Thread: Questions on pulling cranks with braided line

If your loosing them to fish it's prolly just them cutting the line.... I was running into the same thing so I just tied up a bunch of two foot braid leaders fast snap on one side and barrel swivel on the other! Works like a charm


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Originally Posted by Skippa Chippa

Thanks for all of the info looks like I'll be switching to braid. Who has the best prices on line, I will be looking for 3 different colors so when I get tangles it will be easier to untangle. Thanks again Chip

I bought a bulk spool (1,500 yards) of power pro #40 Hi viz yellow for around $120.00 from Cabela's. Went with 40# because it's the same diameter as 10# mono and was easier to calibrate my line counters. This is my first year using braid, pulled cranks a dozen times with and love it so far, I will not be going back to mono. I lost several 2# plus fish along with the crank baits due to break offs with mono as well as a planer board. Also, it gives you the confidence to get in whatever fish decides to bite your hook, you have to take your time and watch what your doing and learn the tricks to untangling your lines, Cray taught me a neat trick and works well if you have just a little patience.

I caught a 40lb carp late last summer, got my dang crank back too, with mono it would have been gone. The braid pays for itself

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Reese, your gonna have to teach us that untangling procedure.... Could have used that a few years ago when pulling cranks at Enid with braid. Crossed a ridge East of Chickasaw Hill and tied into 5 hybrids at same time. I was alone... You know how that went.

I was wondering that myself, I see a pair of scissors in in my future.

I don't understand tangles, here is how I avoid them.
Gibs' Rules To Crank By ( I like NCIS)
1) Short pole short line, I pull 4 off each side. 18, 14, 10 and a 6. Rule is the 6 footer has the shortest line, let's just say 25 foot, the next one is 35, next 45 and the long pole 55 in this senerio.
2) Never cross a line till the fish is on top.
3) Never start reeling until the fish comes to the center, running off the sides gives you about a 20 foot gap in the middle to work fish in.
4) When targeting a certain depth adjust with rod height instead of line out. In other words let's say 55 feet back is nuts on, I run my rod tips as close to the water as possible. I weight the short pole, 10 footer is on the water at 55 back, 14 footer is raised up off the water at 65 back and the 18 is raised higher at 75 back. I NEVER RUN A SHORT POLE WITH A LONGER LINE OUT THAN ONE OF THE LONG ONES AND I NEVER RUN THE SAME LENGTH LINE OUT ON 1TWO RODS ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE BOAT.
Some times 200 series baits comes into play too.
5) Keep a good pair of scissors and be willing to cut.
I have very few tangles and I'm not saying this is the only way to do it but it works for me.

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[QUOTE=Rees Guide;3641706]I caught a 40lb carp late last summer, got my dang crank back too, with mono it would have been gone. The braid pays for itself

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Why would it have been gone with mono? Last time I checked, all my reels have a drag. Y'all act like we have Bluefin tuna or sharks in these lakes.smh

I run a different color on each rod. When you get a tangle and you will get a tangle it makes it easier to pick out.