How often do you change out your mono line?

[edgerly779]

[U]se mono as top shot for stretch. stonefly u ever fish long range. Only reason to fish pure braid is kelp or rockfish for instant hook set and to get off bottom,

[Andy9161]

Just use straight braid for rockfish.

You will get to the bottom quicker and will not have to use as much weight. You will also get quicker hook sets at depth.

Don't worry about your beginner worries, RF really don't put up much of a fight. If you get a ling, just make sure to keep consistent pressure on the fish.(same goes for everything really)

For pelagic species keep using the topshot.

[AGGRO]

Cattle cars love it when you use spectra. It keeps the tangles to a min.

[ysr_racer]

We're going out on the Pacific Dawn with 15 people max, if that changes anything.

[JagerDog]

Bob Sands knot is another one that's very similar. I use the RP as it's just easier. Easy is good as it promotes consistency.

No stretch really needed for rockfish.

If typical charter where you're using a couple shrimp flies above the sinker, use a short piece of lighter mono between the leader and sinker. Most times you hang up it's just the sinker. You can break it off without loosing the rest of your gear. A short topshot doesn't hurt, so that of the leader/hooks get caught, you can just break off the leader. Think fuse. You get back in the water faser and saves $.

Mono is easy to detects scuffs and srapes. When drifting bait on/near the top, it helps add a little bouyancy.

[deckhandmike]

A 50 yard mono topshot is a perfect all around rig. Don't overthink it. When you get a second reel run a short 6' fluro topshot and see what you like/dislike. If you are casting light bait you may hate the short topshot as spectra sucks to dig out when you backlash.

[tony270]

I respool mono-filament fihing line when it develops a memory, or when after a fish has stretched the line. In the case of the latter I pull off the line that has stretched, cut it out, and then I'm fishing again. After fishing I rience the line with fresh water, lube, and then stow it away. Sometimesit is possible to peel the line off and respool it on the other way, man I must have fished too much.

[silvertriple]

I change 1-2 times a year, or when spool is low, or when fraying is apparent, or when the line no longer holds a knot. Another critical piece to prevent losing fish is to ensure your drag setting is matched up to your rod and line strength rating.

[deckhandmike]

Agree the drag and rod manuvering is the most critical part of fighting the fish. You should never be putting enough pressure on your line to break it. With the exception of yt/grouper etc over the rocks or large pelagics in a don't get spooled scenario.

[ysr_racer]

Thanks guys

[stonefly-2]

What's a d8 ?

Truline d8,

arguably the best jig rod ever made but before the graphite sticks made it somewhat obsolete.

When graphite came along it's benefits were sensitivity, lighter weight & greater performance (loading ability).

what you lost was the flex that was more comfortable and had a fish killing ability cuz they fought the rod flex.

With braid on a more parabolic rod you gain much more sensitivity over mono because mono stretches as much as 10%, braid is approx 1/3 the diameter so it takes 1/3 the weight to keep it on the bottom when the tide kicks up and you get 3x the line capacity so you can use a smaller lighter reel.

There are some learning curve things involved with braid but a practical knot that you can tie fast on a pitching deck solved the biggest of them.

[stonefly-2]

[U]se mono as top shot for stretch. stonefly u ever fish long range. Only reason to fish pure braid is kelp or rockfish for instant hook set and to get off bottom,

Use the proper rod for the needed give when fishing braid instead.

I guess i would be taking a hell of a fashion risk using an adversarial approach to enlightening guys about the benefits of braid if i hadn't fished me some long range huh? mostly mothership in baja with a few 3 & 5 day trips out of San Diego.

Never fished "straight" braid, i use flouro leader basically a kelpcutter rig.

[MJB]

Again?
Must be spring.....spec vs mono.......try both see what you like......both have a different feel and need a different skill level.....

It's not like last year with YT in SD in the winter

[ysr_racer]

There may be a bunch of different tools for a bunch of different jobs, but I've only got two. A 30 pound rig (Daiwa Saltest BG 25, 15-40 Turners special rod), and a borrowed 40 pound rig.

[stonefly-2]

There may be a bunch of different tools for a bunch of different jobs, but I've only got two. A 30 pound rig (Daiwa Saltest BG 25, 15-40 Turners special rod), and a borrowed 40 pound rig.

Yeah,
and i'm not really that hoity about it and don't want to tell a guy how he needs to fish.

Just the way i'm going about carrying the news, braid out fishes mono with only a couple of exceptions and those are consideration for people fishing mono.

Sounds like you haven't invested a lot in it yet and your'e digging it, good timing.

http://www.wonews.com/t-SCWONREPORT-Mowthroughfish-taxingweedswithakelpcutterrig-060508.aspx

http://satocustomrods.com/satocustomrods.com/My_Albums/Pages/Truline_D8.html#0

A rod doesn't have to be a d8 to be a good rod for braid, lots of old glass rods out there or for that matter a modern copy of the d8 it's just the ideal example. I don't own a d8.

https://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/threads/spectra-for-throwing-iron.321975/

Guys are working through it.