I went out fishing last weekend. Did pretty well catching Bonita, no darn Tuna yet. I did have a Wahoo I’m pretty sure catch on, and it broke 80 pound mono. Right where my liter went through the crimped eyelet on the line. I’m wondering if I use braid top shot, the power pro on even my trolling lines if this is bad? I put it on all my bottom fishing rigs and haven’t broken it yet. I’m hoping to find a way to get the grouper into the boat with this. Any pros and cons to topping all my lines with it to keep those darn things from breaking? Thanks guy.
Did it break AT the crimp or in the loop? Was any line left outside the crimp or was it basically right at, or inside, the metal?
Honestly, you may actually break off more with braid as it has no stretch at all, is more difficult to tie knots in, and is therefore far less forgiving. Braid is a great tool for specific use-cases (such as bottom fishing) but is a very bad choice to try to solve what is likely a problem with rigging technique, line quality, teeth, or other tackle failure. Realistically, 80# tackle should never break for no reason with a Wahoo (that’s billfish tackle in my book).
I would highly recommend evaluating every single part of your tackle before even considering braid. Like cape_fisherman mentioned, start watching exactly where things broke and what the condition of the connection was when you get it back. Was the line chaffed (damaged or old line), was it cleanly cut (teeth), did it have a curly-cue on the end (failed knot), or did you actually get part of the leader back? You need to determine where things are failing and then improve that part of your tackle system. Re-spool with quality mono if you haven’t done so prior to the start of the season, re-crimp, or retie all knots, and make sure your drags are working smoothly.
Hopefully, considering all of the small things will help you put your next wahoo bite in the boat! I don’t think that braid will do anything but complicate the issue. Good luck.