Test Weight

[FishBoss]

My dad and I are having a little bit of an argument(good nature) about if the weight of the test will effect your fishing, higher the test the less bites you will get. Any suggestions about this.
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[gdn443]

Some truth to that. I use the smallest test I can for freshwater fish. Salt water it never seemed to make a difference for me. If you fish in weed beds, it shouldn't matter.
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[bendopolo]

Sounds like you should set up a little tourney and see who can outfish whom...
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[Martini78]

I can't say I have had any first hand experience that would suggest heavier line scares the fish away, but I have heard people suggest as light a line as possible for trout. For that reason, I use a 4 lb leader. For bass, I throw 12 lb mono and 20 and 30 pound braid of similar thickness with no less luck than when I was using 8 lb braid (3 lb mono diameter).
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