Justin C

Hey there wondering if any of you here have ever ice fished Mississippi lake at grasshopper point before.

Was out there this afternoon and not a bite, we followed the fishing huts and drilled close to them. But nothin. Not sure if any of you fished there before or have any tips on what to do as this was my first time out there. 

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Well thanks all.

Um i am wondering why i have to have an expensive Baitcaster to use braid. What are the reasons. 

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Ok thanks guys any of you ever used spiderwire. And also do any of you put mono backing to save money on braid.

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I am going to be putting the line on a baitcaster and I will be fishing for bass.I'm know I want 50lb but any brands or types of line in particular.

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Hello there 

I am wondering how to choose the type of braided fishing line. I want 50lb test braided line. But i know that there are different types of braided line. There is a kind of line that is fluorocarbon coated and it is suppose to be stiffer than braid that does not have this. So overall i am just wondering how to choose this. Please tell me what kind of braided line that you use.

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I will do some more research.

Well thanks Colin519  

I have till spring to think about it.

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Ok thanks 

I will try that.

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Yes Ohio Fisherman that is what i primarily fish is Sencos and trick worms and a few tubes here and there never fished a lizard before but have Texas rigged some craws and stuff like that.

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Thanks muskymatt.

Ok Thanks  Lape0019 

Yes i have fished at the town launch there before.

I have found one good spot at a public launch at the other side of the lake. The directions to get there are this:  You driving towards Perth on highway 7 turn of onto Con Rd 9A there is a public ramp there to fish from great spot. If anyone else knows a good spot for shore fishing and wants to help me it would be much appreciated as i am a beginner and do not know a lot about the lake.

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Um i don't mean ice fishing but i would love some info on any hot spots someone knows of that i can fish from the bank.

P.s I bass fish.

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Hey there has anyone here fished Mississippi Lake. If so i would love to hear about it as i live 2 minutes from it. I am a beginner fisherman and would love to hear any advice on fishing there.

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Thanks David

Thanks everyone this has helped me a ton.

Ok Thanks this has helped me a ton. 

Thanks guys

WOW thanks.

I used to live in Winchester and I used to pass by that store alot. I was not into fishing at the time. Hmmmm that's alot of info um from what you are saying I will stay away from flourocarbon, just thought I would see if that might be a good option. Well ok I am 100 % that I am going to get braided fishing line. Now I know that I have asked this in another post but is 50 pound braid the best for the lures that I am throwing I am not fishing heavy cover but to fish a frog I know that I should probably have no less than 50 pound.someone here also said that 40pound or less braid will dig into its self. But I am still not sure about test please help.

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Out of the blue here now I know you guys are saying to use 50 lb braid but what if I said I was going to put 15 pound flourocarbon on the reel. Not sure if you know tactical bass and there website says that I can use these baits with the line below. Please tell me what you think if I put 15 pound flourocarbon on.

CRAINKBAITS: 10-17 POUND FLOUROCARBON 

TEXAS RIGS AND JIGS: 15-25 POUND FLOUROCARBON 

SWIMJIGS ANS CHATTERBAITS ANS SPINNERBAITS: 15-25 POUND FLOUROCARBON 

What do you think of those line tests.

With FLOUROCARBON I would be able to cover most of my baseswith it.

I have heard though that FLOUROCARBON line has a lot of memory to it and is fusturatjng. What do you think about having 15 or 17 pound test FLOUROCARBON as a main line on my baitcaster. 

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Thanks David

Thanks OhioFisherman

I have a question if you had only one baitcasting combo like me and it was a 7 foot medium heavy fast action like mine what baits would you fish on it. And what kind of line and what pound test would you have on it.

Remember only one combo.

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Ok Thanks 

Um one question David so would I be able to fish the spinnerbaits or the chatterbait at all and get them to work ok. Like you said its not the best option but would it work. 

What is the date that you would be at the ottawa boat show.

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Thanks so much David.

Sadly though i live in Ottawa and that is a long way to Toronto but thanks so much. I am positive i got my reel tuned up right it is just a matter of which baits i want to fish and that will tell me the line i have to go with. Can i fish a frog on a medium/ heavy fast action rod with 50 lb braid, it would not be in extreme cover. Also what would be the reason that i cant fish the spinnerbaits or chatterbaits on the braid, or is it the rod setup. Im not sure.

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This is just a bit confusing for me.

So the baits i would like the throw on here would be a Jig, Texas rigs, Spinnerbaits maybe a Chatterbait. And i would love to possibly be able to throw a frog. I don't know if 50 pound braid is going to cover most of those options or is there a different pound test that might cover it better. I know that not one line or one rod is going to cover ever bait there is, but since i only have two rods i want to get the best setup that is going to be able to fish the most options. The other thing is i am not fishing heavy cover i am just fishing some weeds some lay downs im not going to be fishing a ton of heavy cover. Not saying i wont be in the future its just that the area that i fish in don't have a lot of those structures.

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Wow thanks so much guys this was a great help. It seems i should go with braid. But i have a couple questions about it. The problem is with me is i am a beginner in baitcasting therefore i still get a few backlashes so the problem is i don't want to pay a lot of $$$ for braid and then i have a bad backlash and loose half my spool. The other thing is that i don't have more than two rods I have a medium spinning rod and this one were talking about. So therefore i don't want to put a line on my baitcaster that is only going to be good for only a couple baits. I want a kind of line and a pound test of line that is going to be good for the most kinds of baits. So I would very much appreciate it if you guys here could tell me what baits could go on braided line and at what pound test. 

Thanks so much for all you guys help.

Hmm thanks i will have to think about it.

But has anyone just put strait Flouro on a baitcaster as the main line.

That would be ideal.

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