New braid - Berkley Big Game

[In The Surf]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

The reason I'm moving back to Fireline is I finally gave up on Power Pro in the rocks.

We were actually discussing this on another board too. General consensus was that Fireline is much better then Power Pro in the rocks and one member felt it was even better the Berkley Big Game in the rocks.

I'll explain it a little more. There's a spot in Westerly and in Charlestown where I lost some nice fish in the rocks. This was with Power Pro and Big Game. I stepped it up to 25# Big Game and gave up some distance which isn't that big a deal because I didn't need to get it out that far just wanted my line to handle going through a boulder field and around rocks while under some tension. I could feel the line twanging like a piano string sometimes and wonder how bad it just got nicked and if I'd lose another fish and at times another $20 plus plug. Even when I didn't hook up I was still cutting back a good amount of line from the abrasions. I be respooling too often. I was fishing with Tony O and Redlite and mentioned my disgust with Power Pro and some other lines in the rocks. Mike suggested I try the 30# Fireline that it performs and holds up well in the rocks. Glad I did, I was thouroghly impressed with its performance and how well it held up in the boney spots I fished. It may be somewhat stiff when first spooled on but breaks in nicely and casts well after a good outing or two. I have three spools for my mostly used set ups, the 30# fireline is used the most because most of my fishing is in and around the rocks, 30# Power Pro for open, clean water and Big Game for some deeper water places I like to use poppers because of its bouyancy.