PowerPro braided fishing line and bass fishing

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

"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

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

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

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

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