Backlash: All Around BEST LINE for Throwing Swimbaits 

You say it's just your opinion, but your opinion is highly regarded and respected, so we appreciate your insight on the topic.

Gilbert is a class act! Straight forward and humble as they come! 🙌

You should do a video on the types of knots you use for big baits

That’s all I’ve fished for the last 3 years. I buy 6 to 20 pound. I got it on everything. Glad to see you back making videos!! I’m in Missouri so are biggies ain’t 8 or 10 pounds but I stuck my PB on a Citizen at the Lake of the Qzarks yesterday!! 6.8. Unfortunately I cannot blast the color…

Yes I’ve been waiting for this video 🙌🏼💯

I’ve been a P line CXX guy for a long time, as my home lake used to be loaded with hydrilla. Used 25lb throwing big hard baits, and 20 on the smaller baits. Soft baits I’d throw 20lb fluro and I really liked the Cabelas brand,,,,,not sure who they sourced it from but it worked for me. I’ll throw braid for big top water baits where I’ll typically holding the rod high

Absolutely agree! I've used different Berkeley flouros, different Sunline flouros, different Seaguar flouros, and consistently see myself coming back to AbrazX. Not just for big baits either, but 15# AbrazX for lipless cranks, 17# AbrazX for Texas rigging and pitching Senkos, and 20# AbrazX for chatterbaits...

Thank you Mike. Great video. Seagar line hard to find around here, but I know where it is up in Shelby,NC. The Bass Shack. Plus our Bass here don’t grow as big as they do in Cali. I hope one day to meet you and fish with you, definitely on my Bucket list.! Tight lines,Brother.

I’ve thrown a deps 250 on 17lb AbraizX and I used 17lb for a while and it is tough!!! Had no doubt I would loose any of my baits. I recently switched over to 20 for more strength for summer time but my go to is 17 for 5-8 inch baits

I using it since they came out in the market I don't have any issue I love it

love your content!

Great break down.

Good stuff thank you, Mike. Butch Brown and Mike Gilbert approved - Seagar AbrazX.

Great videos.

I've tried stren 14 pound and trilein 14 or 15 pound. The stren has a tendency to snap on the hook set. I haven't had the problem with the trilein yet but time will tell. This video provided me with a new line to try and I will be doing so. Thank you!!

Never tried abrazx, maybe I'll pick up a spool. But I've been fishing invizx for few years. It's been good to me. Couple cast offs which I believe were either my knot or weak points in the line I did not see. But I've not been broken off by a fish yet.

Great video

Tatsu is a fully cooked noodle, a wet snake In the grass. Abrazx is a half cooked noodle, a dried out earth worm. Application Specific. Both great Lines

Hey Mike I’ve watched all of your videos several times and I was just watching the video again that you have talking about big baits with big hooks requires heavy hook sets, and I notice that you use Flouro and reel into the fish before swinging, have you ever considered using a braid to stretchy flouro or a braid to mono to decrease the amount of stretch in the line with a heavier hook to maybe increase hook up ratio because I know on my bodies of water when I reel into them and swing they just spit the bait out and never come back.

Great video as always. I run abrazX also

I've been using sunline assassin a lot more lately and been liking it more and more for my 15lb and lighter lines. The heavier stuff isn't the same tho

Great video just to share some info with you l watched a recent underwater test with divers and underwater cameras and the Invizx was more invisible underwater than Abrazix just thought you'd like to know that!

I was exclusively using Seaguar Red Label, then I had several spools of crap line. Would break off on hooksets, would snap inside the reel, etc. I dunno if they had a QC issue or what. Switched to InvizX and it was great until I got my second spool and then the same problem. Was really disappointed in Seaguar.

Definitely the best.

I know this is gonna sound crazy but I use Berkley Vanish and it is awesome! I am truly shocked how good it is

What pound test braid do you use to back the reels?

What line should I use when there is pike

Could not agree with you more on the line choice, this line has never let me down. Question- what are you tossing the Hinkle on? 20 pound?

What about structure wise? I fish lake fork exclusively would you mess with anything less than 20lb?

Thoughts on copoly?

Would this be good line to throw the Storm Arashi Shad?

I like the 25lb I used it on my big crackdown baits to get them down deeper. I Don't really have to worry about line shy bass because no one really throws over 17lb or big baits around me. With crackdowns it's more of a reaction bite.

I’ve had bad experience with sunline floro snapping at the cast. Went thru 5 spools, many expensive swimbaits to realize it’s horrible floro

I bought a zebco 33 and I’m still using the original line. I’ve caught some hogs with that thing and it’s still going strong!

When you say the stretch factor what do you mean exactly? Is abrazX more stretchy then other flurocarbons? Or is it less stretchy?

Abrazx is the real deal. Took it to fish Lake Baccarac a few years ago, which has tremendous amount of jagged rocks, and never broke off any big fish throwing swimbaits and 1oz jigs

I know 20 is your choice but would you go any bigger if you was fishing standing timber I'm basically fishing a lake that was dam up and flooded and there's standing timber from a foot deep to 40 foot deep and the only thing that was cleared was boat lanes

Seaguar flouro in general is VERY dependable. Bass fishing is moderate compared to Snook. A big snook will wear your line out and I had more break offs in general w snook than anything. The Seaguar Blue is money. I use the inshore also, dont care for the Gold. Yozuri is a little softer and better knot tying but have had equal success. It is a PROCESS and the fish and conditions dictate what size and variety to use. Some day's I like the thinnest some days thicker. I have not used the AbrazX but I am sure it is a fine product.

6:04 would you say that is so for even a bait like the mother chaser? Imo the only reason I throw 30 on it is the weight of the bait consistently causing stress and stretch on the line.

25lbs fc sniper same diameter at 20lbs abrazx just gives me a little more peace of mind that I won’t snap of on a fish

How much line do you typically cut off when you re-tie a lure?

Why would the line need to be different for a top water swimbait? It's not like you throw them in pads with treble hooks or am I confused? I'm thinking wake baits

I was talking with Brice Boseman at the 2021 Bassmasters about how I lost my Hinkle Trout! I was using Seaguar Abrazx 25lb. brand new spool and a brand new rod. Keep in mind I had only fished my Hinkle 5-6 times. I made a nice lob cast fishing parallel to a deep point. Mid flight I heard that dreaded "SNAP/POP". No birds nest the line just snapped. I contacted Seaguar via-email gave them the production run etc. Never heard back from them. Yes it's all in confidence, which is why I will never purchase any of their products. I currently use Sunline and Yo-Zuri.

Sunline super fc sniper has never done me wrong. Fished it in some pretty nasty stuff too. Might have to check out abrasx though

Have you tried FC sniper ?

Great video Mike. Send that Tatsu collecting dust to me :) Stuff is money. My go to Flouro.

lets get it!🤙🤙 Thats all i use. Hey mike if its just going to collect dust, ill buy off you bro!! let me know!

makes sence

Try Gamma edge. It's insanely tough line and breaks much higher then rated strength. The 16# breaks at 22lbs and the 20# breaks at 28lbs. I have yet to find a Flouro that can out break it. That's testing it against about every Flouro I can find at a break strength one higher then the Gamma edge. The 16# Gamma beat the abrazx 20# when I tested them side by side with the Palomar knot. Thanks for the killer baits and info.

I had almost the exact opposite experience with AbrazX. But will give it a 2nd chance. I have settled on mostly using braid to leader…usually a copoly line or fluoro leader material. I am able to give my equipment a thorough stress test by going snagging for Asian carp that mostly run between 15-25 lbs and fight like crazy.

I’m up here in Michigan and our lakes are loaded with Pike, which can cost a person a lot of money…🤬 Would you use a different approach regarding line?

Are you throwing floro regardless of single hook or treble hook? Does it matter in your opinion?

Sunline Sniper Fluorocarbon in 20 lb test has not let me down yet. I do re tie quite a bit though . 🤙🏽

I’m good with the red label seagaur,, 😂.. but definitely trying abrazx next

Best floro on the market. I believe that some lines preform better at certain test/thicknesses. Maybe there new line works better in smaller pound test range? It's Just a theory what are your takes on it?

17 and 20 lb Abrazx is all I use.

What about invisx? Does it stretch too much?

I usually use braid to 30lb flouro leader for most glidebaits and straight 80lb braid for big topwaters like the Deps Skaters/Walker and Megabass Megadog. I mostly chase big stripers in the CA Delta so I need the oversized gear for the 15-30lb fish but it feels way overkill for largemouth. I think I definitely miss out on bites when I'm just targeting largemouth which sucks

The struggle to find a good topwater line is real.

Matt Allen uses 80lb braid to floro leader and has been killin - straight floro is just $$

Why braid backing? Why not cheap mono backing?

How would you rate tatsu compared to abrazx?

Starting out w/ swimbaits 5 years ago I thought braid was the way 2 go "NOT" ! 50LB POWERPRO cost me 2 Deps 250's, 1 Deps 175, and a Host of other Lures..$500 plus " All on the Cast" GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! 20 or 25lb. Fluoro 4Me! Cheers jd

I'll be that guy and say i've never found bass to be line shy. I'll throw on straight braid in a pinch and don't see any difference from the fish. I use leader almost only for shock absorption

I’ll take the tatsu if you don’t want it!

I’ve had mixed feelings about the flouros I’ve used over the years for my soft baits. P-line 100% never really failed me but it gets “chalky” quickly and I’m constantly putting conditioner on it. I just bought a new spool of FC Sniper last week and gonna give it a go. Maybe I’ll grab a spool of abrazx and throw it on my other soft bait setup! P-line original is my fav for hard baits tho. Thanks for the tips like always! Oh and Seaguar sales about to go 📈📈📈

New reels Mike?

Seaguar till I die!!!!

Why not use something like Big Game for a backer?

I like sunline flipping flouro for bottom contact baits. Similar to to abrazx but last a little longer. . Like the fact it has a marker every 2 or 3 ft and stays invisible under water. But don't think they sale bulk spools.

If you’ve never tried it, you should really check out seaguars tatsu line. It’s insane. Pretty pricey though.

I'm really liking my 20lb izor XXX

Don’t get seagar line is trash breaks and wears fast not strong Pline fluro Ftw!