Braid for me too. I think fishing with braid in a kayak really helps me out. I have set the hook on fish and my kayak immediately starts moving toward the fish if they have any kind of size. I think it's almost like dealing with the stretch on a long cast that you have to deal with using mono. I have used mono, but the combination of too light action rods, kayak movement toward the fish and mono stretch has prevented me from getting a good hookset on long distance casts. Braid has worked a lot better for me. I get the occasional wind knot and some of the other annoyances with braid, but that's a fair trade off for me when I bring more fish to my boat.
Funny thing about braid..... seems like once you get used to using it, you really have a hard time going back to mono.
Posted Wed Aug 12, 2015 2:15 pm