Braided Line For Speckled Trout
Lloyd landry scoffs at anything other than braided line.
Braided line for speckled trout. 40 lb to 60 lb mono leader and 20 lb to 30 lb braid main line depending on size of expected fish. Braided 10 lb. Rig up for trolling by attaching a crane swivel to the main braid line with a palomar knot. Down around buras capt.
Get the braided line capacity for your specific reel or reels here. Maximum drag line capacity of 20 lb. Although it is possible to catch speckled trout on bait casters it is not as versatile as the right spinning combo. 25lb to 30 lb mono leader and 10 lb braid main line.
Braid is great for fishing for sea trout with artificials because you can get long casts and you should feel the bite instantly. We recommend fishing between 50 80lb braided fishing line to catch ulua from a boat. Snook on the flats. This weight is used to get lures such as lake trout spoons or rapalas down deeper than they might normally run without the aid of an expensive down rigger setup.
We recommend 12 15lb test monofilament for sea. What monofilament fishing line should i use. What braided fishing line should i use. The author and crew had a great day on speckled trout using these tactics.
A newcomer that is raising some eyebrows is the piscifun carbon x 3000. Braid is great for fishing for sea trout with artificials because you can get long casts and you should feel the bite instantly. Trolling for speckled trout. Trolling can be a very rewarding method for not only finding schools of trout but also for hooking up multiple fish at the same time.
As the name suggests lead core line has a core running through it to add weight. We recommend using 20lb braid for fishing for sea trout. Snook and redfish in inlets and or near structure. Braided line is actually much smaller in diameter than monofilament or fluorocarbon of the same pound test and allows the line to be cast much further than the latter two.
In fact i would argue that because the diameter of these braided lines are so much smaller they are probably even more invisible to the fish than a higher test weight fluoro or mono line. On a boat rod 20 30 lb test line. So when it comes to catching trout. Gulf of mexico summer and fall fishing live baits suspended above or.
8 12 lb test monofilament should be good on a spinning rig. It offers a 6 1 1 gear ratio 22 lb. We recommend using 20lb braid for fishing for sea trout. Redfish trout and flounder on the flats.
The line does not really matter as long as it casts and retrieves well. Braided line is an excellent choice for targeting seatrout because of its casting ability a very important factor for not spooking fish. If the line is going to spook a weary fish the newer dark green braided fishing lines are almost as invisible as any fluorocarbon or monofilament line.