If you are fishing the rocky areas switch to mono. The braid just doesnt hold up will never use braid again your line gets nicked on the rocks I have lost fish on hook sets and caught the same fish with the line hanging out of its mouth and it wasnt the knot that broke. In my experience mono is just much tougher. As far as reels I use silstar baitrunners they are almost identical to the shimanos but alot less moneyoh and im running 65# power pro braid.. was using 30# stealth last year and lost a good many fish due to breaks .. i'm assuming from the rocks so this year i steped it up a bit.
Did you change completly to mono or did you just have to use a mono leader? i know we fish alot of the same areas and this year i have my boat ready so was just wondering if ya think just a mono leader would help.If you are fishing the rocky areas switch to mono. The braid just doesnt hold up will never use braid again your line gets nicked on the rocks I have lost fish on hook sets and caught the same fish with the line hanging out of its mouth and it wasnt the knot that broke. In my experience mono is just much tougher. As far as reels I use silstar baitrunners they are almost identical to the shimanos but alot less money