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had the same out come yesterday,took Dons advice and use 6ilb flo line it worked  cause i finally caught a fish not big but better than my last trip..

Yup, hate to say it, but I'm going to have to put in my vote for the 6lb test out there right now.  You will get your heart broken every once in a while with it, but how are you supposed to get a fish in the boat if it doesn't even bite your bait?  You stand a better chance of getting them in the boat right now with the 6lb test than you do if you're not even getting bit with heavier line.  Just make sure you check your knot strength after every fish catch and every time you get hung up.  I usually end up re-tying after every 2-4 fish.  

Made a quick 2.5hr trip on LA yesterday evening before it got dark and caught about 25 on a drop-shot rig with 6lb fluoro.  Fishing right next to some deep grass in front of a bluff too.  Nothing huge, only had a limit for 10-9, and a big fish of 3-9, but it was a fun 2.5hrs.  They were all in about 15ft of water in a space about 10sq ft, and I'm sure if I had actually gotten the boat over the top of them I probably could've seen them down there it was so clear.  I kept the boat way off them though and made long casts.  Several of them, including the 3-9, buried down in the grass, but just keeping slow steady pressure on 'em pulled them up and out of it eventually.  The boat sat in about 18ft of water, and I could see them bury themselves in the grass straight below the boat.  That water gets crazy clear out there this time of the year.