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Last week I got a shipment of crankbait pushing weights from ScottV I couldn't wait to try them out so I went out to beat the heat Fish from 7 to 1130 Pushed 4 pulled 6 crankbaitsAttachment 171868Attachment 171869
Chrome and blue, Mistake, And black produced best In the 10 to 12 foot depth range Most of the fish caught were too small to keep.
THANKS SCOTTV!
I use them all the time and ScottV and I fish together some
Looks good to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by theygotaeat
It sure is nice Being able to take them off and store them on a swimming pool noodle Before I had a 3 ounce egg sinker With the line wrapped through it about 5 times And was very cumbersome when storing rods and was more drag on the line when trolling.
And just as REES said when there's trash on the water the weights collect it on the line before it gets to the crank bait
I ordered some myself yesterday. I like the idea. Your catch looks like mine most of the time on crank baits - more catfish than anything. Toledo Bend?
ScottV is a good guy! Have not looked at his weight so guess maybe I need to. I bough a rod especially for pushing a few years ago and never have even used it yet, LOL!
We caught plenty of dinks like the small 1 in pic that got hooked deep or it would have went back. Its been hard to find the big fish after the cool snap and the super moon. Caught on Cypress LakeQuote:
Originally Posted by Tracker123
Glad they worked for ya, if its trashy I go to them for sure, caught about as many pushing with them this morning as I did pulling.Quote:
Originally Posted by theygotaeat
Dont know what colors your running but catfish really like orange and pink
I don't have any pink or orange crankbaits I would guess that chrome and blue, bluegill, or black produced the most cats although I have 2 red crankbaits that I dont fish anymore because all they catch is catfish
I hear ya.....yep. if I catch more than a cat or two I change colors. You ought to try planer boards and catch a 7 pound cat on one.....will tangle every line you got both sides of the boat before you can get it in.
I'm glad you brought that up I been wantin to get some planers myself do you have to get a full size board or will the mini boards work with crankbaits?Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"
The mini boards work ok unless your using a trolling weight with a small sized crank like a Arkie and then I prefer the larger ones. Without using trolling weights and just running a Bandit 300 sized crank the mini boards are ok.
Thanks "G" that's the next tool i need for my madness:fingerdance
hey, put a pic of these weights on here. I am curious to see what they look like. I too have fished the egg sinkers, but they put an awful bow in my rods. thanks
doc :)
At 3 ozs they gonna bow your rod no doubt. Need to check for hitchhikers from time to time, a small one may not give you any clue he is there.
I have tried that G, doesn't seem to matter for me for some reason. Maybe it's a Toledo Bend, or Louisiana thing. I plan on doing the push thing with Scott's weights anyway just for fun. He is going to send me the 3 oz. weights, we'll see.Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"
Thanks for the tip, I'll pull out the Ugly Sticks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
does scottv have a website?? I would love to become more familiar with pushing cranks. most of my experience is with pulling them.
doc :)
No....he does not have a website....lots of info from time to time on the MS board about pushing from time to time. I fish with Scott some and we push and pull at the same time. This summer for some reason we have had more luck on the push poles.Quote:
Originally Posted by docwaldo
Randy....I use 12 and 14 ft. B and M PST's and it works fine....they bow a little but not bad.....the bow is a good thing though because you can read your crankbait better....you can tell if your crank is fouled and not running right, and you can better tell when a fish hits it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tracker123
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Originally Posted by docwaldo
I'd like to know as well or a picture. Thanks
Send a PM to ScottV....he will chat with ya about it
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Originally Posted by docwaldo
those are sweet!! quick question for yall. if ur weight is 10 foot down, how much below the weight will the crank be?? did that make sense??
Depends on the bait and the leader. I run 3 foot leaders and with an Arkie I figure it is about the same maybe a litlle deeper. With a 300 bandit I figure about a foot deeper. Think about your rod tip with just the crank on you line, let out 3 feet of line and put the bait over the side with the rod tip rite at the water, this will give you a real good idea of where the bait is gonna run in relation to your weight.
With your three oz weight 10 ft. Down and crank on a three ft leader.....moving at 1.8 mph your line will be layed back at a 45 degree angle.....your crank will be running about 8 ft. deep.Quote:
Originally Posted by docwaldo
When you buy the weights from Scott he usually sends a chart with them explaining how to figure depth.
Thanks "G'' and Rees For fielding the questions that the guys and myself have. I haven't been crank baiting for long and I don't want to give out some miss information due to lack of experience.
I might need to start a new topic on this.
When running planer boards what would be the best speed to start with?
Planer boards.... you run the same speed you do pulling or pushing cranks.....its still the same....only difference is the boards let you get the cranks out further from the boat and you can cover a wider area thus more water with them. I usually start at 1.6 and go from there....1.8 mph seems to be the best speed for me....but there are times if the bite is slow that speeding up will help and I have caught fish a 2 mph to 2.2 mph.
Your bait will be down from the weight as much as it normally would with 3 foot of line out, Arkie not as much as a 300. In your illustrations if the weight is at 10 foot then a 300 would be running at 11 foot. In Gs illustration with 10 foot of line out the bait would be at 6 foot.