Crankbait expert needed

[T_om]

My partner and i pulled cranks for the first time seriously on Lake Lochloosa yesterday. We caught 4 of our 77 fish yesterday that way but only tried it for a short time.

If any of you experienced crankbaiters have any suggestions for the following, I would appreciate it.

Boat speed: 1.2 to 1.3mph We can control this very accurately.

Line weight: 6 pound test

What we need: A crankbait that will run 5 feet deep pulled about 90 feet behind the boat.

Any suggestions?

Tom

[prchjerker]

SSR shad rap in a size 5 or 7 will run down about 5 feet that far back.SSR's are the ones the have the little z shaped lip not the regular style bill.

[SteveJ]

Crappie.com - Crappie Fishing Information and Adventure - Crankbaits for Crappie

[IAMMAC]

Tom,

In AZ we use Norman's Little N or the Deep Tiny N. They work great and come in a variety of colors. Sometimes depending on the depth we use a jig above it on a 3-way swivel. We are also pulling them over 30-40 ft of water when the fish are suspended.

[fishman78]

TapOut posted this a while back. It may be of some help to you.

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/archi...pth-chart.html

[NIMROD]

I'm no expert but folks here use rattletraps and bandits.

[thudpucker]

"90 Feet" ???
You let out 90 feet of line to troll?
I must be doing it all wrong at 20 to 30 feet then. Obviousley, I've never caught Crappie. Just Bass and Bream.

[prchjerker]

90 feet is nothing alot of times well run some lures out to 125 feet.20 to 30 wont get you very far unless you're running a deep diver in shallow water or up high in the water column.The best thing a guy can do that wants to start trolling is invest in a trollers bible.90% of the walleye tournaments I fish as well as crappie fishing we pull cranks.It will save you alot of time and snagged baits using one of these, no to mention getting the bait down to the fish to be more productive.

[T_om]

Thanks for the suggestions.

Tom