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Braid on top water (frogs) and heavy cover (jigs and punching rigs). It floats and no stretch so also most sensitive, but easier for fish to see.

Fluorocarbon on hard plastics (crank baits, rat-l-traps) and flipping rigs (beavers and crawfish) and weightless soft plastics (senkos and flukes). It sinks the best, less visible, and less stretch, but will fray and weaken over time with hook set/catches.

Mono is on one of my rod and reels but I don't know what was tied on last. Usually a spinnerbait, chatter bait, crankbait, pop-r, or swim bait. It's on a rod that's not really used often and that bait gets changed throughout the day most of the time. Pretty much mono is a good bait if you don't have a dedicated style on that rod and reel setup.

Except I use mono for all cranks except DEEP crank with flouro because it sinks and Square bills with braid for the action ricocheting off stumps. The mono stretches and helps prevent from a fishing pulling the treble hooks out.

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Posted by Citica8

Duckroost, LA

Member since Dec 2012

3666 posts

Posted on 2/15/15 at 6:11 pm to 007mag

I've never used braid on square bills, but to be honest I don't throw them often enough. I'm usually fishing soft plastics, and I spend to much time trying to hit every cypress tree then covering water and moving without getting bites.

Most of the places I fish are shallow though, so I don't throw my "5-6XDs" very often.

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Posted by SportTiger1

Stonewall, LA

Member since Feb 2007

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Posted on 2/15/15 at 6:51 pm to 007mag

I like the sensitivity of braid but I can't get a good knot with it.

I use flouro on almost every thing except spinner baits, which I use mono for the stretch.

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