Cranks

We also use line counter reels.....I am using Okuma MagnaPro 15's

You can pull the small Arkies too....put a half oz. weight about two or three ft. ahead of them and they will run very close to a bandit 300

What G said, I really like the braid. I too pull a lot of open water but had problems with large catfish taking my baits last summer, 10 in one trip. Think I have lost 5 baits all year this year and have pulled through way more cover this summer. 40/10 runs just like the chart says, I also got rid of the linecounters and went to the Depth Hunter by Power Pro, I wont be going back to line counters again.

I had big cat take my mad cow [emoji35] bet I get a hand full next time I switched from braid to big game 12 ...I miss the braid

Are you using spinning reels with braid

Think I paid 130 for 1500 yards of the Depth Hunter, put 200 feet on each reel, using spinning reels now so it fills the spool pretty good. Also before our first tourney this fall I turned it around and had fresh line to start tourneys with, didn't have to completely respool that way.

I have line counter reels for pulling .Sometimes I use 2 spinning reel set ups just a long cast and pull a little off the spool no counting they produce just as good as knowing the amount of line out what's up with that

Why the switch from line counter reels? Do ya'll cast the baits out or put in holder and release

To be honest the switch was unintentual, I had Diawas and wanted the digitals (160 bucks each, they sure do cast sweet). Last fall I sold what I had and went on watch for the digitals to go on clearance and it never happened. Just couldn't pull the trigger on 1600 bucks worth of reels so I ordered the Depth Hunter until I could decide what I wanted to do. I like it and have had a ton of folks in my rig this summer and no one has had trouble using it.
I cast out 90% of the time so the Okumas don't work for me, if you loosen the drag enuff to cast em 100 feet then the spool gets loose in the housing and the line will get between there, what a pain. Also if they aren't FULL then they aren't accurate, I know sometimes that doesn't matter so much but sometimes it does.
To each their own, so far this works for me.

With the depth hunter line it's easy to see the markings as you cast?