Posted By Pegsguy on 12 Apr 2011 11:31 PM
Choice of line color should factor in a bunch of things. Some species of fish are line shy and others could care less. Water color also should factor in to your decision. Very clear water would require less visible line where stained water is more forgiving. Tom

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I agree, I forgot to mention also the water I fish mostly in is dingy to muddy (1ft vis on the best day) at best. Mostly backwater slews and  swampy areas, and I still have felt a huge drop on the fish I have caught. I am gonna pick up some good ole cheap berkley green tint line today and see if my results change. My Pflueger reel came with an extra spool I will keep 10lb red line on to quickly test the lines to see if this "is" my issues, or just poor luck this spring. :-)

Do you keep a log? It is probably a good idea to do so as it gives you an idea of what works and what conditions were like at the time. I also have multiple spools for most of my spinning reels and a great majority of them are interchangeable, allowing me to take 2 reels with about 6 or more choices of line for them when I head out. Having so many spools gives me the luxury of keeping a spool of "specialty" line available for a special situation I might encounter only rarely.Tom

@Tom,
Nah I dont keep a log with me. I just rely on observation of what I need when I get there based on weather, water clarity and terrain. Normally I go for the grassiest, snakiest mudholes I can find to drag out the really good large mouth bass. I do how ever keep a spreadsheet to keep inventory of all my tackle and I do keep comments of what is working and what is not. That way when I run out of certain baits I can try something else when I replace it.

My first post WOO, anyways, I've been using red line for a few months now and i haven't had much luck at all. I fish with my brother who uses dark green mono and he catches fish 5ft away from my casts...(LMB) Once i get the time I'm planning on switching line. However, line color preference could be affected by water clarity, fish species, cloud coverage, etc etc. Best advice i can offer is its up to you, if you don't like something, change it and see how that works for you, Good luck!

I'm not real big on red line.  My favorite is clear.

The lakes here in Arizona are very clear. I prefer clear monofiliment line and use it on all my reels, bait cast and spinning, except my heavy flathead cat rig, which is spooled with 80 pound test braided Dacron, and my fly reels. Since I'm so line color sensitive, I use willow color (kind of a mossy gray green) fly line on my panfish fly rod, and sky blue color fly line on my bass fly rod. My partner uses only clear mono on his bait cast and spinning rigs. We must have caught @ 100 fish on our last outing 2 weeks ago. Another friend and his partner joined us for several hours and they only caught 2 channel cats. They were using green and red mono line on their rigs. I don't know if that proves anything or not. I just prefer my line to be as inconspicuous as possible.

I've colored marker red my Fireline Crystal.  On some occassions only that one line caught 99% of the fishes and other occassions almost skunked.  So it seems to work or not work for where I'm fishing.

I'll have to say the cajun red was pretty disappointing for me too.

I fish for Crappie in NE Indiana and I use Cajun Red line on my rods that I fish below 4ft and have great luck with them. Most of the water I fish is kinda murky. If I fish shallow I use a clear or green mono or if the water is real clear.
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