Straight spectra for bass - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Amish Ed · 07-18-2011, 10:33 PM

So I fish for bass only, right now I have a rig with 8lb straight spectra (white). I've got some 20lb (pink) that I want to fish straight. Whaddya think? Just worried about the color.

swank · 07-19-2011, 01:32 AM

I fish 20lb green PP inside the harbor and 50lb Izor white on the breakwall / kelp. Lately i've been fishing straight braid and have noticed a decrease in lost set ups and the same amount of hook ups. Pink is a funny color, you could take a sharpie to 10' of it or something , but if Vermillion works why not pink right?

PapaDave · 07-19-2011, 08:56 AM

So you are saying that you don't use a flourcarbon/mono leader? Cool, I will have to try that.

Amish Ed · 07-19-2011, 03:02 PM

Yep no leader. I love the 8lb straight. Gonna try the 20lb, even though it is pink. I'll just bring some leader material in case I don't like it.

T-Rex · 07-20-2011, 01:45 PM

I've used white and vermillion in kelp, boiler rocks and break walls for calicos and both worked great.

Not so when I tried 30# vermillion braid in SD bay for spotties/sandies. I got a lot fewer bites on the than I did with 6# fluoro on the same day. Really big difference.

07-18-2011, 10:33 PM	#1
Amish Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,906	Straight spectra for bass So I fish for bass only, right now I have a rig with 8lb straight spectra (white). I've got some 20lb (pink) that I want to fish straight. Whaddya think? Just worried about the color. __________________ Amish Ed You can't catch it again if it's dead!

07-19-2011, 01:32 AM	#2
swank Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: The I.E Posts: 92	I fish 20lb green PP inside the harbor and 50lb Izor white on the breakwall / kelp. Lately i've been fishing straight braid and have noticed a decrease in lost set ups and the same amount of hook ups. Pink is a funny color, you could take a sharpie to 10' of it or something , but if Vermillion works why not pink right? __________________ Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. ~Author Unknown

07-19-2011, 03:02 PM	#4
Amish Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,906	Yep no leader. I love the 8lb straight. Gonna try the 20lb, even though it is pink. I'll just bring some leader material in case I don't like it. __________________ Amish Ed You can't catch it again if it's dead!

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07-19-2011, 08:56 AM	#3
PapaDave Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Menifee, CA Posts: 1,473	So you are saying that you don't use a flourcarbon/mono leader? Cool, I will have to try that.

07-20-2011, 01:45 PM	#5
T-Rex Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rancho Santa Margarita Posts: 770	I've used white and vermillion in kelp, boiler rocks and break walls for calicos and both worked great. Not so when I tried 30# vermillion braid in SD bay for spotties/sandies. I got a lot fewer bites on the than I did with 6# fluoro on the same day. Really big difference.