What Gives Line Or Rod

[BassMaster#1]

I have a bass pro cranking stick 7 6" in medium with 10lb red label segur line. I went out to the lake to test the rod out and lost two lures on two cast. the first cast was with a norman dd22 in 3/4oz and the second crankbait in 3/4oz. two cast and the line broke on both cast. Could this be the line or the rod being to weak to cast these lures? the rod is rated to 5/8 oz i belive. What is your folks opinion on this? I would love to get to the bottom of this, i cant afford to lose more lures.

[Mitch f]

Even though it's a heavyish crank bait and a long rod IMO it all points to the line! Get a hybrid, screw straight fluorocarbon

[OzarkFishman]

I totally agree for ease of use. I am all hybrid or braid.

[kirbydog]

You don't say where the line was breaking and how old it is. 10lb is a little light for 3/4 oz IMO. I'd go with 12 lb. If the rod is rated for 5/8 and under the nyour stressing it a bit with a 3/4 lure but I don't see where that would cause the line to break.

Also, assuming the cranks were floaters, you should have gotten them back.

I throw all my deep cranks on braid-haven't lost a crank in months.

[Al Agnew]

Shouldn't be the rod. But there are a couple of things you should check that people don't think about immediately. Check the rod guides to make sure they are all intact and don't have an exposed sharp edge on the metal part anywhere. And...although I've never seen it happen with 10 pound line, once in a while you'll get a reel where there's a gap between the spool edge and the spool housing that allows the line to temporarily slide into the gap, and with sharp metal edges on the spool, it can cut the line. You seldom see this on reels made in the last 15 years or so, but I've had a couple of older reels that had a gap wide enough for 8 pound line to slip into it.

[BassMaster#1]

The line was just put on. The funny thing is I was using the same rod in medium heavy with 12lb of same line las week with no trouble. Idecided to exchange the rto for medium power and spool 10lb line. Then I go out today and this happens. That's way I'm confused if its the line or lighter rod. I was fishing from shore today to try the rod out and the dd22 doesn't float. I guess I'll try 12lb line but there a lot of pros using 10lb line. I love the sensitivity of braid but not sure it can get down to 16ft with a 6 xd. I also like yo-zuri but haven't used it for my cranking rod yet, wil yo-zuri get down this deep.

[kirbydog]

As said, I fish all my deep cranks with braid. Not recommending it for everyone-but its what works for me. I set the drag on the light side to

give the bait some give on the strike. And I throw 15 lb braid which has a 4 lb diameter-I believe I'm getting just as deep with this set-up as I

would throwing 10 or 12 lb fluro.

And you get that crank back from 99% of the snags you'll get. They say its 15 lb test but I'm guess its closer to 20-25.

[LarrySTL]

The rod being a lighter action should not make the line break. As Al said, check the rod guides etc, run a dry Q tip round in the guides and see if it snags.

My guesses would be a bad spot on a guide, or a spool of bad line ( yes that happens sometimes), or a problem with the knot-tying. If there is no rough spot nor any place where line is catching in the reel, you might try some more casting, just putting 3/4 oz of bullet weights on and no actual lure. That at least will let you lose 20 cents worth of lead, rather than $ 8 lures, if it keeps breaking.

[kdan]

#1 knot failure

#2 bad line

#3 missing, cracked, or sharp edge on rod guide ceramic.

[BassMaster#1]

went back to the lake today to see if I could find my crank baits and sure enougth I did. was supprised about this one. rod guides are fine but I'm going to try it again with a 3/4oz washer and see what gives. If i can cast fine with out the line snapping I will caulk it up to bad knot, but if line breaks again I'm throwing on the 12lb stuff to test.