One Baitcaster - What's Most Versatile Line? 2025
hoosierbass07 reply :
Ok, I have five or six spinning reels with line from 5 pound mono to 15 pound braid. I have one baitcaster that I want to use with crankbaits, mostly shallow to medium diving, and jigs and spinnerbaits that are too heavy for my spinning rods.
So, if you had to pick a line and test for just one baitcaster and you wanted it to be versatile, what line and test would you pick? What mono test would be best for what I want? 14 pound, 15, 17, 19, 20, or 12?
lecisnith reply :
I would go with 12# flouro, myself.
Matthew2000 reply :
14-15 pound copolymer
Longlivenyy reply :
12lb Yozuri hybrid.
OntarioFishingGuy reply :
I would say either 20-30lb braid or 12lb copolymer.
Alonerankin2 reply :
10 Yozuri or maybe 12 depending on structure & cover..
Bigchunk reply :
15 lb seagar invisix good for everything but topwater in my opinion
JGBassinAL reply :
I like 14 lb. Sunline Sniper as an all around line. Has the line diameter of 12 lb. fluoro in most other brands and has great strength and abrasion resistance.
Catt reply :
Berkely Big Game 15# test
Very abrasion resistant, probably the best on the market.
Cost effective, about $8 a 650 yd spool
I find the more I fish it the less it coils
Unbeleivable knot strength
scaleface reply :
12 lb xl .
BassinLou reply :
12 - 15lb copoly for the application mentioned
Crestliner2008 reply :
A lot depends on the type of rod you are using. If you have a very fast, heavy action, then you will need some stretch in your line. If not, you'll be ripping hooks out and not landing very many fish. (Plus, if you hang up, you're probably going to loose that bait!) If the rod has a more moderate/medium fast and has some good tip action (as well as backbone), then you may be able to get away with braid. For heavy applications, such as large swimbaits or heavy jigs, I actually prefer a 25# quality monofilament. And I'll still tie a fluorocarbon leader to it, for the abrasion resistance.
Sam reply :
12 pound test on your baitcasters.
Double check your rod's specifications to make sure it can handle 12 pound test.
Fluorocarbon line is what I would suggest.
doyle8218 reply :
12lb Yozuri hybrid.
Sonik reply :
My fun fishing gear for bank fishing and stuff like that is 2 rods. A 7' casting snd 6'6 spinning rod. I use 12 and 8# Big Game respectively. Works fine. Cheap. Breakable if necessary when bank fishing. Tough when hitting cover and hooked up.
thehooligan reply :
10-12lb hybrid or cxx
Brandon Moss reply :
20-30 lb braid. You can work top water, cranks, and soft platics with it. Fluoro won't work on top water, and mono has to much float to work bottom baits and cranks. Just my .02
hoosierbass07 reply :
I see a lot of recommendations for that Yo-Zuri hybrid line. I guess I'll either try that in 12 pound or Maxima 14 pound. My original plan was to use 14 pound Sufix Elite mono but a lot of my spinning rods have Sufix elite on them and I'm wanting to try something different.
Catt reply :
On 3/14/2015 at 11:48 PM, Brandon Moss said:20-30 lb braid. You can work top water, cranks, and soft platics with it. Fluoro won't work on top water, and mono has to much float to work bottom baits and cranks. Just my .02
LMAO! I've caught thousands of bass including DDs on Berkley Big Game!
Alonerankin2 reply :
On 3/14/2015 at 11:48 PM, Brandon Moss said:20-30 lb braid. You can work top water, cranks, and soft platics with it. Fluoro won't work on top water, and mono has to much float to work bottom baits and cranks. Just my .02
Uh, do you care to explain how I have caught thousands of many fish spieces on Mono.? Co-poly, Stren, Big Game.. Trigging, flipping, topwater, jigging? Maybe you should revise your statement...
new2BC4bass reply :
I like 12# Siege Neon Tangerine. Easy to see. Handles well. Some other great lines I will be trying....Silver Thread AN40, McCoy Mean Grean and Izorline XXX. I feel 12# is more than adequate in my area unless throwing into the slop.
lmbfisherman reply :
12lb for me for mono line for a do all if I was going to pick one.
Felix77 reply :
To answer your question I would use 12lb.
roadwarrior reply :
On 3/14/2015 at 5:17 AM, Longlivenyy said:12lb Yozuri hybrid.
That works!
hoosierbass07 reply :
I picked up some Grand Slam Copolymer Fluoro coated 15 lb line while was visiting Tennessee. I got home today here in Indiana and since the weather was so nice I yanked off the 19 pound line I had and put on this Grand Slam. I tied on a practice plug and thought the line handled nicely. Later I want to pond and used a heavy jig and the line handled nicely. Then a Rapala jerk bait and it back lashed some. Then I tried a KVD 1.5 square bill and I could cast it but not that far.
One thing I noticed, I could feather the line a lot better than the 19 pound line had on. I would say feathering the line and monitoring the line with my thumb during the cast became 80% simply taking off that 19 pound mono and putting on 15 pound Grand Slam copolymer.
Will 12 pound Yo-zuri Hybrid handle even better than that 15 pound Grand Slam copolymer line?
Cgrinder reply :
15 lb Grand Slam is a little thick. I'd just throw 12 lb mono. If you neeeed to get your cranks deeper, downsize. The "float" of mono won't counteract the crank depth but the line diameter will offer some slight resistance.
J Francho reply :
Versatile? Probably 50# braid and various leader/no leader, or a strong copolymer in 12-15# size.
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