The best knot their is for braid is palomar knot also the easiest knot to tie. If yu are bait fishing and have some extra money and like the penn line up- buy a penn 965. It's a great reel for chunking and trolling and it will out cast your 965 with a chunk on it. If you load it up with 50lb test braid you can troll a umbrella rig and you will great success.
