Mono or braid, both work.
For fishing around Brestbay/Bolles Jet 30's would be your best choice. Or TT if you get those. The#10 are good when your running shallow water 6 to 10ft which isn't very often I'd expect. They allow you to get the bait choices further away from the boat and inline board in clear water conditions. Again, not very often required. The #30 covers the water column quite well. Pretty nice to only let out say 40 feet of line and be near bottom in those areas. Fishing out by West Sister to Huron you would want the #40's or #50's if you have large boards.
Like mentioned, Jets float and in tight (sometimes forced) turns keeps the bait from sinking and contacting bottom. Also, since they are a diving device, in rough water you will have less surge to your baits than if you ran inline weights, snap weights if that makes sense. They also allow you to float your bait back behind the boat when re-baiting/re-setting lines. Unlike weights that would sink.
You can pull meat, shallow diving cranks or spoon behind the jets.
Since I do not use big boards, I prefer using weights. Less line out and less pull.
I did make my own releases for my jets many years ago. Left over Offshore black releases, #30 coated cable and some crimps. Extremely constant release vs the brands I bought back then that had come out which were not very constant at that time. I believe those sets up have been improved.