Braid or low stretch for trolling offshore

[sporty1]

Hi Guys

In your opinion is it better to troll offshore using a tld20 with braid or low stretch mono. And what breaking strain will this reel handle. Thanks

[Cameron Sims]

i wouldent use braid because it has hardly any strech
low strech has some which is good
i would us anything from 30-50lb line the reel could handle heavier line though
hope it helps cameron

[lethal098]

sporty1, for trolling best idea is to use mono as the stretch will help you a little with your hookups, your reel would easily handle 50 pound but that is a fair bit of overkill and would limit the amount of available line, personally i would use 20-30 pound, that way you can get a good few hundred yards on there. cheers Lee

[sleepygreg]

TLD 20 is designed for 20lb line (that is breaking strain.....not the claimed 'strength' of 20lb braids). Im sure many have used heavier lines on them and found them to handle their fishing.......but dont complain if it craps itself if you run 50lb line over it. They are a great reel...I have two of them and have used them for many years....I run 8kg mono on one and 10kg mono on the other...and i use these for targetting Marlin, Tuna etc. I also have a new one in the box i intend to load with 50lb braid for bottom bashing (being aware of the limitations of the reel).

Trolling in this line class I exclusively use mono.....has a lot more forgiveness due to line stretch.Too many hooks pulled using braid. Just my opinion..others may differ.

Greg

[jayvee]

i to am pondering this same question for my new tld 25. i'd prefer braid as i'd be bottom bashing with it as well as trolling. ccould i maybe get around the no stretch factor for trolling with braid by say running a longer than normal mono leader
jayvee

[revs57]

G'day sporty,

I use braid almost exclusively these days on both overhead and spin. I counter the shock problem by running a 10mt mono leader before attaching terminal tackel, be that a skirt on a 3mt leader, a hard body on a 3mt leader, a floating rig with a 1.5-2mt leader, or a paternoster 2mt rig with 1 or 2 hooks depending on what is around.

I'm running 24kg on one of my tld25's and 37kg on the other and the same set ups on my TRQ 300's. Mostly I use them for bottom fishing and floatlining, but I'm happy to use them for trolling with the long leader. The difference I've found is that you still have more direct contact with a fast running spaniar or Marlin and get no where near the "belly" in the line as you do with mono.

But whatever toots your horn, some very accomplished fisho's here would never use braid for anything or definitely not for trolling, but as I said, the long mono leader adds that bit of "give" to help with hookup and so you don't rattle the hooks out of a fish during a fight.

Cheers

Rhys

[Jurkyjj]

I agree with above^^^^

You can counter act the shock problem with a mono leader that will still allow a small amount of stretch to aid with hook ups.
When you use braid, the line will not stretch and with this, you will find that you pull a lot of hooks.
If you have already spooled the reel with braid, don't stress, just tie a 50 wrap bimini twist. and add a mono leader of about 20metres and then tie to your lure or bait.
This will allow for the hooks to set, with out ripping them through the fishes mouth.

Jason.