro. Don't take bad advise, they all work.
Flouro is the clearest, usually the smallest diameter and sinks the fastest. Use that information well.
All line WILL get twist at somepoint. Especially light lines with light tackle.
I've only used mono. 6 lb test mono is fine for panfish. I've only had your problem using four pound mono. The guy I fish with a lot uses four pound test and is always having knot and line problems. To me it's not worth the frustration for maybe getting an extra bite or two because of line choice. Unless of course you're fishing to make money or your trying to win Alone.
Besides with six pound line if you get into a big fish you have a better chance of landing it. Just my opinion. Rat.
The limper the line the more chances for line wrap around the end of the rod. Braid is really bad for being too limp and fouling lures and rod tips especially if it's a bit windy.
That's why I always use a mono or fluorocarbon leader with braid.
As someone else said line twist can also be an issue that you are seeing, spinners will really cause this and you could use a small barrel swivel on the end of the line and then use a leader of fluorocarbon or mono.
It would really depend how & where you are fishing them. I might go fluro for a leader if I was slip bobber fishing gin clear water, but that's probably about it, but I never use live bait. I use 4lb-6lb mono for all my crappie fishing. I mostly shoot/skip deepwater docks, vertical jig or spider rig. I fish WI river flowages a lot and the water is stained. I actually prefer a higher viz line when shooting docks with 1/32-1/16 oz jigs, as the majority of strikes come on the fall and the line twitch is all that indicates a strike. I'd miss over half of the fish without being able to see my line. Nothing wrong with fluro but I wouldn't over think it, mono is just fine most of the time.
Flouro is good, but dont give up on mono just yet.
Before you get on the water "stretch" your mono. Basically you can do two things:
1) The night before fishing hook your line to a tree, or fence and walk out your mono as far as your average cast. Then pull your line slightly tight, and let it sit for a while to get the curl out of the mono.
2) On a hot day just hook yournl line to something immediately before getting on water, and walk it out, and reel yourself back in.
Both methods release that curling tendency of mono thst it gets from sitting on the spool.
I use two lb floro leaders and six lb mono with a swivel in between. The reason is the floro leader is thin, nearly invisible, but tough, while the Moro is stretchy. I prefer the stretch when fishing for papermouths because it meanes less hooks torn out of their mouth during hookset. It seemed I ripped more lips using 4 lb floro exclusively
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