Few pieces here and there. Few lessons from the fish whisperer . Few franklins later. Got some bandits , sum spyderloks , some pst poles , a few reels and whoop whoop ill be just a. Cranking. Bawhahaha
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Few pieces here and there. Few lessons from the fish whisperer . Few franklins later. Got some bandits , sum spyderloks , some pst poles , a few reels and whoop whoop ill be just a. Cranking. Bawhahaha
You gonna love them SpyderLoks!!!!!!
I like the way they look. I'm guessing they are very user friendly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Very, once you get the tilt for the rod set don't crank it down real tite and you can just reach and adjust it if need be without loosening the knob, check your drag cause a hang up aint gonna turn em and if the drag is too tite them PSTs will crumble!!!!!
10-4 will do..... Do you have many hang ups cranking?
Yes and no, some days none at all and others seems like it pretty often, got a lot to do with where you are fishing too, I aint skeered of no timber so I loose a few from time to time, since switching to braid I haven't lost one tho.
I've got a spot I spiderig in the winter that is loaded up with crappie I'm dying to try this cranking out on. It's about 30' deep in summer, just itching to try it.
Headed out in AM
Considering investing in line counter reels. Any advise?
Do it. Just make sure you have the same amount of line on each reel. Okumas are the way to go in my book.Quote:
Originally Posted by PW1
Thanks Scott.
Why do you need the same amount of line on each reel?Quote:
Originally Posted by callshy
Attachment 167038 This is what I decided on.
From my intense internet research, you need to run each rod at different line lengths to be able to cover multiple depths at one pass. if you hit the magic depth, all reels need to be able to spool out that much line. I also stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last week. Callshy is the man on dragging cranks so he might shed more light. You went with a very nice reel. I cheeped out and bought the Okuma Madga Proline reel MA-15DX for $30.00 ea. I do much more spider rigging and trolling jigs so my spinning reels work fine for that. Do very little crank dragging and from what I understand, it is more of a reservoir tactic than a river tactic and that white crappie are more apt to hit a crankbait than a black. Sometimes I read too much.Quote:
Originally Posted by BAMA S
Yep, I read a lot also. I wonder how much I retain???. We are on a big lake , soooooo I'm gonna try these cranks.
The reel will read different half full verses full, less line comes off at half full per revolution and that is how the line is measured. Need to be full and all the same so as to be able to duplicate.Quote:
Originally Posted by BAMA S
Dang it man.... I m learning something new every day. That makes sense. There is a lot of technical stuff to this feeshing nowadays.
I'm a smarter man now. I would have just assumed that 1ft. of line is 1ft. of line whether full, 3/4, or 1/2 spool. Thanks Rees G/S.
I had a guy tell me last year he was fishing 150 back, went with him to the lake and that's about all the line he had on the reels, might have actually been 70 foot back. Its all relative, spool em the same and you have your reference, spool em full and you will be in line with the charts, remember too that line out starts where it enters the water too, I have my rod tips down on the water but if you have them up then the count would start where the line enters the water, say 70 feet off the reel but doesn't enter the water for 20 feet then its really 50 foot out as you are comparing to the charts.
Good luck and have fun, seems like rocket science but its not, more common sense than anything else.
Thank you sir. Knew about the rod tip/line entry thing but just thought the counter would read how much line was fed through. Unless I have made a big mess and had to cut off a wad of line, I run fool spool on all of my reels. Thank you for all of your help. I am going to try and get out on Logan Martin before the yahoos turn it upside down this week/weekend.
Be careful with the okumas and a full spool of line. Sometimes the line will get behind the cover and wrap around the gears.
What Rees said. Plus, these reels will hold a ton of line. I recommend spooling a good bit of the spool with some cheap line and then top it off with whatever you plan to use. Also, Stymie is correct on the line getting behind the spool. Just spool it too a pretty full point, zero the counter, pull 10' of line off and check and see what the counter says. If it shows more than 10', add some line, if it shows less, remove line.
One thing I haven't mastered on these okumas is freeing hang ups. Back when I used regular bait casters, I could release the spool and the slack in the line would let the bandit float up away from the snag about 90% of the time. If I try that with the okuma, I get a real nasty bird nest.
They seem more touchy with the drag and brakes than my regular bait casters were.
Been real tough for me to find that sweet spot that lets the line out smoothly when I start pulling and still throw the right amount of slack in the line for hang ups.
Good info guys, keep it coming. As for the yahoos on the lake. Martin is full of them this week. Be glad when they go home, they are dangerous
The boat traffic can be your friend if you can handle all of the flopping without blowing your top. It helps position the fish in certain areas.
I pretty much loosen the spool brake tension every time before I cast and then tighten after I cast. Helps with a few of the uh oh's.
Thanks to everyone for their valued input. Just received notice from Northwoods Wholesale that the Okumas are shipping out today. Might have to just use my spinning reel set-up to get some therapy before the Fourth. Traveling pretty heavy in the coming weeks.
Scott, any pointers for Logan, no GPS or anything but just types of areas to target. I can look at my lake maps to figure out.
Brown came by today, made a few drops
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that new reel smell.
PM sentQuote:
Originally Posted by PW1
Attachment 167122 Spyder loks came in.
Now you cooking!!!!!!!! You gonna love them thangs!!!!!!!!!
Man this is coming together good..... Picked up six 12' West Point s rigged with spinning reels for a hundred Bux.
Unpacked them and I think you are right, these things are quality made. Just gotta get em layer out right.:ThumbsUpQuote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Gimme a report,,my first kakak trolling adventure at barretts 4 weeks back,first 2 minutes . lost a 12 or 13 inch at boat for not getting net,,well drug 4 lines 2 hrs. no craps,one lil spot,a gar probably cut off a mad cow 300,,all that came up was line,,,,seriously thinking about approaching some of my boat buddies about nite fishing,,hottern hell
Its Brella time man, wont catch me on the water without one. Heck it stays in the boat year round now, comes in very handy if a shower pops up.Quote:
Originally Posted by chuckster
I can see the benifits of a little shade this time of the year.
Looking for some bandit 300s to come in today. A few more days of gathering and ill be redi to fish.
You get a brella yet????
Not yet. Gonna get one though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Bandits are here......Attachment 167246