Hi Kev,
the conventional wisdom is you have to use mono when fishing like this with balloons
and im convined of this too
The big reason is that braid cuts what it rubs against. As the boat swings about on the
swell the 4 lines cross each other then swing back without damage. If one person
thinks he knows better and tries to use braid, his line will catch the wind and tide
differently and cut nicks in the other lines and tangle everybody.
also, braid is invisible to the inevitable flock of gulls who will tangle up in it
all the time.
if you tie a balloon onto braid the constant rubbing due to the wave motion
damages it
Finally, the stretch in mono is an advantage when playing a heavy fish as
you are less likely to pull the hook out or break off at a knot
i found a very interesting article on blue shark migration on andrew alsop's
site
http://www.whitewatercharters.co.uk/shark-fishing.htm
