Steven_mccormacktk Posted February 10, 2016 Posted February 10, 2016 Hey guys, I've been getting into shallow crankbait fishing big the past couple seasons and have been adding to my deep cranking lineup. The problem is, I'm not sure what to get for deep cranking. I'm from New Hampshire, and as many people know it's good for smallmouth and decent sized largemouth fishing. The deepest I have fished a crank over the past few seasons were about 10-12 feet (SK 3XD). I've been curious if anybody has experimented with the deep cranking up here? What's the biggest and deepest I can go? I know that the SK 10XD and 8XD and the Lucky Craft M120's can go up to 30+ feet. But I'm not quite confident in the size. Since largemouth don't grow as big as they do where the magnum baits were meant to be thrown, I guess I'm left with the question: Do MAGNUM baits really work in a very northern place like NH? Thank you all. Steven Quote
Super User Felix77 Posted February 10, 2016 Super User Posted February 10, 2016 Most of my fishing is from a kayak. For the record I have marked plenty of fish deeper but have yet to get them to bite anything other than finesse baits. If I try the crank through the area and fail I have caught them on a drop shot. So I know they are there. It really boils down to the lakes you are fishing and if the fish in that lake ever get active at depths that deep. I struggled with this the past two years. Like you I have only caught fish as deep as 10 FOW using crankbaits. Mine were on a KVD 1.5 Flat. While I have fished deeper cranks I have yet to catch fish using it. I'm not going to quit though. 1 Quote
Super User ww2farmer Posted February 10, 2016 Super User Posted February 10, 2016 I have a love/hate relationship with deep cranking. It's one of those things that if it's not "on" shortly after I start, I am not going to commit to doing it............but on the flip side, I can toss a frog, swim jig, squarebill or lipless crank for hours on end for a handful of bites. Another thing about deep cranking is.............it's just NOT the most effective way to catch them on my home lake. It has a time/place, but like I said before it takes a commitment to do it that I just don't want to have. I have had some great days deep cranking, and caught a ton of big fish on them, but on a scale of 1-10 of things I like to do it's about a 2. 3 Quote
Super User Raul Posted February 10, 2016 Super User Posted February 10, 2016 Crankbaits for Northeast fishing The exact same ones you would choose to fish East, West, South and points in between. Quote
Steven_mccormacktk Posted February 10, 2016 Author Posted February 10, 2016 1 hour ago, Felix77 said: Most of my fishing is from a kayak. I too, fish mostly from a kayak. Thanks everybody for the information today. I very much appreciate it. Quote
Megastink Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 Yes. They will. I went to college in Mid-NY state and caught several 3-5lb bass on a Strike King King Shad when it first launched. 1 Quote
Last_Cast Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 11 hours ago, Megastink said: Yes. They will. I went to college in Mid-NY state and caught several 3-5lb bass on a Strike King King Shad when it first launched. How deep were you fishing? I tired a deep crank bait quite a few times and actually caught a rainbow believe it or not. Quote
Super User Raul Posted February 11, 2016 Super User Posted February 11, 2016 1 hour ago, chris7390 said: How deep were you fishing? I tired a deep crank bait quite a few times and actually caught a rainbow believe it or not. I have caught bunches of trout with various cankbaits for decades, my personal favorite and most productive trout crank is an old yellow Heddon Sonic, it's got more than a couple hundred on it's record. Quote
Megastink Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 1 hour ago, chris7390 said: How deep were you fishing? I tired a deep crank bait quite a few times and actually caught a rainbow believe it or not. I was fishing 3' of water. I've also caught 7lb'ers on deep cranks in Pennsylvania. Look at my avatar. 1 Quote
"hamma" Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 many a bass have been weighed in at tournaments in nh that were caught on those huge deepest diving crankbaits ,..the old magnum sized balsa poes worked well,.. as well as the manns 30+,..to get them even deeper you could kneel and reel .,... Typically, its a mid summer technique up here during the dog days of summer. but ive used them pre spawn when they are all bunched up near the spawning areas. find their "highway" to the spawning area and you could have the best big fish day of your life. most anglers go with a drop shot to target fish in these depths, because its not as exhausting as casting and cranking those big baits,.i used them to "locate" once i found, the structure they were using id switch over to a 1/4 oz jighead with a grub... the huge cranks will tire you out pretty quick, unless you got foreams like popeye. good luck 1 Quote
Super User buzzed bait Posted February 11, 2016 Super User Posted February 11, 2016 one thing to consider is what gear you're going to throw these on. some of these deep divers are 1+ ounces. Quote
Super User fishballer06 Posted February 11, 2016 Super User Posted February 11, 2016 A 4 pound bass will eat the same as a 10 pound bass... 1 Quote
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