Line For Crankbait Setup

[tylerwyp]

Just got a shallow cranking specific setup this past Xmas. Any line suggestions? I was thinking fluorocarbon. Poundage?

[jbsoonerfan]

10 or 12. I would use line diameter as a guide.

[Fishin24/7]

I would go 10 to 14 depending on the type of cover and how deep you need the bait to run. I like mono better for cranking but many guys prefer flurocarbon. I think mono allows the fish to inhale the bait a little more before you set the hook and also the extra stretch can be good so you don't rip the hooks out of there mouth.

[Fishes in trees]

For banging stumps with square bills, I just use a similar set up to what I use for spinnerbaits, i.e. an abrasion resistant 17 or 20 lb line. For shallow cranking, I don't think that mono or fluorocarbon makes any difference. The rods I use for square bills are a little more tippy than what I like for my spinner baits, but I don't like the fiberglass cranking rods at all.

As you get to cranking deeper, line diameter makes a difference. I've found that Nano-fil helps your cranks dive the deepest, just don'd rub it into anything - at all. It is NOT abrasion resistant - at all.

My last few trips of the fall were on Truman Lake, and I wanted to get my Timber Tiger DC 16 a little deeper than 14 lb test would go. I got some of the new Berkley Armor coated line (which looks and performs suspiciously like the old Iron Silk line) in 10 lb test and it lasted a couple of days with almost no obvious abrasion issues. I threw around alot of deeper trees and bushes.

I haven't taken that line off the reel yet and all my stuff is on the bench for a few months - due to weather. We will see how it performs in the early spring as I bounce some deeper cranks off of deeper rocks (12 -18 feet deep)

[endless]

I always had good luck with 12# BPS flouro and 10# Trilene 100% flouro. Now I'm trying 12# Seaguar Abrazx since I fish allot of rocks and wood.

[Arv]

10 - 15# fc or copoly. I use 12# Yo Zuri Hybrid.

[tylerwyp]

Thanks for the advice. I was definitely looking more towards 17# Fluorocarbon. Guy at BPS recommended Seagaur Invisx. Has anyone used this or others that they like?

[wnybassman]

Two years ago I used 14# flouro all season. This past season I used 30 braid, with and without a leader. Going back to 14# flouro next year, it just feels better to me.

[Arv]

I don't have a lot of experience with fc line, but of all that I've used I like Sunline Sniper the most.

[ww2farmer]

Two years ago I used 14# flouro all season. This past season I used 30 braid, with and without a leader. Going back to 14# flouro next year, it just feels better to me.

Perfect example of "different strokes." Noel and I fish the same water, with the same baits, yet I like and do very well with 20 lb braid, sometimes with, sometimes without a fluorocarbon leader. There is no right or wrong, other than I am clearly the better cranker between the two of us, but that has nothing to do with the line choice. LMAO :grin:

[new2BC4bass]

Perfect example of "different strokes." Noel and I fish the same water, with the same baits, yet I like and do very well with 20 lb braid, sometimes with, sometimes without a fluorocarbon leader. There is no right or wrong, other than I am clearly the better cranker between the two of us, but that has nothing to do with the line choice. LMAO :grin:

Hey, I can crank too!!! How come I don't catch any fish like you do? Problem must be similar to the real estate market.....location...location...location.

To the OP: I have fluoro on one reel only. It is 10 lb. Read too much about knot problems for me to invest heavily into fluoro. I stick with 8 lb mono on my Medium rods, and 12 lb mono on my MH rods. Haven't tried Yo Zuri yet, but eventually will.

[plumworm]

I use nothing but P-line cxx for all cranking and spinner baits. I've used it for years.