BEST LINE FOR CRANKBAITS

[GEORGE D.]

JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT LINE IS THE BEST FOR THROWING CRANKBAITS THANKS FOR THE HELP GEORGE

[Cooch]

both 15# Sugoi in grey ang Vanish Transition. Both of these are fluorocarbon lines which matched with my custom Lamiglass crankin stiks seem to work wonders for me. With these two lines, I have gone through a monster fall season crankin 6-22 pound stripers, 10-30 pound salmon and 2-6 pound largemouth on the Delta. I have not had a single break down in line performance.

Is it the best? Try it, you be the judge.

[Bob Simard]

What are you trying to accomplish w/your crankbaits and where? What's the structure situation? Rocky - chunkrock or boulders? Pilings? Open water?

For situations where you've got the potential for the line to get dinged, knicked, then I throw P-Line CXX anywhere from 8lb up to 12 and in some cases 14. When you've got a big black on and one knick equals one fish swimming away with a $16 bait in it's mouth, I like to know my line will survive that one knick.

For open water and on the reservoirs (for Spotties) on rock/clay/sandy banks I throw Berkley Trilene XL in 8lb. This gets down deep and has some stretch to it. Spots are so flakey on cranks, sometimes pounding the hell out of the bait and others just sucking it in and swimming towards you. I feel that "stretch," particularly when you've got them barely lip-hooked, combined with the proper action rod will allow you to get more quality fish in the boat.

These lines are relatively inexpensive for bulk spools and I never even give respooling a thought, as far as how much it costs....

Regards,

Bob Simard

[rmcollins3]

It really depends on the situation, but for all around cranking, I like 10 LB. Maxima Ultragreen. It's 10 LB, so the cranks get to their desired depth, and it's a very strong line and is very abrasion resistant as well.

[ripdlip]

Maxima Ultragreen is hard to beat when you are banging rocks. Line manufactures are really doing a great job all around. Another line I have been playing with is the Yozuri. I love it. Not alot of memory and holds up when banging rocks. Just my 2cents.

[MIKE209]

Cooch, Which Lamiglas rods are you using?

mike209

[Ray L.]

Try Defier by Sunline. Small diameter for the pound test it is and also not a fluro line but a nylon. It also comes off the spool very straight with very little coil like Max does. What I mean by that is it has very little memory.

[Elmhurst bassman]

McCoy mean green mono-10lb test. You cant beat it for crankin. If your trying to chuck the crank a country mile I would look at segaur flourocarbon.

[Auggie Dog]

Well George, did that narrow it down for you??? It seems like line is like a woman....some men like em to have a little "stretch" to them and others like em "solid as a rock"! I think it does matter what the conditions are. If you are cranking clay or small rock bank, a good mono is the way to go. We all have our favorite (mine is P-Line cxx in 10lb by the way) and a little stretch is a good thing for cranking. If you are aroung big rock or timber, something a little more abrasion resistant is good like Cooch's floro suggestion. Either way, just remember to re-tie often as those cranks are digging all the time and rubbin' your line over everything it can find. I learned that the hard way losing one of my favorite (and fish catching) cranks on a hookset and found the tell-tale frayed end when I reeled in what was left of my line.

Just my .02

Dave W.
Ukiah, CA

[Andy Giannini]

He's using Beach's custom fish pole, one of the blanks is white. Its really an odd looking thing, looks like a night catfish banking rig that should be lit up in the glow of a Coleman lantern.

HAR! A.G.