Crankbait help

tarheel_bk · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:39 am Post subject: Crankbait help

Hopefuly you guys can help me out, I have not fished many cranks, most of the fish I catch come on either soft plastics or spinnerbaits. I purchased a couple of the strike pro jointed cranks and fished them for the first time today. The action on these was awesome but I had two problems that I am looking for help with, the hooks kept catching on each other and other parts of the bait and line. The other problem is I was having a ton of hits and the fish would hold on for a few cranks and then I would lose them. I probably had 25 or so hits and losses to only hooking up on 3 fish all day. Should I change the trebles on the bait or am I not setting the hook properly on the hits. Any suggestions and help is appreciated.

Dan · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:06 am Post subject:

I'm kinda a noob but I think I can help:)

Long story short... Keep fishin them! I myself change the hooks out on alot of my cranks but I rarely have a problem keepin a fish on when I set the hook! My $0.02

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TCook · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:55 am Post subject:

It sounds imposible to me that you could have 25 fish on a crankbait and only catch 3, personally I have never had a day where I lost less than 50% of the bass I had hooked up with nor has anyone else I have been in the boat with. Not trying to toot my own horn just pointing out that I dont beleive it is possible. Maybe some of what you thought were bites was actually something else and some were fish but just not hooking up. Never thrown the crankbait you are talking about but if I were you I would buy some bandits and Normans to start out with because they are on the cheap side and work very well. Buy a few in verious depth ranges and body styles to cover different situations. Take a few days and only throw crankbaits, I would recammend trying this on windy days. Put 2-3 different baits on diff rods to cover diff depths and play around until you locate the bass. If this happens maybe you got a pattern so stick with it. If you have a few good days with a crankbait your confidence will grow and you will find yourself chucking it out there more and more, and start getting a feeling for the conditions they work best in. Another tip buy quality trebels to replace the stock hooks and switch them out for a size larger as long as they dont fowl hook too often or affect the action. Your hookup ratio will increase if you can get away with it on whatever crankbaits you decide to buy.

bronzeback6 · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:02 am Post subject:

Great advice Tcook!! I Always switch my treble hooks to Mustad triple grips. You'll hook up every time.

Justin

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tarheel_bk · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:13 am Post subject:

Thanks for the tips, I was at Gull Lake today in the rain, I know that some of the hits I missed(or had on for two or three cranks and then came off) were rock bass but I have never had a day where I couldn't hook up with a fish. Thanks Justin, I was going to ask what trebles people change the stock hooks out for, I hear everyone say they change them but nobody ever says to what. The hooks on the bait I was using look a little different than anything else I have seen, I don't know if they are made for saltwater or what but they do seem really thick, not even really a wire hook.

tarheel_bk · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the help guys, I changed the trebles on that flex x I was fishing and didn't missed a fish this weekend, I only had 5 bites on it but I landed all of them, the biggest being just under 3 pounds. I changed the hooks to the triple grips like suggested.

Get_the_net · Yellow Perch Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 27

One other tip in adddition to changing the hooks out is make sure you are using a rod with a soft tip to absorb the strike and allow the fish to get the lure further before you load up on it. Nearly every rod maker has a line of cranking rods. If you are going to throw them alot, I would invest in a couple cranking sticks as they will impove your strike to hook up ratio and your hookup to landing ratio as they are designed to absorb the fight of the fish reducing the chance of pulling out the hooks. GLoomis cranking rods are great, but expensive. I am sure other brands are also good.

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