Ohioguy25

Interesting, do you think the same phenomenon will take place in a river?Interesting, do you think the same phenomenon will take place in a small river?

How about rivers

I’m not exactly sure where his head space is at but there is absolutely no way this is accurate. I have read for years now that delayed mortality is woefully understated. The increasing number of tournaments and exponential rise in pressure have undoubtedly impacted bass populations all over the globe. Yet he is suggesting that somehow the negligible difference made in available forage by not keeping fish is anywhere close to this, let alone more significant?

Ah gotcha you said once the water warms up I took that to mean prime time. I am not fishing the deep crawler, just the 55 (5-9’) on 12 lb fluro in 55-70 degree water. Problem is I am also throwing shallow squarebills on this setup as well.

Why does he fish it with such a slow reel?

Right, I realize it is obviously classified as a medium crank I’m just wondering if I should treat it under the high resistance category that necessitates more torque or if the retrieve is closer to that of a squarebill.

Would you consider a 5-9’ rock crawler to fall more under shallow or deep?

So 7 is the reel

What about the 8?

Looks like a minimal difference between 7 & 8?

Great advice So you go 8 over 7? Where do I find the comparative IPT for the different gear ratios of the Curado 150?

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Will an 8 be overkill?

Looking at the Curado 150, stuck between regular & HG (or XG.) Slow gear ratio makes sense for deep cranking, but a lot of times I need to burn it back to get through a riffle or recast before getting blown out of a spot. How exactly does it work, is it true that the faster you reel the harder you are working for the same retrieve speed? What speed would you go with? Is 8 overkill?

Yeah, and if anything with this presentation it makes sense to err on the lighter side of power.

Gamakatsu g finesse

You have very low standards for hooks, “outstanding” hooks should not bend out after one or two catches or be sensitive to pliers.

Interesting, wonder why they insist on using such garbage hooks on a $25 bait??

I was asking if the Expride was the 6’10” rod you have. For my cranking setup I want to throw KVD 1.5 + 2.5 size, 5/16-5/8 oz.

Expride?

I’m currently using a MHMF, it is very difficult to throw 3/8-1/2 oz 1.5 sized cranks on. Have you tried this? I plan on going Medium.

Nah they are ok for stock hooks and certainly better than the outbarbs but they are definitely not Gami or owner. I realize how sensitive this presentation is to even the most marginal weight or profile change so I weigh any hook or split ring replacement and only swap when something fails.

Interesting, so I should probably go with the moderate fast?

Yes they are stronger than the outbarbs, but they are still not nearly as strong as Gamakatsu and will eventually fail.

Which specs?