Good Day on Enid

Wasn't sure if the circus had left Grenada yet, so I tried pulling cranks on Enid. Caught 10 good keepers and 25 or so shorts. Nice day on the lake.

Very nice, guess I have hung my cranks up for the year.

Glad you had a good day at the lake.

Good catch!

Nothing wrong with 10 for a nice dinner

Sounds like a good ratio to me. I thought my cranks were going to be hung up until next May also. I pushed minnows (solo 4 poles) Saturday I boated 9 fish, 7 shorts. Got frustrated TM with no wind on lowest setting will only get me down to 1mph, drift master t bar rod holder has me out of tune. If I wasn't watching which particular rod I got bit on I missed the fish, cause they all bump with the setup. The shorts would double the pole, but big fish just give him a slight thumps. So a buddy and I pulled cranks yesterday and it was catching not fishing, never a dull moment couldn't even snack... lol. I'm afraid I might be that guy still pulling cranks in December, it will take some self discipline (or a good trip) to get me back to pushing at .5 mph or so. Daggum cranking is addictive, but only when the poles are bending. Anyways good catch deltarat.. 🖒

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Good catch

I was fishing alone as well with 4 poles. I only caught fish in 18 to 23 fow with 125 to 140 feet of line out. Don't think I caught any in 15 to 18 fow. Color didn't seem to matter much.

Ditch the drift masters, and buy spyderlocs..best move you can make. Pull chains or sox on speed...cranking is addictive..for me buying baits is worse...like another hobby!!

Spyderloks won't help his issue, keeping an eye on his poles is all that will do that.

Lol, no doubt about that Rees. I looked at spyderloks and it seems to be a lot sturdier t bar setup as opposed to my current system. I think I may look into the individual holders on a rail system if I can fit them in the boat. I need a lot of stuff, new holders, new seats, new auto / I pilot TM. Lol, I sure did have a lot more money back when I was a single pole spring / spawn fishermen... hahaha

I catch a lot of fish because of that wiggling rack myself, biggest key is figure out where the bite is before you set the hook. If I spider rigged g he majority of the time I might get some single holders but I push a lot when minner fishing, .8 at least and pull off the sides the rest of the time.

"bump with the set up". Yes, it will stop some of that..and watching the poles will help most