I am not buying that, Bass for sure. Crappie caught by Cranks is another story- during the summer lots of crappie do not make it. Torn lips, mouths & gills do a lot of harm. I see dead shorts floating all the time during the cranking season- I crank but try my best not to hurt the fish, removing the many hooks in them. I found that using braid line almost guarantees rip out gills. I is sad to see so any floating when a bunch of fisherman are cranking! PS-I went back to mono for the stretch.