I’m a beginner at catfishing, what line to use? I have a 7’ med/heavy Ugly Stik catfish rod with an Okuma Avenger 6000, I’m going after Channel catfish that are usually under 10lbs but...

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I have a 7’ med/heavy Ugly Stik catfish rod with an Okuma Avenger 6000, I’m going after Channel catfish that are usually under 10lbs but I never know when a monster will find it, anyway I’m planning on spooling up with 15lb green mono berkley big game as my main line, and probably 30lb berkley big game clear mono as my leader, is this a good setup?

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by PineQuail141

Junior510 Loc: Tracy,CA

Yea but I'd go 15 lbs and 20lbs leader where are you fishing at what state

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Really. Where you fishing? Lake or stream? I wouldn't use mono. I'd use braid for the main line. I like PowerPro. 30 pound, or higher. You don't need a leader for cats, they're not line shy, but if you want a leader get you some 80 or 100 pound test Dacron. You ain't finesse fishing. Big channel cats are bruisers. You need to overpower em.

Whitey Loc: Southeast ohio

FS Digest wrote:

I have a 7’ med/heavy Ugly Stik catfish rod with an Okuma Avenger 6000, I’m going after Channel catfish that are usually under 10lbs but I never know when a monster will find it, anyway I’m planning on spooling up with 15lb green mono berkley big game as my main line, and probably 30lb berkley big game clear mono as my leader, is this a good setup?

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by PineQuail141

I river fish mostly and use 30 pound green Berkeley big game an some of my smaller poles I have 10 pound clear Berkeley big game for lakes

HenryG Loc: Falmouth Cape Cod Massachusetts

Spiritof27 wrote:

Really. Where you fishing? Lake or stream? I wouldn't use mono. I'd use braid for the main line. I like PowerPro. 30 pound, or higher. You don't need a leader for cats, they're not line shy, but if you want a leader get you some 80 or 100 pound test Dacron. You ain't finesse fishing. Big channel cats are bruisers. You need to overpower em.

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forrest r Loc: NE ohio

I use 2 9' ugly stik GX2's medium action for catfish, freshwater drum (sheep head), late season steelhead & in general any type of fishing where I need to muscle the fish in. They are paired with 2 diawa rd 2500h-ab reels. Both rods are setup with 20# braid & there's no leader.

I went with #20 braid simply because I fish a lot of areas with debris/stump fields/sunken trees/ETC. The #20 test braid will snap before the rod or reel fails. The gx2 rod's max line rating is 20 #. Stepping up to30# or higher is extremely hard on the rod.

Reed the specs on the side of the rod, it will tell you the min/max line rtings.