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Does Heavier Fishing Line Mean Heavier Fish?
By Trevor Kugler

Many anglers seem to labor under the delusion that using heavier line will enable them to catch bigger fish. While this is obviously technically true, heavier line doesn't necessarily mean heavier fish. When I'm on my favorite trout stream I invariably find leftover line that's heavy enough to land a fifteen pound Bluefish! This always perplexes me, because the particular stream in question doesn't hold any fish that would be larger than six or seven pounds (and that size fish would be an outright trophy). I've seen this kind of foolishness throughout the entire country, and it's simply unnecessary.

In my opinion line gets completely misused, and it costs anglers a lot. The biggest things it cost's them is bites. If fish detect your line, they are much less apt to bite your offer in. For example, on the stream I was referring to above, line heavier than six pound test is complete overkill. Using line that's too heavy for the type of fish that you're for makes no sense.

Fishing line is much stronger than you might think. Do you know what line that�s four pound test means? It means that at its weakest point, the line can hold four pounds of dead weight without breaking. At it's weakest point four pound test can withstand four pounds of dead weight, isn't this amazing? And the same

goes for all the various line weights. As an example, I've been using four pound teat on ultra light gear for more than twenty years, and have never had a fish break my line. Never! I've had leaders break and/or fish get off, but never from the line breaking. During that 20 years I've landed numerous trout in the 3-5 pound range, smallmouth bass to 5 pounds, and even an 8 pound walleye. All while using four pound test monofilament line.

The bottom line is that using heavy line doesn't mean that you can land bigger fish. Skill as an angler decides how heavy a fish you can land. I'm not suggesting that four pound test should be used for all angling, I'm simply stating that your line should match the type of fish you're attempting to catch. Remember, is called a sport for a reason. The fish are supposed to have a sporting chance. Besides, how much fun is it to just winch a fish anyway?

Trevor Kugler is co-founder of http://www.JRWfishing.com and an avid angler. He has more than 20 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet experience. He currently raises his three year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country�..Montana!

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