Lipless cranks

[Tucson]

4 hours ago, fishballer06 said:

Different weight lipless cranks will run different depths on a steady retrieve. I normally fish Bill Lewis Rat-L-Traps, but I've noticed the following:

1/4oz - 2-3 ft. on a steady retrieve
1/2oz - 3-5 ft. on a steady retrieve
3/4oz - 5-7 ft. on a steady retrieve

 

Perhaps Seible has tested their baits and they know that their 3/4oz baits run 7-8 feet on a steady retrieve. But yes, you're correct. One of the perks of lipless cranks is you can let them sink to the depth you desire and then start retrieving them. 

I'm guessing you were on Cross Creek?

This is really interesting, I just assumed they kept dropping the longer you waited and they stayed at that depth.  Completely changes my approach to these baits.

[bigturtle]

16 minutes ago, Tucson said:

This is really interesting, I just assumed they kept dropping the longer you waited and they stayed at that depth.  Completely changes my approach to these baits.

Your line always exerting a upward pull on your lure, the deeper the lure, the greater it gets. In order for a lure to stay at a certain depth, at a certain speed, it needs to fall faster/equal to the rate of your line's "upward pull".

to fish a 1/4oz lipless at 10 feet, you need CRAWL that thing, but you can burn a 1oz lipless it will still stay there

[fishballer06]

1 hour ago, Tucson said:

This is really interesting, I just assumed they kept dropping the longer you waited and they stayed at that depth.  Completely changes my approach to these baits.

 

45 minutes ago, bigturtle said:

Your line always exerting a upward pull on your lure, the deeper the lure, the greater it gets. In order for a lure to stay at a certain depth, at a certain speed, it needs to fall faster/equal to the rate of your line's "upward pull".

to fish a 1/4oz lipless at 10 feet, you need CRAWL that thing, but you can burn a 1oz lipless it will still stay there

 

Exactly what BigTurtle said. Draw a straight line from your lure to your rod tip. That is the angle that the lure (non-billed that is) will take back to your rod. 

[Sir Real]

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