Thread: Pushing crankbaits

I am pretty sure us fishermen made up all these terms so it is mostly up to interpretation as to what you call it. We always called long lining trolling until someone coined the new phrase.

I think its like 2/3 of the line out is the depth. So with15ft. of line you will be at 10 ft.

Originally Posted by Duckslayer19

Far from it. If you were pulling with 100 ft of line out at a 45 degree angle you would be 50 ft deep! I usually stick with 20ft of line out= about 10 ft deep. Make adjustments as needed.

Think that would put it about 70 ft. deep

Here is what I'm watching while I'm pushing cranks.I'm also watching my 2 GPS units on the bow and console with maps on the the 898 and map/DI on the 788 up front. I typically pull up to 8 baits but I'm always going to have at least 2 baits off the sides---pushing. My set-up is 5 oz weights like ScottV showed. I use a 3 foot leader with a 100 Bandit or similar shallow runner crank. I set these baits up in the holders so they show up on my 510C as the horizontal lines. 2 baits/2 lines. 4 baits/4 lines. I may not know 100% which bait is which but I can quickly adjust the depth so I know for sure. By watching those lines, I can tell what depth my weight is running. I know the bait is running a foot or so below the level of the weight. On a typical trip, I will catch 1/2 or more of my keepers on my drop rods. With the 5 oz weights, my line is almost straight up and down and many times I don't detect a bite, just see the angle of the line change to 45% or more.

Originally Posted by "G"

Think that would put it about 70 ft. deep

A(squared) + b(squared) = C(squared) That would make 70 feet pretty close, maybe 70.5

Originally Posted by mrdux

Here is what I'm watching while I'm pushing cranks.I'm also watching my 2 GPS units on the bow and console with maps on the the 898 and map/DI on the 788 up front. I typically pull up to 8 baits but I'm always going to have at least 2 baits off the sides---pushing. My set-up is 5 oz weights like ScottV showed. I use a 3 foot leader with a 100 Bandit or similar shallow runner crank. I set these baits up in the holders so they show up on my 510C as the horizontal lines. 2 baits/2 lines. 4 baits/4 lines. I may not know 100% which bait is which but I can quickly adjust the depth so I know for sure. By watching those lines, I can tell what depth my weight is running. I know the bait is running a foot or so below the level of the weight. On a typical trip, I will catch 1/2 or more of my keepers on my drop rods. With the 5 oz weights, my line is almost straight up and down and many times I don't detect a bite, just see the angle of the line change to 45% or more.

Where is the transducer for the 510?

Originally Posted by Rees Guide

Where is the transducer for the 510?

On the transom. I don't put my droppers up front. They are on the sides near the console area, 2/3 of the way to the rear.

The same thing could be done with the droppers up front and using the US2 in the Terrova.

That's what I was seeing the other day on mine, got 2 short poles that I push with and was seeing the lines from them using a 3oz weight, mine are prolly 2/3 they way to the front off the side at a 45 degree angle, lines were as velar as yours but that would be because the weight is smaller.