how much weight can a 14 lb test line take?

Question

taking 14 lb as a point of reference how heavy a fish can it take before breaking (roughly) as there have been 30 lb fish taken on 8 lb line. so what i would like to know is what is the amount of load it can take in water

Answer 1

actually, really it all depends on your drag. because say you have your drag high and a 30lb fish took your bait then of course your line will break automatically with no doubt. So really as long as you have your drag to a lower setting, although the fish will take awhile to get in, your line will be less dense while the fish is taking your line out and therfore will not break as easy.

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Steve

Answer 2

There are a lot of variables when it comes to the breaking strength of line.

Is it monofilament line? If so, how long has it been in the water? The longer mono is in the water the more water it absorbs and the less strength it has.

What type of knot was used to tie off the hook or lure or tippet or leader? If it was a 90% strength knot then the line already has lost 10% of it's stated strength.

Line can take a lot of pressure with a steady pull, but a sharp jerk will break the line immediately.

When you have a fish on and there is a lot of line out, that line moving through the water creates drag and that drag will wear out a fish without it really getting to be able to test the breaking strength of the line, if you are sharp and using the drag of the reel and rod tip properly.

How good is your rod? Does it have a lot of action to it, thus creating a good shock absorber or is it like a broom stick and absorbs little or no action from the fish?

These are some of the variables to consider when buying line for fishing.

Larry

Answer 3

First of all, 14 pound test line, when new, is supposed to hold at least 14 pounds of weight in a direct pull. Most manufacturers pad it a bit, so I suspect that most 14 pound test will hold about 20 pounds. (A buddy of mine once caught a fish which would have been a record on 30 pound test. He was using 30 pound Maxima, and it tested out at nearly 50 pounds!)

Then, the weight of the fish you can catch doesn't have much to do with the strength of the line. A 5-pound bonito can break 20 pound line in a straight pull, while a 5-pound rockfish couldn't pull that hard, and if you snag a floating 100-pound log, you could bring it in pretty easily with 20 pound line if you don't pull too suddenly.

The force a fish can put into swimming is the force the line has to withstand. Bonito pull hard for their weight, while a rockfish pulls less, and a log doesn't pull at all.

On the other hand, reels are built with a "drag" -- they're designed so that when a fish pulls hard enough, the line will come out of the reel before breaking. The idea is that the fish will tire itself out pulling line out, and then you can ease them in to the boat or shore. This is why most reels hold much more line than you need for casting out.

Using the drag properly, you can catch fish which are considerably heavier than the strength of your line. I once caught a 120 pound marlin on 20 pound line, for example.

Answer 4

I've know a few who landed 40 pound plus striped bass on 14 pound test Ande fishing line. How? They made their drags loose enough to play the fish, without the fish peeling out all of the line, and eventually played the big fish out. It's all about the drag tension.

Answer 5

I would say 40-50 Lb providing how you set the drag and the way you play the fish. Make sure there is no damage to the line like knots or bends this always makes your line alot weaker.

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Answer 6

I wouldnt use braid, i might want to keep on with floro or mono for jigs. i might want to apply 12-15lb even as Im jig/trojan horse fishing i like understanding that I easily have slightly extra to tug a fish out of structure or if i'm getting snagged. Like each and every thing else that's basically an opinion

Answer 7

it all depends on how you work it. if you dont try to muscle the fish in and let it swim of and get tired then you have the chance to reel in a much bigger fish. but if you just keep reeling in the fish and dont fight it at all, you could break your line on a 10 lb fish.

Answer 8

You should times the pound of the test you are using which you said is 14 by 3 which would be 42


pound test
MULTIPLIED BY
3
EQUALS
the max wheight of the fish you can catch

The biggest fish you can catch on 14 pound test is a 42 pound fish.

Answer 9

it can only hold 14lbs. But if you have a rod and reel and a lot of time (and line) you could land a 150lb sturgeon.

Answer 10

Listen to what they say about the drag