Poles for Pulling Cranks

[mark29860]

Hello everyone, I have a couple of the B&M Bucks jig poles both are 8'. Will those poles work for pulling cranks or are they to limber. Thanks

[feelay]

Those are a bit too limber, in my opinion. They'll work, until they don't.

[Rees Guide]

Buy you some Pinacles from Grizzly jig, they tuff and have a good action.

[monkscrappie]

BnM Pro Staff are the best for everything!

Monk

[skeetbum]

I've used em for 3 seasons without tearing them up. If you look at the rods the pro bass guys use for crankin you'll find them the softest and most parabolic of all they carry. Several good sized cats haven't done em in yet, mine are in 8, 10m and 12 foot.

[bfish]

Lots of rods will pull just fine, but it is when you go to swing/lift fish out of the water and into the boat that you will end up in trouble. Either get a strong rod or use a net while fish is still in the water, or both.

[wicklundrh]

Crank bait rods are actually built with a soft tip section. Several different models can be had. Some prefer a "slow" action with a bend from tip to the handle. Others like a moderate slow, or medium fast action with a bend from the tip to the center of the rod. A fast action will have a bend from the tip to the top 1/3 of the rod.

Crank rods are designed with slower actions because the tip allows the bait to work in the water. You want the tip of the rod to "dance" with the bait. Throw all this out the window however with planer boards.

I'm not sure on the jig rods you mentioned but I wouldn't see any issues with using them. I swing fish into the boat all the time with custom built steelhead rods that I'm sure are a heck of a lot more limber than the rod you mention. The key to rods is "Action" and "weight". You can get a light weight fast action rod that will break in half if you try and swing a fish into the boat. The same rod built with a "slow" action will swing it in no problem.

Simple answer, you may actually get better results with those rods than some other rods. The action of the rod in the case of crank baits can and will make a difference in how the bait performs. You can pull a crank with a tent pole but it won't have the same desired action as one pulled with a limber tip rod. How you chose to put the fish in the boat is up to you.

[OrangeAgent]

No experience with your poles so I cant comment, but I will say you lose some action with a really noodly rod. I have tried small cranks on my UL ugly stik and the rod chatters so much I think you loose a little action at the lure.

[cevans]

I have trolled jigs and cranks for years with tons of different med action rods from 6' up to 12' and they all work great. Yes some have better action than others, but they all work. Your trolling small baits and catching small fish. Years ago for kicks and giggles when I would take someone king salmon fishing on Lake Michigan, I would get out a couple of med graphite. 9' rods and set them up on the downrigger and give it to the friend with a 30 lb king salmon on it and have him fight and land it giving him a real thrill over a heavy trolling rod. We never broke one. I still haven't broke a rod crappie fishing, maybe a tip but due to abuse on them. Any medium rod will troll and catch fish. Right now, for 10' and 12' I,m using the B & M jigging rods up front. 6' 7' and 8' med action ugly sticks on the back when someone is with me. We don,t loose fish or have any rod breakage long lining jigs or trolling cranks and so far, 1700-2000 crappie this season counting dinks. Most of the time your not going to horse a crappie in anyhow. He's a paper mouth. However, if you see the Crankbait is fully hooked him, horse away. A lot of times when you bring him up to the top of the water and see a single hook barely hooking him, time to get the net no matter what your using.