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I've been reading all I can on here about pulling cranks and it sounds like something I want to try but the problem is my closest lake only allows 2 rods per person and seeing I fish 95% of the time by myself I was wondering if pulling 2 cranks is pointless or if I should give it a go?
Try it. If it fails to produce that trip, then go back to your traditional style of fishing.
We are only allowed 3 rods per person in Indiana and works just fine. Go for it with 2 rods.
No...its not pointless. Give it a try.
I use two rods when I’m alone fun when ya run thru a school of crappie
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You can stay pretty busy with 2 rods and the right cranks.
Know an old man that fishes the same lake I do a lot. He uses 1 pole pulling crank and catches about as many fish as I do with 4. Several guys on that lake sit up front in small boats with hand control motors and fish 1 pole off each side and do good.
I saw a video clip on here awhile back of a gentleman pulling two cranks on one rod. He made a wire harness/weighted spreader that allowed him separation of the two lures. You could do that on each rod with different color of cranks till you dialed in the correct color combination, assuming your state laws allow multiple baits on one rod.
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Go for it! In inland Waters in Minnesota we can only use 1 rod with 1 bait open water fishing.
I would do it in a second . We are allowed 4 but I usually only use 3 . They biting it will be plenty . jmo.Quote:
Originally Posted by jenkins98
Thanks for the replies just didn’t want to waste time or money.
Here in MA all we're allowed is 2 rods per person. Last time out we each had two rods out and I had one of mine pulling a crank. I had great luck on the one rod of mine pulling the crank. The other rod was a jig/plastic combo and my partner was using two rods with jig/plastic combos. There were several periods where my one crank rod consistently took more fish! Here are a couple of pics from that trip:
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It works! Give it a try.
Definitely go for it, ‘cause there will be times that it will take both hands to stay up with just one rod.
I pull cranks all summer with one boring fishing rod, but the good thing about crank-in every species in the lake will bite, on average I hook some type of fish every 10-15 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rink
I bought 2 of these harnesses couple years ago. Attachment 310518
2 rods - 4 cranks
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I get tangled too easily if I try to pull more than 2 rods at a time from my kayak. Last time out I boated 60 crappie & 2 bass pulling crankbaits on 2 rods and I had to quit fishing at noon. It was tricky keeping two lines in the water at times. It was a blast and never seemed like a waste of time to me.
Jim
You forget the plus side of only 2 poles. You don’t need 8 of each color.