What type of bass lures should be fished with certain types of line?
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What types of bass lures should be fished with monofilament??? What types of bass lures should be fished with flourocarbon???
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The only lure that NEEDS to be fished with mono is a topwater spook or popper. These lures require you to walk-the-dog (most of the time), and it’s hard to walk-the-dog when your braid or fluorocarbon is underneath the water. Unlike brad ir fluorocarbon, mono has the tendency to float.
Here’s a general idea on what to use when using fluorocarbon/braid/monofilament -
Fluorocarbon – Crankbaits. Fluorocarbon sinks faster than monofilament and braid, making it ideal for deep-diving crankbaits or any other lipped crankbait to be exact. Plastics. Fluorocarbon is invisible and sinks fast, making it ideal for everything from 6lb fluorocarbon for drop-shot rigs to 14lb fluorocarbon for heavier Texas-rigged baits.
Monofilament – Topwaters. Monofilament floats higher than fluorocarbon and braid making it the best choice for topwaters.
Braid – Flippin’ N Pitchin’. When flippin’ n’ pitchin’, you need strong, tough line, and with braids outstanding thinness, most 50lb test braided lines have the diameter of just 10lb mono. Frogs. Again you need a tough, strong line to use when fishing the heavy stuff and when fishing frogs it means you’re fishing in a JUNGLE.
All other lures can be fished effectively with any of them. I hope I didn’t leave out anything vital.
I’ve been fishing since I could walk and have always used monofilament for about all of my setups. There’s only 2 baits that I use different lines for now. One is my swimbait setup. I use flurocarbon line for my swimbaits and occasionally my spinnerbaits. Flurocarbon has no stretch in it which is really great for baits like those. Then, I have a setup with braided line (which I hate). Braided line is great for fishing heavy structure and what not but I’m just not a big fan of the stuff. I will use it in tournament situations but not when I’m just fishing to fish. More times than not I will just throw a heavy monofilament, like a 14 pound for my jigs.
IN MY OPINION, you can throw just about any bait you want to on monofilament and do just fine. For your deep diving crankbaits, jigs, and deep plastics throw a 12-14 pound monofilament. For all of your lighter things you can get by with 8-10 pound. Seems to work nicely for me.
Charlie has given you a good explanation of the line types.
but they can all be fished with a good mono. l use 8lb mono for plastic worms. 8, 10 and 12 for different sizes of topwaters. 12 for jigs and spinnerbaits occasionally up to 14 in heavier cover.
my local lake has little cover where l need to go heavier.
6 or 8 mono on a spinning outfit with live shad and clicker jigs (crayfish).
Yes Charlie gave you a great explanation on the types of fishing lines, but certainly you are not restricted to what lure works with what line..you can effectively fish any lures with the different line types, I’m more partial to choosing my fishing line based on the body of water..and the conditions..
But some great comments made here so far..can’t wait for bass fishing season to open up here in the cold north. Good luck