Trolling at LOZ?

[BuckCreekMike]

I have trolled with roadrunners with varying degrees of success, but I have never really trolled cranks. Has anyone done it at LOZ, and did you have any success? I was at LOZ this weekend and got out on Sunday morning at about 9:00 and fished for an hour or so and only caught 2 crappie, one of which might have benn a keeper. Admittedly I wasn't trying really hardcore, but it was still surprisingly slow. I did have a few bites that I couldn't connect with, but after my "research" on my dock I'm about 95% sure that they were dinks that either don't take it all the way or just hit the tail b/c they can't get it in their mouth. I am interested to hear from anyone on the trollong, and maybe even what situations you would troll in.

[mr. baker]

300 series bandits on the points will do it.

[moswampy]

there is a thread somewhere on CDC on depths of the bandits vs. length of line it is nice to know where your bait is trolling to eliminate water. I do better on crappie at speeds around or a touch less than 1.5mph. using gps and your finder work nicely even better if they are all on one system. I have been working with some trolling spoons to trail a crank. Have had mixed results, now that is warming up nicely my trolling patterns may improve some.

[Bruce Carp]

Mike, I had never tried them but two weeks ago and i had only boated a few fish in three hours. In the next two hours pulled in over 35 fish using three Bandit 300's. going 1.5 mph. they worked and i was impressed. turned a light day into a good day.

[BuckCreekMike]

Mike, I had never tried them but two weeks ago and i had only boated a few fish in three hours. In the next two hours pulled in over 35 fish using three Bandit 300's. going 1.5 mph. they worked and i was impressed. turned a light day into a good day.

Would you just fish them in areas where you have caught fish before, or on points like Mr. Baker suggested?

[tab]

Fished the lake july 5th pulling 300 series bandit crank baits. It didn't take long to catch two limits of crappie and 10 keeper large mouth which I threw back. A 300 series runs a foot deep for every 10 feet of line plus 2 feet. So if you have 200 feet of line your bait is running 22 feet deep.

[Pistol Pete]

What size line and how deep?

[BuckCreekMike]

Fished the lake july 5th pulling 300 series bandit crank baits. It didn't take long to catch two limits of crappie and 10 keeper large mouth which I threw back. A 300 series runs a foot deep for every 10 feet of line plus 2 feet. So if you have 200 feet of line your bait is running 22 feet deep.

Do you pull multiple cranks in rod holders, or just in your hand? I assume you use a stiffer rod like a med action bass stick.

[Bruce Carp]

one crank bait per rod. 10-12 pound test line and let out about 100-120 feet of fine is where they have been. good luck

[BuckCreekMike]

one crank bait per rod. 10-12 pound test line and let out about 100-120 feet of fine is where they have been. good luck

I assumed one crankbait per rod, the question is if you use multiple rods.