broke line

[procraft]

when your line breakes on the hook set is this called a fish broke my line or did i do it from setting the hook to hardemoQuestion

 

[craazyboutbass]

Are you using braid? I've had this problem before, but not lately... had some good ones get the toad last year, then I'd yank and not feel a thing.

 

[jason]

What kind of line were you using? Pound test? Knot? Type of structure?

 

[procraft]

stren 14lb using a lizard flat bottom just alip knot looped 4 times when i felt the bite i realed in the loos line then gave it a quick snap upward on the rod felt some pull on the line then it was broke this is not the first time this has hapend

 

[procraft]

i have broke braid a bunch of times till i lerned how to tie it then that mess stoped

 

[Ronnie Garrison]

Did you look at the end of the line? A little curl there indicates your knot failed. Try breaking the line without a knot in it - the line could be bad.

I have tied an improved clinch knot for about 45 years and never had a problem with it until I started using 12 pound PLine Flourocarbon. I wrap the line 7 times and it has always held. Started breaking the fluro on the hookset and it would break when I tied the knot sometimes. Switched to the palomar and no more problems with it. I still tie the improved clinch on all other lines, including 15 pound PLine flouro - never had a problem with the higher test lines. I can tie the improved clinch faster and better - more practice.

 

[rsimms]

But the answer to your real question... if a line breaks on a hook set, I do not consider that "the fish broke my line." Speaking for myself... I consider a broken line on a hook set, "operator-error."emoBigsmile Fight the fish for a few seconds, or minutes, and the line breaks... yea, "he broke me off." But as someone else pointed out, a curly line indicating a slipped or broken knot still borders on operator-error in my book. Once folks are "experienced" at fighting fish, there really is no reason any fish should ever break you off unless you're just terribly under-gunned (or they get wrapped in heavy cover). But I personally have done it, and watched many other people, land exceedingly big fish even when they were under-gunned. I watched Spurhunter land a very mean 12 lb. striper on 4 lb. test in December: http://www.chattanoogafishingforum.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=15248&start=1 Or consider EricM's epic 7.5 hour battle with a 30-pound-plus catfish on 4 lb. test. The hard truth is that again, with the exception of heavy wood cover, broken fishing lines are most often (I'll say it again, operator-error).

 

[sprestwood]

I call it a gar. Any line 14 lb test can deliver a beating, but the shear of a sharp tooth can compromise it fast. The hookset probally brought the line across several sharp teeth.