03-11-2015, 11:02 PM
[#0000FF]Actually, I first started using that system...lipless crank lifted and dropped...over at Starvation about 3 years ago. Discovered it by accident. Had a "professional overrun" on my baitcaster on a long cast. Got it picked out and reeled down to the resting crank. Gave it a jerk, let it settle and started bringing it in. Some silly walleye decided it wanted to keep it there...in his jaws. After that I caught several more the same way. Some smallies and a couple of big rainbows too.
One thing I also discovered on that trip was that you definitely need a good split ring or crosslock swivel on the eye of the lure...so that it can swing and rattle easily. One lure I tied on without a split ring felt funny and did not get any love. As soon as I retied with the same lure...after installing a good split ring...I was back in business.
And I have also tried it through the ice. But my experience has been that it works better to bring fish in so you can catch them on the second rod...either dead sticked or lightly jigged with a smaller offering. I know some guys in the midwest regularly catch some real porker walleyes on the jigged cranks.
I also know that they work well through the ice for pike at Yuba.
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One thing I also discovered on that trip was that you definitely need a good split ring or crosslock swivel on the eye of the lure...so that it can swing and rattle easily. One lure I tied on without a split ring felt funny and did not get any love. As soon as I retied with the same lure...after installing a good split ring...I was back in business.
And I have also tried it through the ice. But my experience has been that it works better to bring fish in so you can catch them on the second rod...either dead sticked or lightly jigged with a smaller offering. I know some guys in the midwest regularly catch some real porker walleyes on the jigged cranks.
I also know that they work well through the ice for pike at Yuba.
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