tossing iron at yellows - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

-scallywag- · 11-14-2011, 04:55 PM

I stared running strait braid on a 100J this season cause the deep kelp kinda disappeared and the fish where consistently feeding in 70-80' over submurged kelp and with so much bait around the jig was the only thing they would regularly respond to. Here's the pro's and cons from my POV.

PRO's;
casts farther, no memory/twists, easier to cast light jigs, instant hookset (no line stretch),cuts kelp

CON's;
expensive, nicks easily, backlashes are much harder to get out and usually damage the line, cuts fingers easily.

For me the major pain is how delicate spectra is.....you really have to keep an eye on the condition of your line and dont backlash. If you cant consistently cast mono without backlashing then spectra is probably not gonna be the best way to go.... if i dont think kelp is gonna be an issue, I'll reach for the 93H full of 40mono everytime!

11-14-2011, 04:55 PM	#16
-scallywag- Banned Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: on the road... Posts: 598	I stared running strait braid on a 100J this season cause the deep kelp kinda disappeared and the fish where consistently feeding in 70-80' over submurged kelp and with so much bait around the jig was the only thing they would regularly respond to. Here's the pro's and cons from my POV. PRO's; casts farther, no memory/twists, easier to cast light jigs, instant hookset (no line stretch),cuts kelp CON's; expensive, nicks easily, backlashes are much harder to get out and usually damage the line, cuts fingers easily. For me the major pain is how delicate spectra is.....you really have to keep an eye on the condition of your line and dont backlash. If you cant consistently cast mono without backlashing then spectra is probably not gonna be the best way to go.... if i dont think kelp is gonna be an issue, I'll reach for the 93H full of 40mono everytime!