Thread: problems pulling cranks

It was good meeting you G, we'll have to get together and fish some day, you can show me how its done.

You've gotten a lot of good advice on here Gator, the only thing I would add is that you have to spend time on the water and try different things. Experience is still the best teacher.

I hope to get a lot of experience in the up comming weeks

Originally Posted by majflyboy

You've gotten a lot of good advice on here Gator, the only thing I would add is that you have to spend time on the water and try different things. Experience is still the best teacher.

Exactly right....just keep on and you will finally get the hang of it. Everybody does it a little different.....you just have to find what works for you and your set up the best.

G1, I'm far from an expert, but, I used to get my lines tangled up a lot when I was pulling from the side up front. Used a 6 ft, a 11 ft and a 14 ft on each side.. Short rod in the back. Bad to get in the big motor on turns, gotta kick it in gear to keep it from wrapping in the prop.
now I pull from the back with the same poles, both short ones almost directly behind the boat, 11 ft at about a 30 deg angle and the 14 bout 80 deg, keep the tip bout 10-12 inches off the water on the side poles, back ones angled up bout 30 deg. When I hang a fish I immed raise the rod tip high and work it behind the boat and continue to reel in then net it. I rarely get lines tangled now, even running 15-25 ft diff on each trying to locate, when I do I set them much closer to same length depending on lure size.
TOW has helped a bunch and unless u got someone that knows to go with u, it's TOW for u too..and try all these ideas until u find what works for u. My $.02.

I dun told ya...... Stop using them snap swivels!!!!

Originally Posted by oleblue

I dun told ya...... Stop using them snap swivels!!!!

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Originally Posted by oleblue

I dun told ya...... Stop using them snap swivels!!!!

AMEN, this thread is awesome.

Gonna add something else, I very rarely fished with as much as 90 foot of line out last year. The motor spooking fesh is HAWG-WASH in my opinion, caught fish on the inside poles Saturday with 35 foot of line out and a 20 HP four stroke chugging away. the only way I fish more than 75 foot of line is if'n I just cant catch one no other way.
I know Driscol said long on the inside short on the outside but I disagree there as well and I only use 2 foot of seperation. Turning can be tricky but I do like DD does, yeah I said it, turn hard and straighten out for whatever gets my lines back straight and then turn hard again. Can ussualy turn around in a 50 yards circle that way, maybe a little more.

Time on the water is the key and taking some from each of us, man I was green as they come last May but by September was amazed at the difference. Have fun with it, find what works in your boat. I pull off the side to the front as well, makes landing a fesh a breeze with nothing else on the back deck.