what pound line do you use braided or mono

[Bone_Collector]

I like to use 65 lb power pro for salmon and rock fish. 200 lb power pro for sturgeon and 100 lb power pro for halibut!

Steelhead 12lb sufix superior.

Walleye 20lb fire line with a 15lb mono leader

B_C

[Thefisherman83]

Steelhead 8-10 lb fluoro-coated mono
salmon 15-30 lb copolymer

Nothing but P-line on my reels, except my sturgeon rig, 60lb power pro.

[Moose-head]

Braid kept popping out of my downrigger releases, so I just spooled up woth #30 mono for salmon

[7mmfan]

Depends on how I'm fishing. For drift fishing for steelhead, #10 or #12 Izorline, that stuff is strong as heck. If I'm float fishing though I use #30 Power Pro because it floats and that no stretch really helps bury a hook when your float fishing. For trout, I just use 6# Izorline, can't beat it. I don't see the need for braid when trout fishing. Sturgeon my reel is spooled with 65# power pro, but thinking about bumping up to 80# for the increased abrasion resistance.

[Skillet]

I use braid 99% of the time. The only time I don't is when I'm drift fishing or chuckin hardware, which isn't too often anymore. I've tried plenty of brands but always go back to power pro.

 
I like the 20# power pro for all my freshwater fishing and just use a mono leader up to about 15# depending on what I'm doing.  There is nothing like braid for vertical jigging.  For bottom fishing off the coast the charters don't let you use braid, so I just have a reel spooled with 40# mono on my bottom fishing rod.

[sirmissalot]

I used to swear by power pro, until I got tired of replacing it every couple years. Try some Jerry brown spectra, you'll never go back. I also think P line is junk. Izorline is pretty tough to beat as far as mono. As far as braid or spectra popping off the downrigger, that's why I bumped up to 50lb, if Im fishing really deap like 300 plus sometimes I run a mono topshot to give the release clip a little more to hold onto.

[JimmyHoffa]

I like the 65 lb PowerPro.  thick enough to not cut into the line already spooled.  And also not so fine that it slices me up like the 30 lb stuff does.

[uplandhunter870]

20-30 lb braid with 20lb mono leader for steelhead and salmon bank fishing

8-10lb mono for the trout reels

[Button Nubbs]

I used to swear by power pro, until I got tired of replacing it every couple years. Try some Jerry brown spectra, you'll never go back. I also think P line is junk. Izorline is pretty tough to beat as far as mono. As far as braid or spectra popping off the downrigger, that's why I bumped up to 50lb, if Im fishing really deap like 300 plus sometimes I run a mono topshot to give the release clip a little more to hold onto.

Why is p-line junk? That stuff is tough as nails. CXx for the casters and cx for the spinning reels. It's out performed McCoy izorline and trilene for me.

[TheHunt]

Float fishing I use 30lb power pro.  15 lb leader. 

Drift fishing and hardware I use nothing by maxma green..  Old school  10 lb main line and 8 lb leader. 

[Button Nubbs]

Why such heavy leader for your float rod hunt?

I'm not set to any poundage of leader for anything. I let the water dictate how what lb leader I will use. If I can get away with 15-20 in darker water I will. The benefit to lighter leaders is you get a more natural presentation which I believe is especially important for float fishing.

[TheHunt]

I use it when there is structure to pull the fish out.  When it is wide open with no structure I use 10 lb leader.

E.g.  Skookumchuck has lots of structure. 15 lb is what I use
Wynoochee where there is not too much structure I can get away with 10 lb mono

[RB]

For dragging the bottom of the salt 80lb power pro (found a deal on a 1500ft spool e-bay) for Salmon 20lb maxima ultra green, river fishing 15lb maxima ultra green, trout 6lb maxima ultra green.

[huntnnw]

50 and 65lb power pro on my steelhead/salmon rigs with 8lb maxima leaders for steelhead and 20lb for salmon. I dont buy braid by poundage I buy it for diameter.

I have no idea what guys are talking about with braid being hard to break..I can usualy break most off with a hard jerk due to the line having no stretch ...one thing I like...I hated the days of using mono and pulling and stretching line forever to get it to break..done with that stretchy stuff

[Fishaholic]

i like the line diameter of braided line i was using 10 pound braided (2diam) for perch and greenling and it worked great. i got almost 100 yards on my trout pole that i use to use for rock fishing