Thread: How Many Crankbaits...

...do you guys troll at any one time? I'm thinking about getting into it since I'm a diehard longliner and was curious what is a good setup. Currently I pull jigs on rodholders off the back of my boat pulling 12 rods spaced about 2' apart.

6 by myself, 8-10 with two. Can do 8 myself, but in this heat the dinks keep you to busy. 4' minimum apart to turn.

What BigRiver said. 6 most of the time.

pull with 6 rods from the sides and push 4 rods from front with 4oz weights

Originally Posted by blueball

pull with 6 rods from the sides and push 4 rods from front with 4oz weights

so how does that rig with the weights work? Do you put an egg sinker up the line from the cranks? how far up?
interested in running a couple off of my front. . usualy just pull 4 off of the back ....

4 oz weight around 3ft up he line,and yeas i use an egg sinker.baits will run back some,weight wont hold them straight down.i call the fish i catch on my weighted poles my bonus fish lol

Originally Posted by Brimzkiller

so how does that rig with the weights work? Do you put an egg sinker up the line from the cranks? how far up?
interested in running a couple off of my front. . usualy just pull 4 off of the back ....

6

I usually use 4 but sometimes just 2. If somebody is fishing with me, we will have 6 out.

I've been using six the last couple years but plan on trying to get two on the front of the boat. The six I use now are all in the back. Got three to four feet between each pole and don't get tangled very often.

Originally Posted by Hammer Head

I've been using six the last couple years but plan on trying to get two on the front of the boat. The six I use now are all in the back. Got three to four feet between each pole and don't get tangled very often.

Its been a couple years since ol hammer has been fishing!! :D