Trolling crankbaits

[LittleJohn]

Good morning everyone,to those that trolled crankbaits do u see a difference in pulling and pushing. Might be the lakes I fished but seem's like the pushing trolling is not as effective as the pulling. Anyone else have this problem. Have a good day.
LittleJohn

[blueball]

i have better luck pulling,but i also fish out of a friends boat and he pushes 4 while i`m pulling 4.He usually catches as many as i do when were in his boat,the main advantage of pushing is you can get the baits deeper than when pulling when the fish are deeper.

[ScottV]

On my home lake in east central MS, I catch as many pushing as I do pulling. I have 4 poles pushing and 4 pulling. I've noticed when in water 10 ft deep or less, my pushing poles are more active and in deeper than 10 ft, I do better pulling. I believe that's because I'm pushing out the front of the boat and when I let out more line for deeper water, my bait is more under the boat. The 3 oz pushing weight will also work off the sides or rear of the boat which would work like a downrigger.

["G"]

Pushing for me works better in shallow water....you can also run any depth range crankbait at what ever shallow depth you want to run because the depth is controlled with the weight. For deep water cranking, I would rather pull.

[bfish]

yes I see differences. I do both but put out more rods on which ever method is working better that day. Not sure why one works better than others most of the time. I do tend to push more when fish are shallower or following tight balls of bait, but generally pulling works better when fish are scattered on the flats.

[wilbur]

I would say my pullin to pushin is 10 to 1. I will catch 10 pullin to 1 pushing. No explanation.

[Speck Beck]

Same as above 10 to 1. With 10 on the pulling side.

[skeetbum]

I also have done both at the same time with 4 up front and as many as 6 pulling and had all rods busy. There are days when one does better than others but for no apparent reason. The ability to change depth quickly when pushing makes setting up the pattern works better for me, and the ability to turn around quicker also helps. One other advantage is being able to run a smaller bait at any depth I really like, little baits really cook some days.

[ScottV]

To me there are 3 advantages to pushing crankbaits. One is like G said, the ability to fish a shallow running bait deeper. Another is the ability to fish around cover. In some of the sloughs around here, there's no way you could pull cranks in a straight line. If you were only pushing cranks though, you could maneuver around the obstacles. And last is the fact that you can have more baits in the water without so many long lines behind the boat to become tangled.

[Cane Pole]

I ain't no good at doing either method. I get more bites from the brush than the cranks. I try though.