Thread: Power trolling roadrunners, tip with minnows??

WOW!!! What great info. Thanks members..
Question. When you say pushing are you fishing in the front of the boat or? Pulling cranks is aft correct?

Originally Posted by G";3645831]We use big jig bodies in MS too

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Everything's bigger in Tex, ur Mississippi!

Originally Posted by Jwater

Why a bead above and below the weight? Whats the significance of that? And I’m assuming you’re not wrapping that weight, putting a barrel swivel below the weight???

Beads help keep the weight from cutting the line. Correct on the swivel.


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Originally Posted by mac

WOW!!! What great info. Thanks members..
Question. When you say pushing are you fishing in the front of the boat or? Pulling cranks is aft correct?

Pushing is like spider rigging out of the front. Power Trolling and pushing cranks is just spider rigging with bigger weights to hold the Baits down while going much faster. Power Trolling about .8-1.2 mph. 1 mph average. Pushing cranks can be from 1 mph to 2 mph but I like 1.5-1.7 best. At those speeds the cranks wobble faster causing a reaction strike. It’s become in vogue to tie a roadrunner about 3’ above the crank to give you an extra bait in the water. The crank pulls the jig down with it. I’ve caught tons of fish on the roadrunner. It does feel weird when you reel in a fish on the jig and you still feel the crankbait wobbling behind it.

Pulling is from the rear of the boat. Long lining and cranking is considered pulling.


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ARE you using egg sinkers

Originally Posted by sinkum

ARE you using egg sinkers

Yes

Egg sinkers. And i will try a roadrunner with a crankbait too. Soooo many options. Gonna have to retire sooner than i think.


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TTI was making a bigger RR head after a pro bass fisherman won the classic with some he poured himself, I've got a couple but cant find them in stores anymore now. They have been deadly on bass with a paddle tail fluke, they would be perfect for some of you guys looking for a bigger bait profile. They were expensive though, I lost one of the ones I bought when they first came out and it took me a couple days to get over it.