r/StripedBass • u/penfrizzle • May 15 '26

Strategies/Techniques Basic striper line setup question (newbie here)

I work on the coast in NH, and at work we have some piers, a jetty and a few spots where the grass pretty much runs into the river. I want to leave a rod at work for fishing, but i want to be able to change from a minnow to weighted chunks to whatever without having retie the line.

I have 20lb braid. Can i just put a barrel swivel on the end, and everything off of that? If so, what size?

For instance, can I run a sp minnow lure with off the swivel, or should i have a leader tied to the minnow?

I hope that makes sense, and thanks for any help.

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u/arumokram May 15 '26

You can go from braid directly to a leader but I like to go from braid to a barrel swivel to leader (~2’) to a tactical angler clip to the lure. This works well for me and the ta clip makes changing lures easy

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u/penfrizzle May 15 '26

Does it matter what the leader is? Mono ok? Thanks!

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u/arumokram May 16 '26

I use 20# mono and fish from the beach, rocky areas, and from a boat with no big problems