Thread: Pushing crankbaits

Originally Posted by rnvinc

What's the purpose of the long wire on this trolling weight ... ??

Rickie

Line ties to short end and 2-3 ft leader wit crank bait ties to long end-less tangles and truer rung baits.

Monk

When pushing crank baits, and the speed you have to push won't the crank be under the boat? looks like the fish would spook?
I could see a slow speed being out far enough not to spook the fish. Yall talk about the 45deg. angle, it just seems that would put the crank under the boat. Am I missing something here?.....

I push from the side of the boat with 14 12 10 ft rods.

Mike

Originally Posted by crappie cowboy

When pushing crank baits, and the speed you have to push won't the crank be under the boat? looks like the fish would spook?
I could see a slow speed being out far enough not to spook the fish. Yall talk about the 45deg. angle, it just seems that would put the crank under the boat. Am I missing something here?.....

Boat don't seem to bother them and I "push" off the sides as well, caught a bunch this past summer on a 5 foot rod sticking straight off the side of the boat and literally 5 foot of line out, it was crazy, just pick the rod up and lift the fish in the boat.

Originally Posted by Speck Beck

I push from the side of the boat with 14 12 10 ft rods.

Mike

Please explain. Do you have a troll motor on The side of the boat?

Originally Posted by crappie cowboy

When pushing crank baits, and the speed you have to push won't the crank be under the boat? looks like the fish would spook?
I could see a slow speed being out far enough not to spook the fish. Yall talk about the 45deg. angle, it just seems that would put the crank under the boat. Am I missing something here?.....

If you're pushing cranks at 1.8mph ... you'd have to have quite a bit of weight on the line to keep the line angle at 45deg, so I doubt the crank would be under the boat.
The one time I pushed cranks in another boat, they were letting out 50+ feet of line (w/2oz weights & Bandit 300's) just to get the cranks down to 10-12ft deep. If their lines were at a 45deg angle, the crank would have been running nearly 30ft deep.

Originally Posted by skunked again

Please explain. Do you have a troll motor on The side of the boat?

I think he's referring to "rod placement" (out the sides) rather than trolling motor placement.