Whats your Cranking Set Up?

[Blues19]

What kind of rod, reel, and line is on your cranking set up, or set ups?

gear ratio, and rod stiffness and all please.  Looking to buy a rod and reel for cranking and would like to see what you all use.

[-nick-]

St. Croix Premier cranking rod 7' Moderate action and medium power paired with a BPS David Fritts cranking reel with a 5.2.1 gear ratio. Excellent rod and reel! Especially for the price you can't beat that crankin reel.

[kms399]

7' st. croix avid med-hvy moderate crank bait rod with a shimano curado 5:2-1 gear ratio. spooled with 10# suffix braid, I know I know but it works great for me!

[Lucky Craft Man]

Jerkbaits:

G Loomis Bronzeback SMR814C-CB (Med-Hvy Power & Mod-Fast Action, Lure Rating: 3/8 oz. to 1 oz.) & Abu Garcia Revo RC (7.0:1)

Shallow to Medium Running Crankbaits & Lipless Crankbaits:

G Loomis GLX CBR855C (Med-Hvy Power & Mod-Fast Action, Lure Rating: 3/8 oz. to 1 oz.) & Daiwa Sol (5.4:1)

Deep Diving Crankbaits:

G Loomis SWBR953C (Not Yet Used) (Med-Light Power & Mod-Fast Action, Lure Rating: 1/2 oz. to 2 oz.) & Abu Garcia Revo Winch (5.4:1)

I have XPS Flourocarbon 12 lb. Line on all three set-ups.

[Jeff H]

Mine are old, but I like them. I have 2 different Team Daiwa IM6 Powermesh rods that I got somewhere around 1996 or so. Both are 7' telescoping rods. One is rated for 3/16 to 5/8 oz lures and the other is rated for 1/2oz to 1 oz lures. The heavier rod pairs with my old (but in great shape) Team Daiwa TD1-pi (5.1:1) and the lighter rod pairs with a old Team Daiwa TD1-hi (6.3:1). I use Trilene 10lb XT on both.

I don't crank a lot (or not as much as I should) so I don't have much tied up in these rigs, but even so they work well for me. Before these, I was all about glass rods, but I've come to like graphite better.

[J Francho]

I use two for cranks:

AVC70MM/Sol/8# CXX

AVC70MHM/Sol/10# CXX

For hard jerk/slash baits:

AVC62MXF/Alphas Ito Ai/8# CXX

[lubina]

My newest is the Argon Crank Bait Special 7'9" Cast "Long Caster" with tuned Alpha F and BPS XPS 10 lbs. ( medium and deep ).

Carrot Stick Parabolic 6.9 with Alpha R and P-line CX 10 lbs ( shallow and lipless )

Seeker Costum 6.8 with tuned Zillion CC and BPS XPS 12 lbs ( deep and big )

St Croix Legend Elite 6.0 with tuned Fuego and BPS XPS 10 lbs ( jerkbaits )

[David P]

Dobyns 706 / Daiwa Supertuned Advantage / 50lb braid

Dobyns 705 Glass / Daiwa SOL / 12lb CXX

[Stasher1]

Pflueger Patriarch 64WLP spooled with 12# Sufix Elite and mounted on a 7' M/MF Kistler 'Alton Jones Crankbait Special'

[DINK WHISPERER]

BPS Crankin Stick in 7' M/F. The reel is a BPS 10BB Tournament series(electric blue) in 6:3:1 ratio. The line is 12lb Stren original. I LOVE THIS SET-UP!

[uicdent11]

6'6 BPS Crankin Stick/Daiwa SOL/12# Yo Zuri Hybrid

I almost exclusively throw shallow to mid cranks and do not have a need for a deep crank setup yet.

[bowtech_182]

I use a 7' MM custom Rainshadow cranking rod with a Citica E and have been swapping back and forth with 10lb Hybrid and 12lb BPS fluorocarbon.

[Sam]

Curado E5 on a BPS cranking stick.

Add 17 pound mono of your choice.

Take to lake, river or pond and fish for 8 hours.

Serves one.

Enjoy!  

[detroit1]

A 10 year old Pflueger 7'6" med. tube flipping stick,Quantum accurist, and 10 - 12# trilene xl.

[The Next KVD]

I use a 7'MH FLW rod. (this rod is no longer in production I believe, got it at Walmart back in 2000 for $30 and it is awesome!!! Best $30 rod ever, is as good as $150 rod).  I use a Shimano Bantam Citica that has had a few upgrades done to it with a 5.2:1 gear ratio.  I spool that with 10lb P-Line 100% fluorocarbon.

[mozy]

G Loomis CBR845 with a Daiwa Sol. 12# Pline Evolution.

[Stingray23]

I use 2 different set ups.

Quantum Tour Edition Gary Klein signature series 7' MH rod with a Quantum Energy PT750 w/5.1 ratio w/10# Yo-Zuri Hybrid.

And my back up set up

7' M BPS Extreme Woo Daves cranking rod with a BPS Dave Fritts cranking reel w/ 5.2 ratio w/10# Yo-Zuri Hybrid

[daviscw]

6'9" Parabolic Carrot Stix

Citica D 6:3.1

10 lb Trilene 100%

[Blade-Runner]

Used a 7' BPS Crankin Stik w/ Curado 200 5:1 until today...

Just got home from Angler's World with a brand new 7'2" E21 Parabolic Carrot Stix.

So, as of now my crankin' setup is a Shimano Curado 200 5:1 w/ 12 lb. Trilene 100% Fluoro and a 7'2" Parabolic Carrot...

[OK Bass Hunter]

Compre Crankbait Cast Rod 7' Med Hvy

Shimano Calcutta TE Forged Reel 200GT

I fish with BPS 10lb fluorocarbon

[KevO]

7'0 MH crucial crankbait rod with a curado 200dpv (5:1) and #10 yo-zuri hybrid.

[Triton20XSD]

6'6" G. Loomis 783 crankbait rod (medium action), Curado 6:1

7' G. Loomis 843 crankbait rod (medium action), Revo Premier 6.4:1

7' St. Croix Big Cranker, 5.4:1 Revo Winch

[Deputy Dave]

[i]Used a 7' BPS Crankin Stik w/ Curado 200 5:1 until today...

Just got home from Angler's World with a brand new 7'2" E21 Parabolic Carrot Stix.

So, as of now my crankin' setup is a Shimano Curado 200 5:1 w/ 12 lb. Trilene 100% Fluoro and a 7'2" Parabolic Carrot...

Blade-Runner

To change lanes for just a minute....Isn't Angler's World the greatest little tackle shop in the world? Jack has more stuff in that little building than Dick's and Gander Mtn. combined!!!

Any members here that are within 100 miles of Indy owe it to themselves to stop by this store. It's in Greenfield, IN. About 20 miles east of Indy.

OK, back in my lane now...

[kingofkistler]

Kistler 7ft crankbait special, Curado 200B, 12lbs Triline XL

[FordNFishinLover]

7'2 parobalic M action Carrot Stix

With an

Daiwa supertuned advantage

with

12 yo-zuri hybrid on it.