Hey eyecrazy,was thinking about your new boat and your rod setup with braid.You will be fishing more often in cold water and using cranks with the boat you have now.Could just add 100ft mono to a couple rods or half your setup and see if the mono really helps or not.That's what Capt Eric did and he thought it helped enough to do all his reels for early crank bite.I was adding line and calibrating some reels a couple nights ago and 100ft did not change the spool diameter very much.