I've got braid on that same exact reel. You need to go with a thicker braid on bait casters. Nothing under 30lb. 30lb braid = 8 lb mono thickness. 40lb = 10 lb 50lb =12 65lb=15 mono thickness. You wouldn't run a 2lb mono thickness line on your bait caster, that that's what your doing when you run 10-12 lb braid.Took awhile but here's what I ended up with.
Jackson Big Rig.
Took it out today just to get a feel for it and to learn what rigging options are gonna work for me. Got an anchor trolley system ready to install and the way the wind was blowing today I see how necessary it is. Also need to figure a way to get the slack anchor line out of my way. I like that anchor wizard but not the price tag. Probably gonna make a stake out pole as well.
I'm a baitcaster guy and they don't play well with braid which is multiplied by some of the weird angles you have to cast from, so it looks like I'm switching to florocarbon.
I run 30-50 on my low profile casting reals. My round and larger cat fishing or surf casting reels that I sling the crap out of with heavier lead I run 65. I don't have any trouble whatsoever.
That Johhny Morris carbonlite 2.0 has 30lb super slick power pro. The Lews tournament mb has 50lb regular power pro. That Abu 6500 c3 I use for heavier fish like cats and various salt water species , has 65 lb. You need to back all baitcasting reels with mono for a few yards, that way the braid doesn't slip, or tape the spool. Around rocks use a short piece of fluorocarbon leader. I simply tie it on with a double uni.
The good thing about braid is the sensitivity, no stretch, and the fish dang near set the hooks on themselves. I've got various saltwater spinning reels that's had braid on them for 10 years, line is still strong.
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