Stockton Crankbait trip

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Got to spend the morning on Stockton with a new friend a week or so ago.  We had a great time, but fishing wasn’t fantastic that day.  I had much better luck the following day when I snapped some weights on to get the crankbaits down deeper.  Check out his YouTube channel, he has lots of good videos on there.

https://youtu.be/d39KteySReE

[Old dog 417]

Nice set up with the stern mounted rod holders. It's obvious you've got the handle on long line trolling for...I was going to say crappie but your set up works

for a wide variety of fish as shown in the video. I typically use 3 rods and have all I can handle with tangles etc so, watching you guys was an educational

experience. Evidently, my 9' rods need to grow to 12'. 

Also, I've never tried snap weights. Do you have a recommendation for brand, style, to start out with?  

Lots of things to think about now.

Thanks for sharing,

od  

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Thanks for the compliment.  I keep experimenting with different configurations for trolling and occasionally use planer boards, but they aren’t practical for most of my crappie trolling.  Trolling long runs on flats for walleye, planer boards work well.  When you need to make a turn to get back on a school of nomadic crappie, not so much!  I’ll be adding a set of 16’ rods to my arsenal before next year!  I’ll probably put the rod racks back on the front of the boat on occasion and experiment with pushing cranks again also.    Sounds like a good option for quick turns to get back on those schools of crappie!