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What pound line should i use for fishing on snaggy locations

If its sharp rocky, most will break.

Luckly its mostly sand where i fish
 
It depends…

If you don’t mind braid you can go very heavy ie 80/90lb and then bend hooks out of snags or even snap ‘weaker’ hook lengths or rig body.
But you’d need a stout stick or similar to wrap around the braid and pull it out, definitely don’t put that much pressure on the reel or rod.
It’s a favourite for some rough ground anglers.

Personally I just don’t like braid for shore fishing, too reactive for my liking, so I use 30/35lb mono, though I do use multis.
That’ll get you out of quite a few snags, especially if you use a rotten bottom on your weight, but obviously that’s a pretty thick line and going much higher with mono will make it too thick to fish with effectively.

Either way you’ll still lose plenty of leads and a few rigs, it’s the price paid for casting into the rough stuff.

There’s no ‘right or wrong’ regarding braid or mono, it’s whatever you prefer. After all, you’ll be the one fishing with it.
 
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Well I was going to offer 2p worth of advice, but Mr Fish has already summed up what I would have said extremely well!

I'm not a fan of Braid either but am thinking of having another go at it.
You need to remember the principle of at least 10Lbs of breaking strain for every Ounce of weight you intend to cast with.
So a 5 ounce weight needs minimum 50Lb line strength, I would use 60Lb in the form of a shock leader.
Obviously you don't want a full reel of 60Lb mono line so a shock leader will protect you from 'Cracking off' during casting. I tend to use quality Mono line around 30Lb.
Just make sure you shock leader is long enough for a decent drop from the rod tip, plus the full length of your rod plus about 5 turns around the spool of the reel.

If using Braid, being thinner, you could get away with 60Lb or more straight through, and not need a shock leader.
 
I use a 65lb braid mainline with a 60 lb mono leader (rod length, drop and about 4-6 turns round the reel) then make my rigs from the same mono as my leader but with a 30lb rotten bottom as valley boy does, it's surprising how much gear you will get back with a heavy rotten bottom.
 
I agree with what Mr Fish & Trampster said,follow the advice they posted up & you should be ok .Tight lines mate
 
A Ship mooring rope should work ;)
 
Trampster said:
Well I was going to offer 2p worth of advice, but Mr Fish has already summed up what I would have said extremely well!

I'm not a fan of Braid either but am thinking of having another go at it.
You need to remember the principle of at least 10Lbs of breaking strain for every Ounce of weight you intend to cast with.
So a 5 ounce weight needs minimum 50Lb line strength, I would use 60Lb in the form of a shock leader.
Obviously you don't want a full reel of 60Lb mono line so a shock leader will protect you from 'Cracking off' during casting. I tend to use quality Mono line around 30Lb.
Just make sure you shock leader is long enough for a decent drop from the rod tip, plus the full length of your rod plus about 5 turns around the spool of the reel.

If using Braid, being thinner, you could get away with 60Lb or more straight through, and not need a shock leader.
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I just usually go with 30lb mono straight through and skip the leader on most snaggy marks, unless I want a leader to take the abrasion or for hauling up bigger fish if it’s high up.
But then in that case I’m only really lobbing out 40-50 yards at most, not trying to reach the horizon and 99% of the time there’s no one else there anyway.

If I hike out to a rock mark I make sure it’s one I won’t be sharing with any fucker!
 
Fedstar said:
I would never recommend a shock leader for rough ground fishing with monofilament.

Why would you want to have a weak link in your set up? I can never understand the misguided advice of using a shock leader unless of course your casting from a clean beach.

I have seen advice given on all forums about rough ground leaders, guys upping their leading strength in the hope it will be stronger. The leader knot is the weak link.

Saying that I use 50lb mono straight through but no matter if you use 30 or 35lb line the leader knot will weaken the main line down to 25 at best.
Yes yes use aI Bimini twist but I don't see why you want to have this complexe friggin thing that struggles to go through rod eyes an I don't know about others but I find it frays very easy.

I try to not talk out my arse😆 but from experience, so yes I have given the Bimini twist a go and found it a bollocks in general lol.

Once again part of the reason to fish rough ground is to have deepish water close in, no need for long casting, so why use a leader. Please chaps get this leader rough ground nonsense outta yer knoggins.

I myself am thinking of getting a heavy braid set up to fish along side my traditional rough ground. Starting to get on in life an maybe the heavy braid will be a bit handier😅 But I will say it once morel lol forget leaders for the rough unless you have a specific specialised purpose, upping your leader strength will not help you pull outta snags, heavy line straight through, a single large hook and a reliable rotten bottom are the basic principles. Mr Fish an other experienced anglers have already noted,,, you will still lose gear😁 it's about trying to lose as little gear as possible.

A 10/0 hook 50lb line, half a Pouting an 7ozs of lead do not cast very far🤪 how do you fish yours? Lol

Am I too extreme, leave a comment below. Like share subscribe lmfao.

Fedders...🤪
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Yep I rarely bother. The only exception may be if I’m high up and need a thicker line close in when trying to land huss and eels, but I try and avoid that by picking marks where I can actually fish closer to the water.

But totally agree, the knot will always be weaker than your 30lb or whatever line, so it isn’t worth it for 50 yard lobs.
 
Mr Fish said:
Yep I rarely bother. The only exception may be if I’m high up and need a thicker line close in when trying to land huss and eels, but I try and avoid that by picking marks where I can actually fish closer to the water.

But totally agree, the knot will always be weaker than your 30lb or whatever line, so it isn’t worth it for 50 yard lobs.
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I think he's missed the point. A shock leader is not intended to help getting gear back, it's intended to stop crack off's when casting, even 50yds.
If he's fishing with (thick) 50Lb mono line, no shock leader, and casting 7oz weights, good luck to him - he'll need it!
 
Thank God we have Trampster to keep us all in line, line, eh eh see what I did there.
@Tramspster.
In one of my posts which you can see in others quoting me.
I do know what a shock leader is and also it's use. I clearly state what a shock leader is for. I think you Trampster have failed to understand my English.

You picked on me for the type of line I use ( thick) and belittled me for one of the types of fishing I participate in.
I feel like you have bullied me.
The way you threatened me in the PM you sent is, inexcusable.

I would like you to re-read my post. And pay special attention to the part where I said about using shock leader from clean beaches.

The photos of the many reels with shock leader attached to most of the reels proved it.
Also the photo comparison between 50lb mono and 50lb braid should have shown that the mono I use is not that thick.

The photos and my other posts have been taken down I removed the original .

I do not think I will bother much with this forum, I seen the old names I knew from before an thought this forum was more for facts rather than the number of posts I have made?

To the old hands😄
keep er lit an take er easy.
an I f ye canny get er easy?
take er any way ye can🤪

Going to learn all about leaders now from Wiki lol



Mark...😍
 
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