Give some background on where you are fishing. A lot of the answers will stem from water clarity, depth you are fishing, cover, etc.
For example, I'll throw ripbaits on 16lb test most of the time if I can get away with it, but if the water is very clear, I'll go down to 12 or 14lb test. In some cases for pressured fish it may be worth it to go down to 10lb test.
The same is true for c-rig. I'll use 20lb floro leader most of the time for c-rig if I can get away with it, but as the water gets clearer I'll go down in size all the way down to 12lb.
Wow, Rob. It seems like the line you fish is considerably heavier than mine for most applications. Is it just a major confidence booster for you? I really feel pretty comfortable with fishing lighter line than most folks do. Don't get me wrong, when it comes to the swimbait it's 25 pound mono and and hammered drags, but sometimes I guess I just don't see the light when it comes to fishing heavy line. I suppose if you can get away with it, go for it, right?
Crankbait- 12 pound Izorline XXX. I usually throw cranks around alot of pretty gnarly stuff trying to get the reaction bites from the bait bouncing around and it holds up well. I know some guys who won't throw a crank on anything under 15 pound. Go figure.
Jerkbait- 10 pound Izorline XXX, 8 pound Izorline XXX if I'm throwing Pointer 78's or smaller baits.
Jig- 15 pound Izorline XXX, 12 pound Izorline XXX if I think I can get away with it.
Flipping- ??? I really do not do a whole lot of flipping aside from the jig, being in SoCal and all. The lakes I fish really don't call for a whole lot of the 20 or 25 pound mono or 50 pound braid and a full on 7'6" or 8' rod like the Delta or Clear Lake. I really want to do that type of fishing but there really aren't too many situations where I can.
One thing I do recommend is trying out the Izorline XXX. Really strong line that has really low memory. Another user of this board got me to try it out and now I have a bunch of spools of the stuff in my room.
Thanks for all the help, hey does that izorline come in green color. Everything I have heard recently is how much the pros use green line, they say almost every situation unless they throw braid.
I know that some of the other Izor products come in green, but I don't think the XXX does. It's more of a blue but not like electric highlighter blue or anything like that, more smoke colored. I really like the color of Ultragreen Maxima, but I seriously doubt it does anything more or less towards getting bites than the XXX does.
Not affiliated with anybody btw, just wish I was. LOL
Drop Shot- Sunline BMS 5# Most abrasion resistant 5# I have ever seen Plastics- Depends on baits but mostly 8-12# P-line Flouro Swimbaits- Sunline 25# Flouro and Izorline XXX 25# Jigs- 12# P-line flouro or Sugoi 12-16 #