crankbait rod MONO OR FLUOR

[skeeter11008]

I use 10 lb Berkley 100% flourocarbon on both my crankin rods. The key is having a fast rod tip with a medium action and having your drag set correctly. Also set the hook with a side sweeping action.

[Col Forbin]

The crankin stick will be fine. I use one for my shallow and deep diving crankbaits. The tip is a little more forgiving. I would not use anything bigger than 10 pound on my standard crankbaits. If you were going to be throwing a lipless in more cover (weeds, grass ...) I would really think about bumping up the line size so you can rip it out. When I use Flouro, I ony use it on a few bottom bouncing rigs. I have noticed very little difference in flouro and mono on crankbaits in terms of my fish. I pretty much use a copolymer for everything, including crankbaits mainly because of the price. P-line CX is a good, reasonably priced line that has an extremely small diameter for it's pound test, and that is my choice for crankbaits (smaller diameter than most flouro in the same pound, and it doesn't sacrafice strength).

The reel for a crankbait is pretty important as well. I use a 5:1 for my shallow/medium divers and a lews 4.6:1 for my deeper crankbaits. The slower you reel the deeper it will go. If you have all the same speed reels (usually 6:1) - just be aware of that and reel much slower.

[Bumblebee110]

thanks everyone

[goingIke]

yeah its ok to use fluor thats what the cranking pole is for to do the work. But if you dont have a cranking pole then use mono for the hook sets

[davidsa]

Pure FC has quite a bit of stretch to it like many Mono's. Set the hook like it was mono.

I have historically used Hybrid for my cranking but this year I'm going to try FC like I do on all my bottom bouncing rigs. The reason is feel. The density of FC gives it better feel then MONO or Hybrid.

FC also sinks faster then Hybrid and may help get the rig down a bit faster.