Cranking Through Wood

[chilliblanket]

Like stated, you can get through some decent stuff with square bills. But it always seems that the shallow-er cranks are the ones with square bills. Am I wrong?

Yeah thats true.. but it seems like most people are saying the only way to really get through the cover with rounder bills is to learn to feel it out..

[Nitrofreak]

So are you using heavy spinnerbaits and slow rolling?

Nothing too heavy around timber, normally I use a double bladed willow leaf, silver color or one silver one gold.

Slow rolled or most likely all I will do is pick it up and let it fall through the timber if the timber is really heavy.

If I were to choose to slow roll then most likely I will switch to a Colorado blade.

Awesome post's by the way, lots of good info on cranking.

[chilliblanket]

Nothing too heavy around timber, normally I use a double bladed willow leaf, silver color or one silver one gold.

Slow rolled or most likely all I will do is pick it up and let it fall through the timber if the timber is really heavy.

If I were to choose to slow roll then most likely I will switch to a Colorado blade.

Awesome post's by the way, lots of good info on cranking.

Yeah. There are times when fishing through the wood with a crankbait is not what the fish really want.. but i think a lot of the information here will help me when the crankbait is what the fish are looking for. thanks for all the input btw everyone

[J Francho]

I like the crank wood with a jig

[Crankenstein Crony]

I crank some pretty thick wood. Generally when the bait makes contact I will just stop it for a second so it can float up a bit then continue to crank. Alot of the time it is the first couple cranks after contact when I get the bite.

I do the same as Red. I wait till I make contact with stumps or branches and stop reeling. The bait will float up a little bit and that helps keep the hooks from getting snagged. And a lot of times the first few cranks after that pause gets a lot of bites. If Im fishing a lot of stumps I will cast over the stump so my square bill rams directly into the stump so it deflect off the stump. Quite often that deflection gets me some very good bites. When I am ramming stumps I normally run right into the stump once or twice with out pausing my bait after the deflection. If I don't get any takers, I will cast right back at the same stump several more times and pause my bait after the deflection to see if thats what the fish are looking for.

[chilliblanket]

yeah.. i reel like a madman when i have a squarebill on the end of my line...

[kikstand454]

I have cut the front facing hook off the forward treble on many crankbaits and done awesome with them. Works well shallow and deep and really good around sparse grass/ pads.

[chilliblanket]

I have cut the front facing hook off the forward treble on many crankbaits and done awesome with them. Works well shallow and deep and really good around sparse grass/ pads.

have you found any negative affects on the hook ups or landing fish?

[Chris]

I generally use either a Fat Free shad or a Bandit round bill in deeper tree's. I choose a Bandit because it has (mine do anyways) tripple grip hooks that are harder to hang up. I choose a Fat Free shad because of the counter rotating excalabur hooks. The hooks do a great job with getting though the timber. With both I am fishing the trunk of the tree deflecting off the limbs going with the grain of the limbs. If the tree like a jungle other lures might be a better option or fishing the edge where it is less jungle. I would beef up with 14lb mono or better. Hung up lures can be gotten back with a bow and arrow technique if not as said before lost lures are just part of the deal.

[chilliblanket]

I generally use either a Fat Free shad or a Bandit round bill in deeper tree's. I choose a Bandit because it has (mine do anyways) tripple grip hooks that are harder to hang up. I choose a Fat Free shad because of the counter rotating excalabur hooks. The hooks do a great job with getting though the timber. With both I am fishing the trunk of the tree deflecting off the limbs going with the grain of the limbs. If the tree like a jungle other lures might be a better option or fishing the edge where it is less jungle. I would beef up with 14lb mono or better. Hung up lures can be gotten back with a bow and arrow technique if not as said before lost lures are just part of the deal.

you talking about the mustad triple grips? Have you found that theyre harder to hang up?