Line Recommendations

[Joe]

It sort of depends on what the rod rated for and if you expect to change to a different line once the larger fish arrive...
But to answer in the most general sense, I would say to put about 1/3 of a spool of 25-pound mono as backing and then do the rest of the spool with 15 pound mono (for spring schoolie fishing) and to ask the person spooling the reel to stop 1/4" from the outside of the spool edge. Some shops overfill spools and that is what causes the problems. I like Berkley Big Game Green.
After the spool is loaded I like to go someplace and make a couple of casts with a bank sinker, or drift a plug a long way in a current to get the twist out.