Pulling Cranks 101

and they won;t bite it. That and TO FAST. Nessa and I got 2nd place at Sardis a couple years back before I got the new boat pulling cranks behind the Fish/Ski boat I had. We were moving along to, Slowest I could Idle was 3.2 MPH. Here's a size difference for ya and I've caught smaller ones on bandits. Funny thing was he had the bandit mall the way in the back of his mouf. He was hongrier than Minner in a Boofay line

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Originally Posted by feelay

Never seen anyone stop to pull a fish in while trolling.nonono

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Me either, talk about a mess.

I've been longlining jigs for years now.

This crankbait stuff has me thinking of adding to my trolling repertoire.

The VISA card is warming up in the bullpen.

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Originally Posted by quikcarl61

He says take the amount of line out, divide by 10, and add a foot, if you have 70 ft out that would mean 7ft plus 1 equals 8ft. Not sure what line he uses, he doesn't say I don't think, I will have to watch them again.

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he may say different things at different times - i watched the series 8 midwest show today - and he said the same thing EXCEPT to add two feet. so in your scenario it would end up at 9 feet. no big deal but thats how i heard it.

what i dont know is if he was referring to a particular size.

I can't believe I read the whole thing............ Started several times, read a few posts here and there, but just finished the entire thing in one setting.
I think there should be some kinda prize or something..........

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Originally Posted by Iwannafish

I can't believe I read the whole thing............ Started several times, read a few posts here and there, but just finished the entire thing in one setting.
I think there should be some kinda prize or something..........

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There is... You'll catch fish pulling cranks!...LOL

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There is, its called lighter walletitis, once you start buying the neccessary equipment. I love doing it, you can cover so much water in a short amount of time.

Will pole angle, and distance of tip of pole above the water affect depth on the Bandits? Charts did not address that, nor did vids on midwest crappie. Did not see any mention of this. I seem to remember from my green carp days that if you lowered tip to water depth increased and a raised tip brought cranks up in water? Wont there be the same variable in pulling cranks? If one rod tip is 24 inches above water, and the other is angled up at 30 degrees and with long poles that may be 5 feet above water, it seems that you would have to let more line out on the higher rod to reach the same depth????

I usually add a few feet to the total out because I'm in a tall pontoon