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First cranking trip of the year to Larto. Whooo-hoooo!
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Trolling Bandit 300's, 9-10 ft deep @ 1.4-1.7mph.
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Wow, just wow man. I've never done that stuff. Great catch!!!
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Good report and pics.....yep , its cranking time
I went yesterday and caught good also. Bandits and Arkies funny thing any bait with orange caught good going away from the sun and green worked better with the sun to my back.
Anything chartreuse with blue on it was the ticket today. Caught a few on purple / pink towards the end.
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Nice! I'm going to have to give that cranking thing a try.
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Do you guys mainly do this in open water? I couldn't imagine dragging crankbaits thru any kind of structure. Picture ?*??
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That is some nice sized fish ! I'm guessing in the big open lake?
Yes and yes. Open water and in Larto Oxbow.
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Awesome!!!!
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Where's our pics?Quote:
Originally Posted by Skippa Chippa
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Yall got me interested in cranking now. I have literally a ton of crankbaits.
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I will caution you. It's addictive! It has it's drawbacks. Broken rods, losing lots of line, lost cranks, and the ever so popular tangle from Hades. That said, the pros heavily outweigh the cons. Big fish, lots of fish, and the action. It's a blast trying to land a big fish when several other rods are skint back with fish on the line. It'll completely change the way you fish spring through early winter. It sure did for me. Going on my third year of it now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad982
Go ahead and spool up with 20 lb braid with snap swivels on the cranking reels. Rob's been cranking a while, even with colder water temps and was catching, I actually seen one of his crankbaits one day, lol
Lol. Don't think I didn't take a peek at that jig either! It's definitely picking up nicely on the cranks out there. Keep your eyes open and you may find a Hotty Totty and a Taco Salad floating around there. Hung one on a stump and broke my braid after 200' worth of trying to get it free. The other was swimming one minute and gone the next. Never saw the rod pull back at all. Clean cut. No idea how. Never saw it come up either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lowbidr
I'm gonna try it out tomorrow a little while, I'll let yall know how it turns out. I mainly just have bass colors, am I wasting my time without devoted crappie colors?
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That's an open ended question. It's up to the fish. Yesterday my top color was Chart/Blue Back. Today it was Mad Cow. I have colors that I smoked 'em on two years ago and haven't caught on since. So go figure.
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Thank all you guys for all of the useful info all the time.
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That’s awesome
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A lure retriever might help, cranks ain't cheap
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A lure retriever does help unless you lose one to the Catfish Gods. Lol! :biggrin I lost one Wed. and had another one break off a back hook Thu.Quote:
Originally Posted by MO Slab
Go over to the mississippi board and check out Pulling crankbaits 101. its 160 pages of crankbait knowlege! Lots of good info on there!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad982
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/missi...-cranks-101-a/
Not when you run a bunch of rods. By the time you reel them all in, you'll probably pull all the line off the hung up reel. You can't turn around until you reel the rest in unless you want one of those big balls of fun that tie all your rods together. Lol. That braided line costs way more than a crank. I've only lost four cranks since spooling up with braid. I can live with that.Quote:
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Mr. Whiskers wasn't very nice. Lol
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Awesome mess of fish. Congratulations!