Thanks Tom. I appreciate it. We have better success with spoons over
spinners as well.

--Mike

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 03:45:28 GMT, "MGG"
wrote:

Now the line question...does it really matter (don't shoot me)?
Right now we mainly troll for large mouth bass in a local lake,
and I believe I have mono (6-8#) on all the reels. We have
fairly good success. Is there something better?

If you are fishing heavy cover, for example, you want a heavy line or
a hybrid braid for strength and abrasion resistance. Same with big
game fishing, only in that case you might want to switch to steel
leaders, etc.

It's really a game of confidence. For me, it's a game of color. I
tend to use yellow, green and blue lines in the 12/17 # range for
fresh and 17/20 # range in the same color patterns for general
sal****er fishing. That can change depending on species.

So there are reasons for different weights, different types and
different colors. Take me for instance. I use different colors for
my own peace of mind than any scientific reason. I have good luck
with yellow lines in stained water for example, green for average
color and blue for clear water. I use fluorocarbon leaders that I
make up in different lengths. Etc., etc., etc. :)

Depending on what you have confidence in of course. Confidence is a
big component of fishing. I don't like spinner baits for example and
don't have a great deal of success with them for large mouth or small
mouth bass, but I have a great deal of success with spoons where the
average fisherman won't even look at a spoon lure.

For the average guy who gets out once in a while with his 6 year old
putting around looking for largemouth, 6-8# mono is just fine - no
reason to experiment.