Thread: TROLLING CRANKBAITS...Hey "G" and others....HELP NEEDED

Originally Posted by Tommy Skarlis

An invaluable tool to helping an angler figure out how deep a crank will run is the Precision Trolling Data - they have both stickers for your tackle box and an App for both I-phone and Android.
Here is an address for more information about the PTD: PRECISION TROLLING | thenextbite.tv

If you want to get a crank down deeper - I would suggest trying Off Shore Tadpoles - the #1 size will do just about everything you need as far as depth. The Tadpole is an inline diving weight that releases when you have a fish on so you fight the fish and not the weight
Here is an address for the Tadpole: Off Shore Tackle | Official Web Site OR36 1 Resettable Diving Weights
Here is the dive curve for the Tadpole: Off Shore Tackle | Official Web Site OR3

How do you calculate the extra depth the tadpole gives you?

Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

How do you calculate the extra depth the tadpole gives you?

Click here and go by the dive curve chart Off Shore Tackle | Official Web Site OR3

Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

How do you calculate the extra depth the tadpole gives you?

Use the chart from the link "G" gave. We usually use a 5-6' lead behind the tadpole. Use that as a starting point and adjust from there. When we fished LOZ last year with Tadpoles and cranks, we had 2 OR-12 planer boards out each side, a Mini board on the inside, and a dead rod out each corner. we ran the outside board with no weight, and the rest had #1 tadpoles. With the dead rods, we could quickly change depth and once we found one depth was working better than others, we would then adjust the ones on the boards. At .9mph, it is close to a 2 to 1 ratio. If we wanted to fish 30' down, we would let 60' of line out.