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PowerPro braided fishing line and bass fishing
Hey group,
I've been using PowerPro (15 lb test) braided fishing line for sal****er fishing and it works GREAT! Has anyone been using it for bass fishing in freshwater? If you have, what have been the results. Catch more or less fish? Thanks in advance for any replies! Halon |
PowerPro braided fishing line and bass fishing
"Ken" wrote in message ... Hey group, I've been using PowerPro (15 lb test) braided fishing line for sal****er fishing and it works GREAT! Has anyone been using it for bass fishing in freshwater? If you have, what have been the results. Catch more or less fish? You really haven't been on this group long have you? I've been a VERY vocal proponent of PowerPro for years. I use the 10 and 50 pound on just about all of my reels and find it to work great. While some may feel that the visibility of the line can reduce the number of strikes, I've found that I catch more fish because I can feel the bite and get the fish out. I'm sure there's some that might argue with me, but that's all right. :) -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
PowerPro braided fishing line and bass fishing
Ken wrote:
Hey group, I've been using PowerPro (15 lb test) braided fishing line for sal****er fishing and it works GREAT! Has anyone been using it for bass fishing in freshwater? If you have, what have been the results. Catch more or less fish? Thanks in advance for any replies! Halon I use it on a couple of my rods. As a semi-beginner, it has helped me a lot to feel just what my lure is doing, and what the bottom is like. I still use mono in some cases, but the PowerPro is my preferred line. I would definitely say it has helped me catch more fish. |
PowerPro braided fishing line and bass fishing
The best thing about mono is that you always get some free when you renew
your Bassmaster subscription. -- Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com --------------------------=x O'))) "Henry Hefner" wrote in message ... Ken wrote: Hey group, I've been using PowerPro (15 lb test) braided fishing line for sal****er fishing and it works GREAT! Has anyone been using it for bass fishing in freshwater? If you have, what have been the results. Catch more or less fish? Thanks in advance for any replies! Halon I use it on a couple of my rods. As a semi-beginner, it has helped me a lot to feel just what my lure is doing, and what the bottom is like. I still use mono in some cases, but the PowerPro is my preferred line. I would definitely say it has helped me catch more fish. |
PowerPro braided fishing line and bass fishing
and it's good to tie your turkey closed : )
"Bob Rickard" wrote in message ... The best thing about mono is that you always get some free when you renew your Bassmaster subscription. -- Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com --------------------------=x O'))) "Henry Hefner" wrote in message ... Ken wrote: Hey group, I've been using PowerPro (15 lb test) braided fishing line for sal****er fishing and it works GREAT! Has anyone been using it for bass fishing in freshwater? If you have, what have been the results. Catch more or less fish? Thanks in advance for any replies! Halon I use it on a couple of my rods. As a semi-beginner, it has helped me a lot to feel just what my lure is doing, and what the bottom is like. I still use mono in some cases, but the PowerPro is my preferred line. I would definitely say it has helped me catch more fish. |
PowerPro braided fishing line and bass fishing
And it stretches ;-)
WW "alwaysfishking" wrote in message ... and it's good to tie your turkey closed : ) "Bob Rickard" wrote in message ... The best thing about mono is that you always get some free when you renew your Bassmaster subscription. -- Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com --------------------------=x O'))) "Henry Hefner" wrote in message ... Ken wrote: Hey group, I've been using PowerPro (15 lb test) braided fishing line for sal****er fishing and it works GREAT! Has anyone been using it for bass fishing in freshwater? If you have, what have been the results. Catch more or less fish? Thanks in advance for any replies! Halon I use it on a couple of my rods. As a semi-beginner, it has helped me a lot to feel just what my lure is doing, and what the bottom is like. I still use mono in some cases, but the PowerPro is my preferred line. I would definitely say it has helped me catch more fish. |
PowerPro braided fishing line and bass fishing
I put braided/superlines in a group along with dynamite - neither gives the
bass a fighting chance. Regards, Warren "Ken" wrote in message ... Hey group, I've been using PowerPro (15 lb test) braided fishing line for sal****er fishing and it works GREAT! Has anyone been using it for bass fishing in freshwater? If you have, what have been the results. Catch more or less fish? Thanks in advance for any replies! Halon |
PowerPro braided fishing line and bass fishing
Huh? Why would a tourney pro want to give the prey a fighting chance?
-- Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com --------------------------=x O'))) "go-bassn" wrote in message ... I put braided/superlines in a group along with dynamite - neither gives the bass a fighting chance. Regards, Warren "Ken" wrote in message ... Hey group, I've been using PowerPro (15 lb test) braided fishing line for sal****er fishing and it works GREAT! Has anyone been using it for bass fishing in freshwater? If you have, what have been the results. Catch more or less fish? Thanks in advance for any replies! Halon |
PowerPro braided fishing line and bass fishing
"go-bassn" wrote in message ... I put braided/superlines in a group along with dynamite - neither gives the bass a fighting chance. I understand the concept of a "fighting chance", but I think that when I'm guiding, or fishing for money, the fish don't deserve a fighting chance. I figure that they've got all the chance they get when they decide to bite or not. Plus, if there's any toothy critters around, do you want to donate that $17 Lucky Craft Pointer? -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
PowerPro braided fishing line and bass fishing
Forget the fighting chance bit... but I've given PowerPro its' fair shake. I
do admit liking it better than the other "superlines", but I still prefer good ole Stren myself. I still hvae a couple of rods spooled with PP, and will continue to use it until it's worn out, which will probably be a very loonnggg time from now, but will not buy anymore. I bought this spool for the trip to Florida, but all of my fishing was done with 12lb mono and I never lost a fish due to a break off. Even with the fish that I had to go through the weeds to get, PP would probably have resulted in a broken rod if I would have tried to horse them through. As far as toothy critters are concerned, I don't have to worry about that... until the NWC that is. :-) I have ran into another mystery fish again this year too! Maybe I'll pluck that thing out with this PP! -- Charles Summers Secret Weapon Lures http://www.secretweaponlures.com "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... "go-bassn" wrote in message ... I put braided/superlines in a group along with dynamite - neither gives the bass a fighting chance. I understand the concept of a "fighting chance", but I think that when I'm guiding, or fishing for money, the fish don't deserve a fighting chance. I figure that they've got all the chance they get when they decide to bite or not. Plus, if there's any toothy critters around, do you want to donate that $17 Lucky Craft Pointer? -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
PowerPro braided fishing line and bass fishing
Lets go with semi-pro, ok Bobby? lol...
I dunno, I just LOVE hooking a big bass on light mono, having to loosten up on the drag while running to the back of the boat in an effort to keep him on (just ask Thundercat). Something about pulling in a 5 pound fish with 50 pound line that just doesn't do it for me. Warren -- http://www.warrenwolk.com/ http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com "Bob Rickard" wrote in message ... Huh? Why would a tourney pro want to give the prey a fighting chance? -- Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com --------------------------=x O'))) "go-bassn" wrote in message ... I put braided/superlines in a group along with dynamite - neither gives the bass a fighting chance. Regards, Warren "Ken" wrote in message ... Hey group, I've been using PowerPro (15 lb test) braided fishing line for sal****er fishing and it works GREAT! Has anyone been using it for bass fishing in freshwater? If you have, what have been the results. Catch more or less fish? Thanks in advance for any replies! Halon |
RANT (was: PowerPro braided fishing line and bass fishing
Guys guys guys. . . . 99% of bass fishing is what is hanging on BEHIND the reel and NOT IN FRONT OF IT. PS: The Zen Basser returns to the water today after some cosmetic rebuild and painting done. I'll write of my success or failure today and try to list as many possible brands names as I can grin |
PowerPro braided fishing line and bass fishing
I too enjoy the braided lines after a recommendation from Steve last year.
I use both PowerPro and FireLine. I think I prefer PowerPro as I bought both just to experiment. After my FireLine is gone, I plan to stick with PowerPro. I have not tried Stren's braided line yet. I have been using PowerPro also with slip bobbers for crappie fishing. Steve had a great article on crappie fishing and did mention the disadvantages to using braided lines in that situation. For slip bobbers, the braided line does not slip through the bobber as easily as mono. I have either had to add a little more weight or jerk my line a little bit to get it to slip. It still works well. If I ever get some extra spools for my reels, I will probably keep mono around for the slip bobber situation. Jeff "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... "go-bassn" wrote in message ... I put braided/superlines in a group along with dynamite - neither gives the bass a fighting chance. I understand the concept of a "fighting chance", but I think that when I'm guiding, or fishing for money, the fish don't deserve a fighting chance. I figure that they've got all the chance they get when they decide to bite or not. Plus, if there's any toothy critters around, do you want to donate that $17 Lucky Craft Pointer? -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
PowerPro braided fishing line and bass fishing
Are you comparing the comparative handling & casting qualities of 50# PP
with 12# Stren? 12# mono of any kind should be compared only to a comparable strength of any other kind of line for a fair comparison. I'll bet that if you compared that 12# Stren to 15# or 20# PP for an outing or two, you would switch to the PP full time. Why? the PP is superior in every single respect, IMO. The only real advantage of mono is that it is cheaper to make &therefore far more profitable for the manufacturers. -- Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com --------------------------=x O'))) "Charles B. Summers" cbsummers@(bellsouth)(dot)(net) wrote in message . .. Forget the fighting chance bit... but I've given PowerPro its' fair shake. I do admit liking it better than the other "superlines", but I still prefer good ole Stren myself. I still hvae a couple of rods spooled with PP, and will continue to use it until it's worn out, which will probably be a very loonnggg time from now, but will not buy anymore. I bought this spool for the trip to Florida, but all of my fishing was done with 12lb mono and I never lost a fish due to a break off. Even with the fish that I had to go through the weeds to get, PP would probably have resulted in a broken rod if I would have tried to horse them through. As far as toothy critters are concerned, I don't have to worry about that... until the NWC that is. :-) I have ran into another mystery fish again this year too! Maybe I'll pluck that thing out with this PP! -- Charles Summers Secret Weapon Lures http://www.secretweaponlures.com "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... "go-bassn" wrote in message ... I put braided/superlines in a group along with dynamite - neither gives the bass a fighting chance. I understand the concept of a "fighting chance", but I think that when I'm guiding, or fishing for money, the fish don't deserve a fighting chance. I figure that they've got all the chance they get when they decide to bite or not. Plus, if there's any toothy critters around, do you want to donate that $17 Lucky Craft Pointer? -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
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Today's short outing was my first bass fishing trip in Iowa this year.
I spent all my other trips 'til now catching crappie. A cold front just went through droping tems from 80's to 50's and the wind was shifting from the south to the east about 12 - 15 mph. I managed one bass in about 3 hours a nice 5-1 on a Chartruse and White Secret Weapon with a single gold blade, 30 lb power pro and a Shimano Curado. I call it my ROFB presentation. Fritz Nordengren wrote: Guys guys guys. . . . 99% of bass fishing is what is hanging on BEHIND the reel and NOT IN FRONT OF IT. PS: The Zen Basser returns to the water today after some cosmetic rebuild and painting done. I'll write of my success or failure today and try to list as many possible brands names as I can grin |
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Now thats freaking funny. and I don't care who you are!
"Fritz Nordengren" wrote in message news:pjrsc.110577$xw3.6345665@attbi_s04... Today's short outing was my first bass fishing trip in Iowa this year. I spent all my other trips 'til now catching crappie. A cold front just went through droping tems from 80's to 50's and the wind was shifting from the south to the east about 12 - 15 mph. I managed one bass in about 3 hours a nice 5-1 on a Chartruse and White Secret Weapon with a single gold blade, 30 lb power pro and a Shimano Curado. I call it my ROFB presentation. Fritz Nordengren wrote: Guys guys guys. . . . 99% of bass fishing is what is hanging on BEHIND the reel and NOT IN FRONT OF IT. PS: The Zen Basser returns to the water today after some cosmetic rebuild and painting done. I'll write of my success or failure today and try to list as many possible brands names as I can grin |
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Chartreuse and White must be an awesome bait, cause we sell an awful lot of
them. I was also watching a show last night on tv about Tennessee fisherpeople. More than one stated that Chartreuse and White was all they used. Of course, they had to buy several baits to get their blade configuration... hehe. I really thought about getting in contact with them, but most of them had Strike King sewn somewhere on their outfit. Nevertheless, I'm gonna have a couple of Chartreuse and White baits with me at all times! -- Charles Summers Secret Weapon Lures http://www.secretweaponlures.com "Fritz Nordengren" wrote in message news:pjrsc.110577$xw3.6345665@attbi_s04... Today's short outing was my first bass fishing trip in Iowa this year. I spent all my other trips 'til now catching crappie. A cold front just went through droping tems from 80's to 50's and the wind was shifting from the south to the east about 12 - 15 mph. I managed one bass in about 3 hours a nice 5-1 on a Chartruse and White Secret Weapon with a single gold blade, 30 lb power pro and a Shimano Curado. I call it my ROFB presentation. Fritz Nordengren wrote: Guys guys guys. . . . 99% of bass fishing is what is hanging on BEHIND the reel and NOT IN FRONT OF IT. PS: The Zen Basser returns to the water today after some cosmetic rebuild and painting done. I'll write of my success or failure today and try to list as many possible brands names as I can grin |
PowerPro braided fishing line and bass fishing
No, I'm comparing PP with other lines like Fireline and Spiderwire Fusion...
as well as Stren Braid, and some other piece of crap that I picked up at BPS. I think it was called XL Tuff line or something like that. While I was spooling it on, I developed a black line between my fingers where I was holding it, and it would NOT wash off for about a week! I know there is no comparision between mono and superlines, and I've now discovered that isn't too many mono lines that will compare to Stren Original. I can only hope that since Berkley owns Stren, that nothing changes. Speaking of changes... I hear that All Star rods were bought by Sports Academy. What's up with that? But that's a different thread... -- Charles Summers Secret Weapon Lures http://www.secretweaponlures.com "Bob Rickard" wrote in message .. . Are you comparing the comparative handling & casting qualities of 50# PP with 12# Stren? 12# mono of any kind should be compared only to a comparable strength of any other kind of line for a fair comparison. I'll bet that if you compared that 12# Stren to 15# or 20# PP for an outing or two, you would switch to the PP full time. Why? the PP is superior in every single respect, IMO. The only real advantage of mono is that it is cheaper to make &therefore far more profitable for the manufacturers. -- Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com --------------------------=x O'))) "Charles B. Summers" cbsummers@(bellsouth)(dot)(net) wrote in message . .. Forget the fighting chance bit... but I've given PowerPro its' fair shake. I do admit liking it better than the other "superlines", but I still prefer good ole Stren myself. I still hvae a couple of rods spooled with PP, and will continue to use it until it's worn out, which will probably be a very loonnggg time from now, but will not buy anymore. I bought this spool for the trip to Florida, but all of my fishing was done with 12lb mono and I never lost a fish due to a break off. Even with the fish that I had to go through the weeds to get, PP would probably have resulted in a broken rod if I would have tried to horse them through. As far as toothy critters are concerned, I don't have to worry about that... until the NWC that is. :-) I have ran into another mystery fish again this year too! Maybe I'll pluck that thing out with this PP! -- Charles Summers Secret Weapon Lures http://www.secretweaponlures.com "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ... "go-bassn" wrote in message ... I put braided/superlines in a group along with dynamite - neither gives the bass a fighting chance. I understand the concept of a "fighting chance", but I think that when I'm guiding, or fishing for money, the fish don't deserve a fighting chance. I figure that they've got all the chance they get when they decide to bite or not. Plus, if there's any toothy critters around, do you want to donate that $17 Lucky Craft Pointer? -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
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I learned that from reading Paul Crawford
http://www.bassangler.com/articles/crawford/paulc.htm And I use his "Bird Dog lure" much of the time to find fish, then I'll see if different bait will catch more or not..... I prefer to use a hammered nickle willow leaf blade.....which is hard to find from you's guys -- so I'll take one from a different spinner bait and hook it into your bait. My go to colors in spinner baits a Chartruse and White, Wounded Shad and black. And there is something about your "trailer blades" that really attract hits. Maybe you can strike a marketing deal with Paul..... Charles B. Summers wrote: Chartreuse and White must be an awesome bait, cause we sell an awful lot of them. I was also watching a show last night on tv about Tennessee fisherpeople. More than one stated that Chartreuse and White was all they used. Of course, they had to buy several baits to get their blade configuration... hehe. I really thought about getting in contact with them, but most of them had Strike King sewn somewhere on their outfit. Nevertheless, I'm gonna have a couple of Chartreuse and White baits with me at all times! |
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Awesome article Fritz... and I'm gonna make sure that both Joe and Bob get a
link to that site. The Trailer Blade is something that we've been talking about a little more. That little blade looks really good behind most all of our blade attachments! Especially the small gold Indianas. -- Charles Summers Secret Weapon Lures http://www.secretweaponlures.com "Fritz Nordengren" wrote in message news:qRwsc.18725$hi6.1892400@attbi_s53... I learned that from reading Paul Crawford http://www.bassangler.com/articles/crawford/paulc.htm And I use his "Bird Dog lure" much of the time to find fish, then I'll see if different bait will catch more or not..... I prefer to use a hammered nickle willow leaf blade.....which is hard to find from you's guys -- so I'll take one from a different spinner bait and hook it into your bait. My go to colors in spinner baits a Chartruse and White, Wounded Shad and black. And there is something about your "trailer blades" that really attract hits. Maybe you can strike a marketing deal with Paul..... Charles B. Summers wrote: Chartreuse and White must be an awesome bait, cause we sell an awful lot of them. I was also watching a show last night on tv about Tennessee fisherpeople. More than one stated that Chartreuse and White was all they used. Of course, they had to buy several baits to get their blade configuration... hehe. I really thought about getting in contact with them, but most of them had Strike King sewn somewhere on their outfit. Nevertheless, I'm gonna have a couple of Chartreuse and White baits with me at all times! |
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Shhhhhhh! Hush now about that Trailer Blade... just keep it as your secret
weapon for now. We will be introducing that as soon as production gets all caught up on everything else. BTW, Paul Crawford's article is great, Fritz, and a definite "must read" for all ROFB'ers everywhere. I sure wish that I could find some way to steal it and slap my name on it, but I guess you let the cat out of the bag on that just a bit too soon. -- Bob Rickard (AKA Dr. Spinnerbait) www.secretweaponlures.com --------------------------=x O'))) "Fritz Nordengren" wrote in message news:qRwsc.18725$hi6.1892400@attbi_s53... I learned that from reading Paul Crawford http://www.bassangler.com/articles/crawford/paulc.htm And I use his "Bird Dog lure" much of the time to find fish, then I'll see if different bait will catch more or not..... I prefer to use a hammered nickle willow leaf blade.....which is hard to find from you's guys -- so I'll take one from a different spinner bait and hook it into your bait. My go to colors in spinner baits a Chartruse and White, Wounded Shad and black. And there is something about your "trailer blades" that really attract hits. Maybe you can strike a marketing deal with Paul..... Charles B. Summers wrote: Chartreuse and White must be an awesome bait, cause we sell an awful lot of them. I was also watching a show last night on tv about Tennessee fisherpeople. More than one stated that Chartreuse and White was all they used. Of course, they had to buy several baits to get their blade configuration... hehe. I really thought about getting in contact with them, but most of them had Strike King sewn somewhere on their outfit. Nevertheless, I'm gonna have a couple of Chartreuse and White baits with me at all times! |
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