Not a thing wrong with it. Just need to get good line separation. Actually would rather pull from front than back. Makes boat a little more stable and easier to control. Fish sure don’t know where you are pulling from.
Is it necessary to pull cranks out the back of the boat or can you effectively pull off the front? I’d like to try but only have rod holders on the front on my boat, thanks
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Not a thing wrong with it. Just need to get good line separation. Actually would rather pull from front than back. Makes boat a little more stable and easier to control. Fish sure don’t know where you are pulling from.
Works fine.
No, not "necessary" !! And if you want/need to make tighter turns and/or have less line out, add weight to the main line a few feet ahead of your cranks (ie "Pushing" ).
And as Cray has pointed out .... line separation is a key factor in keeping your lines from crossing &/or becoming entangled. And I would add that line separation in depths at which your cranks are running is also helpful. (as in keeping the forwardmost crank running the deepest, then slightly shallower on each following crank) That way you not only cover a horizontal swath of water, but a vertical one.
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Great info, thanks, I’ll be starting out pulling only 4 rods, 2-10pst and 2-14’s pst with linecounter reels, I figure that will be plenty for me starting out
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My partner and I pull them all the time. I'm at the front running trolling motor pulling 16 and 12 ft. rods with cranks and he's at he back pulling 8's and 4ft rods. Normal operation for us.
I pull off the front.... I run a 18’ 14’10’and 6’ rods for separation.... long as you don’t make sharp turns it all works good! I have separate trolling rack bases behind my front seats and just place them there and sit in the front seats and pull from there
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Do exactly the same as Erin. One thing I do is run a longer line on the longer poles, like on the 18 I run 70, the 14 run 60, the 10 run 50 and the 6 run 40. If you are targeting a certain depth run a 200 series bait on the long poles and a 300 on the shorter poles. Doing this I can turn 90 degrees, when it straightens out turn 90 again and you are heading the other way. One thing that really helps in turns is speeding up a tad.
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