Topwater Frog Fishing, Which Line Is The Better Choice When?
casting into heavy slop from distance (30 ft. or so). Braid or heavy fluorocarbon. I have had problems in the past with wind knots while casting with braid, so I bought some 25 lb. fluoro. Is it practical to use fluoro in this situation. There is about a two inch thick mat of slop in the area I’ll be fishing.
If you are going to be fishing in “Heavy Slop” use mono.
BUT if this heavy slop ( Moss, Aggie, etc.) also includes weeds,(Hydrilla, Water Lily, etc.) and not just surface scum………go with braided line.
Mono will NOT cut weeds if a fish wraps you up in them, where as braided line will.
Flurocarbon lines are not well suited for surface lures, because the line sinks.
Yes, the fluro is fine but heavy mono in the same Lb. test is fine as well. You do not need the expensive fluorocarbon in fishing the slop. Use the fluro when the technique requires a invisible line presentation. Heavy braid is also an option is this situation, I however personally prefer heavy mono.
Good luck.
Stick with the mono if you can. The experience that I’ve had with the braids and the super lines is that your reels seem to have a short life when setting the hook on a fish and the fish turns out to be a sunken log- after a few mistakes like this, the gears can’t take it-but I’m pretty sure it’s just me, because probably no one else in the world has had this trouble.
I agree with Dan, go with a heavy mono. Try berkley XT, it has very good abrasion resistance and it will come through the slop like a champ. Tight lines!!!