Our lake is smaller, and I won't get into anything that big. Probably just need 10-12 pound line at the most. We have walleye, norther, bass, crappie, perch, and sunnies. I I have read a little bit, but don't have practical experience on whether to use braided or monofilament or fluorocarbon or whatever. 50% of time I'll be casting/trolling and 50% jigging, I suspect. That's partly why I am leading toward just buying several spincast zebco canister reels and put them on different rods so I have pre-setup stuff for different goals.