I agree about the deeper water and waiting for the lure to got bottom. But if you keep in contact with the line you will still feel them hit it most times.ecoronad wrote:You don't want to lose a large fish because it has inhaled your lure and you were only using 15lb line!!! Minimum 20lb for your trace when fishing with lures if you don't want to be shattered when you've been bitten/busted off.purple5ive wrote:Yeah getting bitten off is the problem, usually with lures its very rare.
But i can see why it would be a problem for bait
If you're going to be using small plastics like berkley gulp sandworms on light jig heads and shallow water around 3-8m deep, then 15lb might be ok because you will be in contact with the jig most of the time. But if you're going to be fishing up to 15-16m using 1/2oz jig heads and larger plastics like the 110mm squidgy flick baits, then you will most likely be waiting for the jig to drop to the bottom, especially in conditions when it's a bit choppy on the water. When you do your first lift of the rod and feel weight, the snapper has already engulfed your plastic!
With shallow water upto 8m ive used 6lb many times. But for pinkies up to 40cm not big fish . 3-4 inch plastics mostly.
