Thread: Trolling crankbaits

Well that was quite the rabbit hole!

Just finished the Crappie 101 thread. All 1,664 or so posts. Second time through

Fell asleep in the chair and woke up with my credit card in my hand and a confirmation message from Mitch @ Pico on my phone!

Seems I have $150 worth of int cranks and a bottle of Garlic Slab sauce heading my way.

I sure hope this trolling for them up here in SW Michigan works!

I come to this with some trolling experience. Crawler harnesses as a kid and cranks for Steelhead in a buddies Clackacraft in the 80's. A few times out on Lake Michigan for salmon.

After being away from fishing for a good chunk (27years) I got back involved about 5 years ago.
Mainly Steelhead and Ice fishing but really like trolling for bluegill's with a 2-hook crawler harness called a Bo's bluegill buster.
They use a neat multiple weights change out system that lets you get them into the zone.
I fish them with a 3" Gulp fry that's like a small crawler with a paddle tail. Watermelon pearl is a good color.
Pick up crappie and a occasional Pike too while targeting the bluegill's.

So bluegill's, crappie, walleye, pike, trout... I'm down for any of that and hope that some of this gear is interchangeable

When I heard about trolling Arkie crankbaits for crappie from a buddy it clicked.
We went once on his compact pontoon and I was off to Walmart and D&R sporting goods.
I grabbed some Arkie 200's, couple 300 bandit's and some #5 flicker shads. And a 0R38 planner board.
Dug out my tackle boxes and found my original warts and tots. etc.

Excited, I reread the posts I could find that were crank related and the Crappie 101 thread and woke up as mentioned with 25 pico cranks coming and a bottle of Garlic Slab sauce.
Want a few more bandit's but waiting on a couple particular colors to be available.

So I'm excited. I have a lot of questions. Got some bugs to work out on my boat.etc.
Thought I would start a thread, say hi, my name is Frank.
Thank you for the information already provided and I'll mention I'm retired and live in Kalamazoo if anyone wants to go fishing.

ps. my crank order just showed up

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