Thread: Pulling Cranks 101

KnightShadow is no longer with us.

Originally Posted by canebreaker

KnightShadow is no longer with us.

I'm fairly new here and didn't know. Condolences to all that knew him. Thanks for letting me know.

I thought after about 115 ft . they started to rise with a bandit 300 .

At our fish n' camps Knightshadow would cook different things in Dutch ovens. His peach cobbler was the best.

I've searched more for ScottV's inline sinker chart. Can't remember if it was on a single thread or one like this. He was using 2 to 6 oz inlines with swivels.

Looked again, can't search past 08/12/2024 for other threads. It would have been posted between 2010 and 2018 I think.

Originally Posted by BellRinger

I can't find a chart on the web anywhere. . . Looking to get my Bandit 300's down to 20'. Does the chart in jholl2277's post show anything beyond what is posted? Anyone tried a worm weight ahead of the swivel to get them deeper?

1oz inline trolling weight 3 feet above the crank bait. Will have to look at my personal charts but if memory serves correct about 30' of line will get you 20 foot deep at 1.8 mph. Flat lining is useless after 150 foot of line out, the resistance of the line causes the bait to raise not sink. I can't stand pulling more than 75 feet, so yes trolling weights are the answer!

Originally Posted by Snubby

1oz inline trolling weight 3 feet above the crank bait. Will have to look at my personal charts but if memory serves correct about 30' of line will get you 20 foot deep at 1.8 mph. Flat lining is useless after 150 foot of line out, the resistance of the line causes the bait to raise not sink. I can't stand pulling more than 75 feet, so yes trolling weights are the answer!

Thanks so much. Been fishing Enid the last couple of weeks with my brother. Looks like most of the fish are 17'-20', but very scattered. Sonar not showing a lot of bait balls like we're used to seeing this time of the year. Thinking with the water still high, the forage fish may still be back up in the cover of the creeks/headwaters. Action has been VERY slow. Only a couple of keepers for 4 hrs of trolling. Thx for the reply. It's helpful.

Action on big fish at Enid has slowed since the fire at the fire extinguishing Co in Water Valley years ago. Guess all those chemicals were washed into the lake.
Slow on come back since all the big fish are taken.