Here in Montana I've always favored 12 pound line because of snags mostly. That was when I was using monofilament on a spinning reel. With the new braided lines, I can use a much wider group of mono and fluorocarbon lines as leaders with my trusty double uni knots and I now carry smaller spools of many different line weights for every reason you state.
My favorite is the 6thsense provoke jerbait with 10-14lb flouro depending the needed depth. Break baitvwith upgrades splitting and hooks out the box. Thanks for all you do and the video content
I fish a lot of ponds up here in southeast Kansas that have got crystal clear water and are full of coontail grass in the winter time and I will do that I will use monofilament line on my jerk baits works great I showed my buddy that trick a year ago he couldn't figure out why I was using mono on a jerk bait good tip though
I've actually gone down to 8lb. on one of my jerkbait setups but have typically used 10lb. 8lb has seemed to help get my regular 110 down deeper and also help with the action of the bait. But yes, I was getting my ass handed to me by 2.5-lbers on the Ssissippi this past weekend
Alright 2 questions here.... 1: What the chances of playing war zone with you and what do I need to buy to do that if you would allow? 2: Can you give insight on catching crappie? It don’t always have to be bass does it?