Thread: Cranking for Crappie? Bass, Catfish, White Bass

Got to watch on the new link. Thanks for posting

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Big time enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing. It certainly made my day!

Love the post, Gene. When I start sweating in July, I turn the air conditioner on in my boat and head for the ramp. Grin.

Originally Posted by CUonthelake

Gene, your video is as excellent as your calm an cool catching technique! I learned a lot watching that, pliers are an anglers best friend with those crankbaits!
Thanks again for post an great video!

Pliers? Absolutely!!
Candi lets just say a friend and I were fishing Dale Hollow Lake one day. A large drum came into the boat caught on a crankbait. As he was trying to remove the lure the fish started flopping and came loose from his grip. The fish embedded a treble hook so deep into his thumb you could feel the tip out on the other side. Ouch!
If that wasn't bad enough, the fish would not stop flopping around long enough for me to get the lure out of the fish for him. I ended up cutting the crankbait free just to get him loose from his punisher. I've never forgotten this.
Anyhow I change my crankbait hooks out with Gamakatsu hooks and those hooks are sharp sharp sharp. Wouldn't take much to get hooked up in the wrong kind of way if you know what I mean. That's why I like to use the pliers.

That looks like fun

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Originally Posted by Pantastic

Pliers? Absolutely!!
Candi lets just say a friend and I were fishing Dale Hollow Lake one day. A large drum came into the boat caught on a crankbait. As he was trying to remove the lure the fish started flopping and came loose from his grip. The fish embedded a treble hook so deep into his thumb you could feel the tip out on the other side. Ouch!
If that wasn't bad enough, the fish would not stop flopping around long enough for me to get the lure out of the fish for him. I ended up cutting the crankbait free just to get him loose from his punisher. I've never forgotten this.
Anyhow I change my crankbait hooks out with Gamakatsu hooks and those hooks are sharp sharp sharp. Wouldn't take much to get hooked up in the wrong kind of way if you know what I mean. That's why I like to use the pliers.

Your scenario plus seeing pics of a guide buddy who is also a member here having 2 of 3 hooks on a blade bait buried to the shank in his ankle with a large blue catfish flopping around made me an instant believer of carrying side cutter pliers and keeping them within reach at all times. They are about the only way to quickly cut the shank of a large treble hook. I recently had a 4 pound white catfish bury a hook on a Bomber 6A crank to the shank in the knuckle of my left index finger. I grabbed the side cutters, snipped the hook at the shank, put a bandaid over it and fished the rest of the trip with it embedded. I got it out after cleaning the clients' catch.

Thanks for the video. Good report.


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Great video.