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.
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
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.
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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.
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does speed play a part in depth control . What speed is the chart set to ?
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
Be safe and good luck fishing
Lot of good info guys
If you dont have time to do it right the first time, when are you going to find time time to fix it.