Avet SX - 30lb or 50lb Braid

go 50...the diameter is sooo small on the braid that you might as well step it up...shouldnt make too much of a diff. as far as the amount you can spool on your reel...i use 65 power pro on my striper set ups...you never know what type of cow you might run into

you will easily get 300 of 50 on that reel... go with 50

how about 40 lighter the line the smaller the bucktail you can use at the OG. but for tog and striper i would go 50lb all day

Go with the 50# unless you need the thinner braid. I got 300yds. of 50# suffix on mine.

Heavier power pro knots easier. I use 50 for most things. 65 for tog, Tuna and Sharks. With the exception on spinning gear. The 30lb seams to cast better, and wind knot less.

I have 50 on both of mine.

I have 50lb on one setup for inshore and it won't let you down, the other has 65 lb braid for jigging.
Good luck with the new reel. you're going to love it.

My mistake, I have the JX.

Sorry:bow:

20lb braid will be fine and actually better for the og's

striper2278 said:

20lb braid will be fine and actually better for the og's

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im with skip

I put 40 on mine and it works great.

i use 50 on my sx. I think it give me more options.

You don't really need 30-50 lb braid.
Powerpro is so stronger even 10lb is good for fluking. I got 10lb pp on a penn 965 deepwater fluking rod and it works great. I never go above 20lb pp for jigging bass/ blues/ fishing tog or fluke.

Sea Bear said:

whats the point of 50 or 65 lb braid for a reel w/ 9lbs max drag at strike?

30 is all you need.

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The new SX raptors can get 25#'s of drag, and i fish my old SX at close to 15#'s sometimes. If you are fishing for fish where thin line is not a big concern why not have that extra cushion instead of maxing out your knots? I agree that when fishing deep water fluke 20 or 30# would be the way to go though.

I have 50 lb PP on mine because I think it is easier for me to tie. I have a hard enough time tieing since losing the fingers. I need all the help I can get. I have 300yds on my Avet SX.

In reality 20 lb would be fine bc an Avet SX has 14lbs of drag max. If I had to guess my reels are set at 6lbs for Striper and Drum.

30 vs 50

I just got the same Reel at X-Mas. I put 30Lb of Andi to cover the arbor, back to back uni-knot to 300yrds of 50Lb Power Pro which filled the spool. I also like a 6 or 8ft shock leader of lighter mono on top. It's easier to tie knots and when you get snaged at the OG. you can brake it off.

Mechman said:

I just got the same Reel at X-Mas. I put 30Lb of Andi to cover the arbor, back to back uni-knot to 300yrds of 50Lb Power Pro which filled the spool. I also like a 6 or 8ft shock leader of lighter mono on top. It's easier to tie knots and when you get snaged at the OG. you can brake it off.

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those aren't snags there 30lb flounder stuck on the bottom

20lbs

I have both my Avets loaded with 20 lb Power Pro. These rods are used by my kids and are mainly used for Fluke at OG and deep reefs:thumbsup:

Mine came from the shop spun w/50 and to me its been a happy split diameter-wise between drag in the water and being thick enough not to dig into itself too badly on the spool.

If you are using it for tog you will want that 50. Fishing sticky wrecks I want all the pulling power I can get,all of mine (4) have 300 yds of 50 and I use them for Bass and Tog.