Bandit 200 question

[gummy460]

Trying out trolling for some crappie in 15-20 feet of water in the channel of the lake. Would trolling a bandit 200 do the trick? Ive never trolled for crappie before so any advice would be welcome

[trypman1]

Depending on the depth of the fish, 8-10'= 200's, 300's from there down. I use 300's for all my cranking. just measure your line out.

[Slabprowler]

This ought to help ya!

[gummy460]

oh man that's a good guide, thank you!!!!

[M R Dux]

IMO too many folks make a huge mistake by thinking they only have to worry about getting a crank as deep as possible. Your electronics will tell you how deep you need to run your cranks. Suspended schools of crappie or baitballs should be your only concern. I catch most of my crappie by watching my chart plotter and 2D sonar screens. If I'm running in 25 feet of water but the baitballs are 10-15 feet deep, I only worry about finding a crank that will run 10-12 feet deep. I want my crank in the top 1/3-1/2 of the depth of the baitball or school of fish.

A school of crappie or bait that is 10-15 feet deep won't give up many catches if the crank is running 18 feet deep. Crappie feed up and I am only worried about putting my bait in their face or slightly above.

If I'm scouting an area, I will run 6 or more rods with baits that will run at a wide variety of depths. I use the Precision Trolling Data app on my phone to tell me how deep a particular bait SHOULD run. I say should because the data is based on 10 pound test mono or braid. It is also taking into account that a crank is running true and attaining its maximum depth. In a real world that is not always happening. I use 12 pound Trilene Big Game Solar Collector mono. It has saved me 75% more hung up baits than 10 pound mono. I do sacrifice a slight amount of depth by using 12 so I have to take that into account.

By watching your electronics, it will take the temptation to only worry about the maximum depth of a crank out of the equation.

[Eagle 1]

does speed play a part in depth control . What speed is the chart set to ?

[scrat]

Banditdepths






Feet...Bandit100...200.......300 LINE......deep.....deep..... deep
05------- 2.4 ----3.2 ----- 3.4
10------- 4.0 ----4.5 ----- 5.0
15------- 4.9 ----5.3 ----- 6.0
20------- 5.6 ----6.1 ----- 7.0
25------- 6.3 ----6.9 ----- 8.0
30------- 6.9 ----7.5 ----- 9.0
35------- 7.4 ----8.0 ----- 9.9
40------- 7.9 ----8.5 ----- 10.5
45------- 8.4- ---9.0 ----- 11.0
50------- 8.8 ----9.5 ----- 11.6
55------- 9.1 ----9.9 ----- 12.1
60------- 9.4 ----10.3 ---- 12.5
65------- 9.7 ----10.6 ---- 13.1
70------ 10.0-----11.0 ---- 13.6
75------ 10.3-----11.4 ---- 14.0
80------ 10.5-----11.8 ---- 14.4
85------ 10.7-----12.0 ---- 14.7
90------ 10.8-----12.2 ---- 15.0
95------ 10.9-----12.4 ---- 15.4
100----- 11.1-----12.6 ---- 15.7
105----- 11.2-----12.7 ---- 16.0
110----- 11.3-----12.8 ---- 16.3
115----- 11.5-----13.0 ---- 16.6
125----- 11.6-----13.4 ---- 17.0
135----- 11.7-----13.6 ---- 17.3
150----- 11.8-----14.0 ---- 17.6

Hereya go........................This chart is based on using 10lb monoand a trolling speed of 1.6 to 1.8 mph

[lahotwood]

Lot of good info guys

[feelay]

does speed play a part in depth control . What speed is the chart set to ?

Speed does not affect running depth, for the most part.