05-10-2023, 02:10 PM
For the past few years, I have been using braided line on my catfishing rigs. I often fish around Bird Island and if one fishes there fishing under a bubble is critical to minimize snags. If there are three anglers on my boat I almost always fish from the bow. This means that I am casting to the side of the boat, rather than behind it. With an anchor on the bow, the bow of the boat will be pointed into the wind, so as a result the wind is always dragging my rigs towards the back of the boat and into the lines of the other anglers.
My floats drift much faster than I like and as a result I am frequently reeling in and making a new cast. I have noticed that braided line is on the surface and is a major contributor to accelerating the speed of the drift. Kory reminded me that fluorocarbon line sinks and if I switched to it that would slow down the drift of my bobbers. I respooled my two catfishing rods with 15-pound fluorocarbon. I immediately noticed a vast improvement in slowing down the drift of my bobbers, despite there being a stronger breeze than usual. What I didn't like was that, because the line is stiffer, the line frequently fell off the reel, primarily when casting, and as a result I was often untangling my line and in one instance I finally gave up and cut off the tangle of line.
In doing research I found these facts:
1) Typical braided line is 3% lighter than fresh water.
2) Typical monofilament is 15% heavier than fresh water.
3) Typical fluorocarbon is 74% heavier than fresh water.
I was unable to find any reliable data on the density of fluorocarbon-coated line (which appears to be monofilament coated with a thin layer of fluorocarbon). I did read that it was less stiff than fluorocarbon, which should solve the problem of the line falling off of the reel. Has anyone had any experience with how well it sinks?
My floats drift much faster than I like and as a result I am frequently reeling in and making a new cast. I have noticed that braided line is on the surface and is a major contributor to accelerating the speed of the drift. Kory reminded me that fluorocarbon line sinks and if I switched to it that would slow down the drift of my bobbers. I respooled my two catfishing rods with 15-pound fluorocarbon. I immediately noticed a vast improvement in slowing down the drift of my bobbers, despite there being a stronger breeze than usual. What I didn't like was that, because the line is stiffer, the line frequently fell off the reel, primarily when casting, and as a result I was often untangling my line and in one instance I finally gave up and cut off the tangle of line.
In doing research I found these facts:
1) Typical braided line is 3% lighter than fresh water.
2) Typical monofilament is 15% heavier than fresh water.
3) Typical fluorocarbon is 74% heavier than fresh water.
I was unable to find any reliable data on the density of fluorocarbon-coated line (which appears to be monofilament coated with a thin layer of fluorocarbon). I did read that it was less stiff than fluorocarbon, which should solve the problem of the line falling off of the reel. Has anyone had any experience with how well it sinks?