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Lots like Power pro in 30lb . Most of these guys are charters that have people not use to fishing Erie so it is a safe bet to not lose gear . To me on my personal boat its about enjoying the sport and the fight of the fish on the lighter gear but again , Im old school . Another thing to be aware of with the braid , is slack line . Since the braid has no stretch , the slightest bit of slack line and the fish is gone .

Set your drags where they need to be with 10 lb test mono , and losing gear and fish is not a problem at all . Love to hear the sound of the drag taking off before even grabbing the rod out of the holder . Fight on !

Dale

This is all solid advice by fishhead315! I would like to add that those who use 30LB braid can also have the enjoyment of fighting the fish as described by fishhead315.

I use the Shimano Tekota 300 reels, 30LB or 40LB braid(depends what is on sale). The Tekota 300 Reels are capable of applying a maximum drag of 18LBs. I do not set my drag at maximum but set it at 30% to 40% of 12LB line, 41/2LBs to 5LBs. checked with a fish scales at the rod tip with a straight line pull to the reel. If I need more drag while fighting a fish I will snug it down just a fraction at a time then move it back to the same or about the same position that it was before. Yes the Reel is capable of more drag but that is not why I use the braided line. I do not like to just winch the fish to the boat. I use the braided line to avoid breakoffs and the braids better long term durability, as well as the less stretch characteristics of braid and the extra drag is there and available in case you would really need it and the breaking capacity of the line would not be exceeded with the maximum possible amount of drag. In other words set the drag for braid to the diameter of the line. Example would be~~ using 40LB braid which is about the same diameter of 12LB mono, set the drag to the specs for 12LB mono. Then you would be fighting the fish and having as many thrills and fun with the same settings that one using the 12LB mono should be using! But you would still have a 28LB reserve breaking capacity in your line. To me that is an advantage that is to good to over look.