4# mono is a tad light for bass, but I know guys who use 6# fluorocarbon with dropshot rigs and rarely lose fish. Going from 4# to 6# line doesn't sound like much but it's a 50% increase in strength!HillbillyGeek wrote:Trent Hale wrote: Light line will cause many big fish to die when they break your line. For casting you can get 4# size line in braid that is 14# test. I looked at your smallie and it looks to be 2.5 lbs when you get one thats 5# or bigger and you land it, what a job!on 4# test. I don't think you will get her in with 4# test. Bass don't give up like trout, she will fight you all the way in. And when she sees you snap!! She will swim off and die what good is that!
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And I am one of them who uses 6# fc on my ds rig. The thing about being able to do this is that many of these lines break at a strength higher than their rating. I think 6# yozuri breaks at about 11#. I imagine the fc line I use probably breaks at 10# but that is just a guess.
Also with the right rod, the line, even at 6# test is protected. I have never lost even a 6# bass on 6# line in light cover. Heavy cover is another story.
The adage the lightest line you can get away with is one I adhere to and it even applies to heavy cover. If you're fishing heavy cover and had to use 17# test to give you a chance, then that is the lightest line you can get away with. :farao:
(unless you like only catching little ones:-" ) I see 6 pound drop shotting open water but not near any cover.