Some Good, Some Not So Good

[Kayser]

Just curious, but how do you get your cranks to run 25 feet deep? Put a weight in front, or will the Wart get that deep on a long enough line?

Rob

[Sore Thumbs]

Just curious, but how do you get your cranks to run 25 feet deep? Put a weight in front, or will the Wart get that deep on a long enough line?

Rob

You can buy crank baits that will get close to that depth with Flourocarbon line. Storm makes those wieghts that u can stick on the bill or on the bottom of the crankbait. Check out the new Dredger crankbaits from Basstar. You can fish them as deep as u want. Wieght is on the bill and it is designed to stand straight up when it hits the bottom that way you won't get hung up. Good Luck.

[rps]

I troll using Power Pro 10 pound braid. I use the Precision Trolling book to determine depth with their dive curves. I have been using the system for several years and can effectively fish most depths. What I have to do is change lures to target the desired depth. My trolling boxes contain wiggle warts (2 sizes), fat free shad (three sizes), Norman Little N and DD22, reef runners (2 sizes), hot n tots (1/2 oz.) Bandit 300 series and flat max, and Rapala shad raps. Basically, 8 feet to 35 feet.

[Kayser]

Gotcha. I was hoping to get some shad raps and original rapalas down to that magical 20-25ft mark, but it looks like I'll need to get some different baits for that.

Rob

[rps]

If you want rapalas and shad raps that deep, you have to go with snap weights or lead core line. These have their own problems. Seems everything is a trade off.