What line for a caster

[WC53]

There seems to be a zillion new lines out there, what line are folks putting on baitcasters for salt creeks and marshes?

[texnomad]

Mostly any name brand of braid over at my house.

[Ron Mc]

seaguar red is tough to beat
I've tied a zillion fishing knots (especially adding fly rod leader and tippet knots) and caught a lot of big fish on them, also broken off a few on lines I don't buy again. Seaguar has great knot toughness.
http://www.texaskayakfisherman.com/foru ... 1&t=247450

[Neumie]

I'm a huge fan of P-Line CX Premium copolymer in 12 lbs test; I've had it on my baitcasters for over 10 years now. Compared to monofilament it doesn't stretch nearly as much and is much more sensitive as well. It floats too.

[WC53]

I have tried to throw 20 suffix and just had problems with digging (Maybe just didn’t get the initial spooling tight enough) .and switched to 40, but man it feels heavy. Been using it for dropping around docks and pilings now...10 invisibraid on spinners.

I think I have a box of seagur red, 14?. , But haven’t tried it on anything, didn’t know it floated.

Anyone try nanofil 17 (from browsing the web tonight...lol)

[Ron Mc]

seaguar red doesn't float - it's neutral density made for saltwater. 14-lb is probably perfect.
Generally, fluorocarbon sinks and nylon floats.

nanofil - Berkley hasn't impressed me with a line since their old Trilene tournament nylon, and been disappointed by their copolymers. If you're not going braid, I'd say stick with the Seaguar.

If you read the other thread I linked, I'm using copolymers in the salt for 10-lb and 4-lb XUL.
Seaguar makes a good copolymer, Tatsu - if you go to this trouble, I'd drop down to 12-lb.
Yozuri Hybrid, and my favorite XUL line is Kamikaze firepower from Australia.
You can buy a bulk 1000-yd spool of Seaguar red for a little more than the cost of a single charge of copolymer.

[WC53]

Thank you

[Ron Mc]

you're welcome - where you really need braid is trying to increase the line capacity of your spool. Best example is surf fishing where you may get into a bull red - I've been spooled a couple of times by them, also had them straighten out 60-lb snap swivels (crimp with pliers). (The strike of a bull red in the surf sends a shock wave down and back up your spine.)

Even the surf guys on corpusfishing who load their spools with braid to gain capacity fish with a leader of fluorocarbon.

[Bayou Burner]

If you read the other thread I linked, I'm using copolymers in the salt for 10-lb and 4-lb XUL.
Seaguar makes a good copolymer, Tatsu

I believe Tatsu is flourocarbon, not co polymer. Very expensive too .

[Ron Mc]

it's a copolymer of two different fluoricarbons.
I have 10-lb on a spinning reel and really like it. If I loan the spinning reel, I swap the spool to the 12-lb Red, and put away my Tatsu. The rod is a 9' Lami G1325 med-light and protects the lighter line really well. Great rod for drift fishing.

[WC53]

I was wrong, Have AbrazX not red label, along with Tiger braid and invisibraid 20, slick 8 40 and fins 65.

In the first cabinet

[Ron Mc]

I'd be inclined to pick one and fish it if it's the right diameter/test for you.
Try the Seaguar and pack the others so you can swap for a different line if you don't like it.
You can also visit Tackle Town and buy something else (it will always be Larry's to me).

[TroutSupport.com]

I like Seagaurs smackdown braid... but it's super thin.. try the 40 first. Best braid I've ever fished with and I've tried just about all of them.

For mono I also like the PLine CSXX.. good stuff but I rarely use it anymore. If I had room in my boat for a topwater only rod that's what I'd have on it.