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| Back when I was much younger (high school and college) I used to fish muskies 6-7 days a week from June to September. I used to run cortlan braid (the white and black) stuff.
I have not fishing much the last few years and plan to fish more this year. I have about 8 reels that I need to re-spool. I am thinking about using Power Pro Maxcuatro.
My plan was to go with 40# mono backing followed by 80# Power Pro Maxcuatro. Does that seem like a good choice? I mainly fish top water and single blade bucktails.
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Location: Hayward, WI | Yup, I think you got it! Pound test of your backing doesn't matter too much - whatever you have laying around. 40 lb backing will work. 80 to 100 pound braid in your brand of choice - I think it's all pretty good these days. I really like Cortland Masterbraid and also like Suffix 832, but I think quite a few guys like Powerpro now also. |
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | A lot of guys on here like powerpro, but I have not had good luck with it. Try Cortland Masterbraid 80 lb or Suffix 832 80 lb. You will not be sorry you upgraded over powerpro. I use 20-25 lb mono backing, but 40 would work fine. I put a couple of layers of mono on my reels and fill the rest up with braid. By doing this, you limit the number of cuts to the line. When you put short amounts of line on the reels, you must change when you hit the uni to uni knot. When this happens, you throw away around 125 ft of braid. If you add mono backing behind and move the braid out on the spool, your waste is minimal. A lot of guys don't agree with me on this, but it works well for me. |
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| almost all the braided line are good.ive not fish with the maxquatro but it look like a good one.personally i like p line spectrex,spiderwire stealth,sufix,the most durable is by far the p line. imho it's just personal preference. |
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Location: oswego, il | Superbraid does not rot. Is there something wrong wih thd braid on your reels? |
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Location: ontario | never seen 80lb maxcuatro at any of my local shops or bp. Its thinner than regular power pro so i would use 100lb if could get my hands on it |
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| ToddM - 3/7/2018 6:02 PM
Superbraid does not rot. Is there something wrong wih thd braid on your reels?
Some of my reels have not been respooled in 10+ years. I would like to start fishing tournaments again and new line is cheap insurance. |
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| Dan111 - 3/7/2018 6:18 PM
never seen 80lb maxcuatro at any of my local shops or bp. Its thinner than regular power pro so i would use 100lb if could get my hands on it
Power Pro 33400800150E Maxcuatro Braided Fishing Line, 80 lb/150 yd, Moss Green https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UW0VT6W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_GiiOAbFK518K...
80lb is much cheaper than 100lb |
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Location: SE Wisc | Like Curley said, I don’t think the backing diameter matters. I usually use whatever I have around from bass/ walleye rigs(10-20#). Most my rods have Spiderwire Stealth and a few 832. Love Stealth especially once it breaks in and the color fades. The 832 seems to have a good combination of abrasion resistance and castability. Hate Powerpro, way too abrasive and loud for me. But maybe you fish in the rocks all day and all year and need that. |
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| i tryed some daiwa samurai braid last summer in #30 and #50 bass fishing and love it very slick and supple and got a #80 spool for next season to try for musky but still love power pro and never had trouble with it. |
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