Pulling crank baits, newbie question...
I put in at Coffman on LOZ at 8:00 AM (late because of a flat.) I fished to 1:30. I had 3 crappies, 6 bass (2 over 15" and 2 under 4"), 1 drum, 1 catfish, and 1 biue gill.
I don't think either my 200/300, Bandits nor my Flicker Shad baits are getting as deep as advertised. I'm using 12 lb Big Game, and 15 lb NoBo (no stretch) Buck Perry metered trolling line (lead core, too hard to use). That is what I used for stripers in Georgia and on Beaver Lake in AR.
I trolled across some bars today that got as shallow as 12' and don't think I hit bottom much.
I am also catching more catfish, bass, and drums, than crappie. I'm going to go deeper using Dipsy Divers probably paired with Repala, or Rebel minnow baits. I will use 50 lb. Spider Braid (no stretch) to the DD then a 10' leader of mono. My objective is to put a bait down to 20 -25'.
Want to experiment with Dipsy Divers... I have 2, 0 (zero) sized I will donate to anybody willing to pay postage.
Pulling crank baits, newbie question...
IMHO I only use 10 pound Vicious Hi Vis on my cranking rods. Most trolling charts are based on 10 pound mono. The heavier the line, the shallower your cranks will run. It is also my experience that if you are catching catfish and goo's (drum), you are fishing too deep. We call that dumpster diving. Try shallowing up a little. We've been hammering them with only 20-30 feet of line out. I primarily run Bandit 300's, Number 5 and 6 Flicker Shads and custom painted C55's. Arkie 350's are awesome as well.http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...c67568b605.jpg