High-visibility line...why?

[Fishooked]

Ok, I kind of get why in some aspects, since it is obviously easier for the fisherman to see - but in that case the fish can see it too. What is the point?

Or am I just missing the point entirely - would one be using a mono leader in order to reduce the visibility to the fish?

[Tom]

to be honest, it can't make much difference to the fish, people wouldn't use it if it did. I have had a go at fly fishing a couple of times, and the thick, bright yellow fly line hasn't put the trout off biting. I speak on experience with pike here, i have no idea how bass act, as we don't have them here. Pike will either hit a lure or leave it most of the time, sometimes they will follow, but most of the time they have to react quickly, being a predator, this is natural because if they didn't react quickly, their prey would get away, and Mr.Pike would have to go hungry. therefore, pike can often be caught on quite crude tackle, because they have to make their decision in a split second, often resulting in them slipping up now and then. I don't think bright line would make much difference, because as soon as the lure catches their eye, they strike it before it gets away. Maybe on pressured waters, you may miss out on a few fish, but the pike there are still predators, and always will be.

[omigosh]

I use high visibility line when surf fishing. It is helpful to be able to quickly see the line and determine if it is drifting to one side or another or if a fish is dragging the bait sideways or toward you and not giving much action to the rod. I've tried many colors and it doesn't seem to make much difference.

[Fishooked]

Sept 9, 2010 7:00:10 GMT -4 omigosh said:

I use high visibility line when surf fishing. It is helpful to be able to quickly see the line and determine if it is drifting to one side or another or if a fish is dragging the bait sideways or toward you and not giving much action to the rod. I've tried many colors and it doesn't seem to make much difference.

Ah yes, great point - I have tried to use it for fishing plastics, but I think the colored line is a deterrent.

[omigosh]

I know some guys that use it for catfishing at night. They wear headlamps and said that they can quickly see the line with the lights.

[casey10]

I was at a muskie outing on Sun and saw 3 different guys with yellow ,hi-vis power pro, 80 and 100 lb test . These guys were close to my age and said they just like being able to quickly see where their line is! Maybe I should start using it ;D ;D ;D

[walter]

another idea, if you put a mark on it at regular intervals with a marker you can estimate how much line is out of the reel

[way2slickrick]

Hi vis line was made specially for "line watchers", most people use a mono or flurocarbon leader when using it for bass fishing tied with a uni to uni knot. Berkely also makes a nice fluro line that is hi vis out of water but "invisable" under water.. tried it and it works pretty good, its soft and strong and is also thinner than usual. Cajun line also makes a line the every 5 feet it changes from hi vis yellow to a low visable red line, ive tried and also is a good line. The concept is for line watchers, I know some guys that bass fish with 30lb his vis mono for bass over in alabama. Some fisherman arent line watchers and some are, some are freshwater fisherman and some are saltwater fisherman. Ill use his vis line every once in awhile mostly at nite when Im at piers fishing for bull reds or sharks. But usually im bank fishing for reds trout and flounder and dont really use his vis lines since I can see my clear line pretty well ( my vision is very very good and hopefully it stays that way).

[fishing_in_israel]

I'm actually thinking of making the last 5m of my PowerPro Hi-Vis so that, when fishing from the rocks before dawn and after sunset, I can see when the lure is getting close to the rocks and can therefore lift my rod tip causing the lure to swim shallower and not get snagged. At the moment, with the green PowerPro it is really difficult to see it in low light conditions.

Any Ideas on how I can make the green fade faster so that I can color the line with a HiVis marker pen?