Questions on pulling cranks with braided line

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Originally Posted by feelay

Main reason I switched was because catfish were biting the mono and cutting the line, iwannafish and I lost 10 baits in a day to this. Changed to braid and no more issues, keep a pair of each color now instead of 4 or 5 of the favorites. Braid has saved me bucks for sure.

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I didn’t ask why you switched. I asked if you know what a drag is for.....lol
I landed a 25lb flathead, in the spillway, on 6# mono once.


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Oh yeah and a good thing I do, that carp last summer took 150 feet of line before I gained any ground. Better use the drag right with the braid or you'll break some rods.

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Originally Posted by Rees Guide

I don't understand tangles, here is how I avoid them.
Gibs' Rules To Crank By ( I like NCIS)
1) Short pole short line, I pull 4 off each side. 18, 14, 10 and a 6. Rule is the 6 footer has the shortest line, let's just say 25 foot, the next one is 35, next 45 and the long pole 55 in this senerio.
2) Never cross a line till the fish is on top.
3) Never start reeling until the fish comes to the center, running off the sides gives you about a 20 foot gap in the middle to work fish in.
4) When targeting a certain depth adjust with rod height instead of line out. In other words let's say 55 feet back is nuts on, I run my rod tips as close to the water as possible. I weight the short pole, 10 footer is on the water at 55 back, 14 footer is raised up off the water at 65 back and the 18 is raised higher at 75 back. I NEVER RUN A SHORT POLE WITH A LONGER LINE OUT THAN ONE OF THE LONG ONES AND I NEVER RUN THE SAME LENGTH LINE OUT ON 1TWO RODS ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE BOAT.
Some times 200 series baits comes into play too.
5) Keep a good pair of scissors and be willing to cut.
I have very few tangles and I'm not saying this is the only way to do it but it works for me.

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Wait.... what???? JK people like me can't use more than 5 poles and they have to be SPREAD OUT ..... more poles is more fun.


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16' boat... 18' rod. I can dig it.

I use 16, 12,8 &6. Fish pretty much like John does