Having braid as main line with a monoleader is best

awesome video man usually i prefer mono for most of the style of fishing i do which is either wharf, beach or the rocks. easier to manage, easy to get and less hassle unlike braid

I have heard from a few people to keep a small lip balm tube in your tackle bag, if you get a wind knot to smear some on the knot before you pull on the braid and most of the time it will slip undone.

I had never tried braid until very recently. I was amazed how much further it casts! I fish from the shoreline of lakes in Pennsylvania with jigs and crank baits. For me, the added casting distance is what appeals to me about braid. I decided to back the spool about halfway with some monofilament to offset the cost of the braid. So far, so good. I about to put some 6lb braid on a vintage Penn 722 backed with a thick rubbery flyfishing line because I think that will work best on the plastic spool. I’m new to this and still experimenting but overall for lakeshore fishing mainly for bass and panfish braid seems like an obvious win.

Very informative video, both braid and mono have their purposes for different applications.

Ok thanks buddy for your comments and I apreciate it

Great video! I can agree with everything said. I used braided for years thinking its the best of the best, but truly not the case after years of fishing the Indian Ocean and Red Sea. The elasticity is great with mono and I have lost several fish due to them darting under coral or a shipwreck with braided. I love the series.

I prefer braid. It has longevity over mono over time braid has less much less memory. . But i always use a mono leader to save the braid. I have found that a mono shock leader helps from snapping off lures and weights on hard casts.

Before using braid on any fishing pole, make sure the eyes wont be cut by the braid. I've used Mono for both fresh and salt and I've never had a problem. I only use Ande Mono line, on all my reels. I've tried braid and it just does not cast as far, or maybe I'm not using enough weight.

In South america a lot of people just use 40+ lbs monofilament on handlines from the rocks and catch all sizes of fish with natural baits, fishing shows in the USA is just commercials for all kinds of gimmicks

I've been fishing when I was 10 years old mono is the best ever based on my experience.

Good strength and smooth reel cast for my baitcasterline doesnt have that oil feeling just feels solid

He literally could buy a house with all of his fishing gear

Having braid with fluro leader

Hey Victor love your sit and how you are doing what you love. At your age it's awesome to see that in young people love the videos keep it up. Have a question do you rinse your reel's off after you fish in salt water. Keep chasing the dream.

Headed to Bradenton, FL. Probably take a party boat in the gulf. I assume no wrecks, but rather reefs. Hoping to catch some grouper to bring back for dinner. Those boats typically load the senators with mono. I to setup my own rod and bring with me, but not sure what pound test mono to use. Thanks Marty O. Love the channel.

Great video, the format is great and I enjoy watching the whole video. You are needed to be here to help young anglers and inspire. I fish salt and fresh water in Texas. When people start asking to many questions, I send them to you. Thanks for being here for us.

Viktor ... you should have also included KNOTS .... mono is more open to more knots and 'simple', where as Braided lines are limited to only a few that work properly and are generally 'more complicated' .. so Mono would win that one ......... Great Video, always enjoying your channel !!! Cheers Down Under Mike

Those line can probably last me lifetime

Can you do a video on knots and rigs and what application that you use them for

I personally disagree on the cast ability of braid, as a bass fisherman I prefer the cast of mono. larger diameter so better control on a bait caster, plus ive always found it more difficult to prevent blow ups with braid when fishing light soft plastics. I do prefer braid for heavy rigs like an Alabama though, or large soft plastics like the Osprey baits.

I switched to mono on my saltwater rigs

I dont think i agree with the strength. Ive used 50# mono forever. I switched to 40# braid and that stuff breaks like 12 # mono. I have to use 80-100# braid to get the same affect as 50# mono. Now it is true you can get a lot more line on the reel with braid but i do not believe is equal in strength.

A lot of useful information here. Thank you for passing on your knowledge and experience.

Victor, thanks so much for this comparison between mono and braid. I searched your videos. It occurs to me that a wire leader, maybe even a very short wire leader, might be very helpful to prevent break offs. Could you provide a short video on when to use wire leaders and when not to use wire leaders? I think that'd be very helpful. And if I missed one you've already done please direct me to it. Again thanks so much for your Channel, for your videos and for your partner!

Great video as usual. Good comparison of both as well. Only thing for me is the line capacity. Being a freshwater fisherman (not casting more that 50 feet usually) I have no need for double the capacity. I personally have become a fan of Flouro. But you are 100% right on Braid and pulling hooks out of fish's mouths. I have watched Crappie fisherman fishing 10lb braid and losing fish constantly due to ripping the hook out. Anyways like I said great video and always very informative! looking forward to the next one.

Wow...are all those lines belongs to you? Where you purchased them?

Best line on the market and it’s easier to see.

This may be one of your best videos. Keep it up. Lets go fish!

Up here in the great lakes (trolling for salmon and steelhead) we use mono on down riggers because braid likes to slip out of the rubber gator clips off the ball, and braid is used on slack lines more or less, like using lead core and copper wire line, and dipsy divers we use spiderwire stealth. All leaders are mono or flouro though as it gives a bit of a shock effect.

I use both mono for trolling and live bait. And braid for Palu Ahi and bottom fishing and float lines😁🖒

Hi land shark fishing! I was just wondering if you could make a cast net tutorial video I was thinking about getting one, thanks!

Quality review man! Very good points on both types of lines!

I've used mono my whole life. I've caught fish my whole life. I've caught big fish my whole life. Don't need anything else. I use it for fresh and salt.

Thank you for the information. I’m starting to use conventional reels for surf fishing and I want to get some distance. I’m getting a lot of mixed answered. Like using suffix titanium plus and 30-50 yard top shot of braid. I see people spool a whole reel with braid for distance also. If you have any extra information that would be great.

hey my man , watch your vids all the time . and becouse of that i learned how to , and in the past 3 days , have cought 4 of the biggest snook of my life , right off the sand in south beach . went before sun up and the water was a boiling . about every 5th cast . would of never of known how to east coast surf fish without your vids . thank you sir . and as for my question you answered a couple weeks ago ,,, hell yeah there are fish in southbeach ! big ones ! lolol.

Awesome video. Love watching these

Brilliant got so much great info and answered a lot of questions thank you.

I try to keep it really simple; most of the time I fish for bream and I use a rig with a running sinker that is allowed to run right onto the hook. Here is the rub; bream fishing usually costs you a lot of terminal tackle. There are snags and rocky bottoms and these are the best spots for catching the fish. I want to be able to tie my line onto the hook directly. I am told that I can't do this with braid, that I need a mono leader. This complicates my rig. I would need a new knot in the line to connect the leader to mainline. Apparently braid requires new knots - my old favourites won't do. This is something I wish this otherwise excellent clip had touched on; braid doesn't knot so well (so I am told). Anyway, I scare easily. And like many folk I am very resistant to change. My son is a keen braid user and he carries a special tool for cutting the line. Huh? Teeth won't do? Ahggggggg!!!

Question: I bass fish but have recently started to catfish and I’ve always used braid, for catfish should I use mono?

I use braid for everything, if I need the abrasion resistance run a 10-20m topshot like you said,

I would really love to know you have color changing braided line, but I thin a 4-5 foot mono leader and braided line works the best and gives you stretch and sensitivity

Thanks for in the info Victor,this helped out alot. Time to hit the water for the sharks. FISH ON🎣🦈

I use mono on the rocks and from the shore. I'll use braid with my small reels.

So if I fish for Blues & Stripers off the beach in New Jersey throwing, Plugs, Poppers, Swimmers, Darters etc... I should use... ??? (I recently lost a nice plug due to mono line breaking)

This was a great video it helped me alot thanks. I'll be subscribing👍🏻

I completely respect the braid and have a use for it on occasion, but the things that I do not like are when you are using braid and fishing next to someone with mono and lines cross. If you're the one with the fish and you're the one with the mono, bye-bye fish. Many boats do not allow braid to be used so people do not cut off other people's fish. Yet another issue with braid is when you get stuck on the bottom or with anything else, that usually means a very difficult task of breaking it off and leads to either cutting it off I'm losing a lot of line and money or cutting your fingers. I completely understand the love for braid and the use that it brings, but for me it's cold polymer and fluorocarbon leaders.

Sweet awesome video I'm gonna try some of your recommendations

I learned a lot from you Victor Godbless you all always...

My boy VIC Keep doing your thing👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💪🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

so much to learn after I got to "The Sunshine State", before in Indiana I only catch bass , catfish ,and sunfishes, and I get skunk 8 times out of 10 lol

I fish both

Nice vid but your referring to saltwater I've got family in Florida but not myself around me are freshwater lakes and ponds so it would be catfish bass crappie I believe I'm gonna stick with monofilament line personally.

I do braid on small spinning reels, mono backing on big spinning reels to save some money and I do mono on my conventionals with braid backing since I usually target bigger things on them

Lure fishing = braid Bait fishing = mono

Very instructive great video learn a lot

Can you use green braid for.dropshot in a blurry mossy freshwater? Or mono leader at end is better?

What is the best rod and reel for catfishing

Do a updated rod and reel arsenal

You didn’t mention braids longevity over mono. Mono might be cheaper but it doesn’t last as long.

My question is, and I seem to be running into problems with....is it effective to cast and crank with braided line? All the videos I see when people are using braided line when they're reeling in their fish you can actually hear the sound of the line against the pole. If I'm casting a deep runner in heavy current is it making that noise as im reeling in the rapala?

Great video, I will not use any products that advertise on KZfaq

Hey man I'm wanting to get a spinning set up for sharks for vacations what's a good set up for sharks in sc

I have had problems with braided line. spiderwire is the line I am using. but when I tried to pull the line to test my drag the line spins around the spool without the drag moving . I thought maybe the line was not tight enough around the spool, so I took it off and respond it tighter and after a few uses the line does it again. Was wondering if you had any problems like this or suggested how to fix it

Mono, especially for the weaker of us has another good thing! With they'r stretch they eat a lot of the energie of the fisch. The fish is faster exousted and you are not as fast. Oh he mentioned it seems like im not needed here. 😔

Can I tie my paddle tail lure directly to the braid?

Legend video, thanks mate!

great info very informative thank you

SIR TELL ME HOW CAN GLASS POWDER SICK ON MONOFILAMENT WIRE WHAT IS TYPE OFF GLUE TO BEST

I caught my biggest bass over 8 lbs on mono but lost bigger ones because it stretches lost more than handful of it going to new line that's held me back from huge bass over 10 lbs

Awesome video

Yo bro I love your videos lit Keep up the good work ❤⚡

What about a stripers teeth vs braid ,should i put a mono leader

What are the differences (use and qualities) between flouro and mono?

Love the tackle vids

And does line color affect hook up ratios in this instance blacktips

Hey Vic I am curious on some areas to find pilchards to use as bait I usually catch mine at the pier but I haven’t seen any bait there for a couple months now I’m just curious if there is anything specific I should look for like types of structure I fish out of port Everglades and I’m just trying too see if I can get some tips on good places to find pilchards thank you for your time and love the channel 👍🏻

I'm a mono guy my favorite is Berkley trilene big game solar colector because it's strong and fairly cheap because I mainly fish for catfish

best braid is more abraision resistant than best mono with same diameter and if you take one moment, it's no reason to don't take braid with the same diameter than mono cause you have the same line capicity and with the same diameter and 50% of the lines is cutted on a rock, the mono will probably break, but the braid after that abraision have the same or more breaking power than the mono before it hits the rock. topshot is an different thing,but even their a very thick braid can be better if you don't need stiffness and stretch. cheers

What would be best for big catfish?

Good video . I wish you added flourocarbon to this convo. I recently ordered a new reel and decided I was gonna fill it with 12 lb floro for reds and trout.

Braid needs mono, so mono can stand alone. Simple.

Braid is my go to line

Good video and good info

Hi, i fish in sweden after atlantic Salmon in saltwater sea! Do not fish in freshwater. I have a shimano ultegra 5000 reel. Should i use mono or braid? What is best to use to get more salmon fish?

I like braid but good video

Should mention tangles mono much easier to untangle but more likely to spring off a spinning reel if it's new

thank buddy great video

Thanks for the info ,

Good information

What’s the difference between test and mono

I was told that I should use braid for wahoo, and mono might stretch and over a little time, will break. Is that true?

We need them both.it defends where we used it....

Was it you that bought all the line off of bull buster dammit I was gonna get some 2500 yards of 30 lb test for this spring breaks blacktip migration and it's sold out

Anybody know what happen to bull buster did they go bank rupt to the close or something

Do not forget to warn people about braided line's ability to cut people far worse than monofilament. We old school Cuban yoyo fishermen accustomed to dragging monsters out of bridge /reef/oyster structure with 100# mono know about line cuts as anyone else knows what a drag line cuts can be; but braid is another story; it's a lot more dangerous to work around.

What is the best line for shark fishing

I think 10lb braid is equivalent to 2lb mono is diameter

thats really nice but mono freezes and snaps in the cold . like he said they have their place and uses

thanks for the info.