TROLLING CRANKBAITS...Hey "G" and others....HELP NEEDED

I received this message from kickingback on the stickie "Knots and rig drawings" for beginners. Here is his message. Can someone post drawings and give him help in this area? I told him I would post his message on the main crappie forum. Here it is....

"Does this thread cover trolling crank-baits? I wanted some good insight on the best rig for trolling a 6'-10' diving crank-bait on 6 lb line if possible. Not sure if a 1/2 oz weight will hold it down or how much line to let out or if using my standard trolling rods will work wih the extra weight. Lots of questions I guess...
Looking for a drawing of rig setup too. Can't find much on the net except one youtube video that talks about using a 5 oz weight! I don't think my 12' rods will bow right with 5 oz and a crank on each but haven't tried yet. Any comments welcome."


I hope someone can help kickingback and submit your drawings and/or photos to help him and others who may want to troll crank baits.

Go to the MS board.......there is a sticky....crankbaits 101. Lots of good reading on this. Pulling crankbaits you do not use a weight.....you control depth by length of line out at 1.8 mph. Pushing crankbaits and controlling depth by weight I use a 3 oz weight. For pushing I use trolling weight rigs made by ScottV on the MS board. I use Okuma line counter reels and BnM P roTroller rods....I use two 14 ft. Two 10 ft. And two 8 ft.

I also use a trolling depth chart to determine length of line out for the depth I want to run.

Thanks for helping him out David. I will also post your answer in the stickie "Knots and Rig Drawings." You are a great help to everyone.

This is the stickie "G" referenced.



http://www.crappie.com/crappie/missi...-cranks-101-a/


Mike

An invaluable tool to helping an angler figure out how deep a crank will run is the Precision Trolling Data - they have both stickers for your tackle box and an App for both I-phone and Android.
Here is an address for more information about the PTD: PRECISION TROLLING | thenextbite.tv

If you want to get a crank down deeper - I would suggest trying Off Shore Tadpoles - the #1 size will do just about everything you need as far as depth. The Tadpole is an inline diving weight that releases when you have a fish on so you fight the fish and not the weight
Here is an address for the Tadpole: Off Shore Tackle | Official Web Site OR36 1 Resettable Diving Weights
Here is the dive curve for the Tadpole: Off Shore Tackle | Official Web Site OR3

I started pulling cranks with 6 LBS line. It got pretty expensive real quick. Now I use 12 LBS and am exploring braids. DP

30# Power Pro

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Originally Posted by DRPEPPER

I started pulling cranks with 6 LBS line. It got pretty expensive real quick. Now I use 12 LBS and am exploring braids. DP

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30lb braid. PowerPro.

Thanks everyone. I think I can get started now although the spawn is now coming on and I will be putting the cranks away for a month or two.

The link to the MS forum is bad. I get a page not found.

10lb power pro braid here

I like to use 10# mono, sometimes I'll use up to 15#. You can get away with heavier mono with cranks since you aren't finesse fishing. The main reason I like 10# is that is what the dive charts by Precision Trolling use. If i'm in an area with a lot of snags then Power Pro would be good, I'm just not a fan of using braid with planer boards.

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Originally Posted by Tommy Skarlis

An invaluable tool to helping an angler figure out how deep a crank will run is the Precision Trolling Data - they have both stickers for your tackle box and an App for both I-phone and Android.
Here is an address for more information about the PTD: PRECISION TROLLING | thenextbite.tv

If you want to get a crank down deeper - I would suggest trying Off Shore Tadpoles - the #1 size will do just about everything you need as far as depth. The Tadpole is an inline diving weight that releases when you have a fish on so you fight the fish and not the weight
Here is an address for the Tadpole: Off Shore Tackle | Official Web Site OR36 1 Resettable Diving Weights
Here is the dive curve for the Tadpole: Off Shore Tackle | Official Web Site OR3

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How do you calculate the extra depth the tadpole gives you?

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Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

How do you calculate the extra depth the tadpole gives you?

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Click here and go by the dive curve chart Off Shore Tackle | Official Web Site OR3

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Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

How do you calculate the extra depth the tadpole gives you?

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Use the chart from the link "G" gave. We usually use a 5-6' lead behind the tadpole. Use that as a starting point and adjust from there. When we fished LOZ last year with Tadpoles and cranks, we had 2 OR-12 planer boards out each side, a Mini board on the inside, and a dead rod out each corner. we ran the outside board with no weight, and the rest had #1 tadpoles. With the dead rods, we could quickly change depth and once we found one depth was working better than others, we would then adjust the ones on the boards. At .9mph, it is close to a 2 to 1 ratio. If we wanted to fish 30' down, we would let 60' of line out.

Thanks "G" and Nick. Great info.