Walleye Trolling Cranks

[Northlander]

Ya and triple that for 3 lines a piece and 3 guys in the boat.

[gregg52]

i dunno about being that spendy

i guess if you bite on every gadget out there

like my gf she owns half of cabelas....lol

i still just use xt trilene usally 8lb

i let out enough line when i feel it hit bottom i reel up a couple cranks

i'm by no means a crankin expert but do catch a fair amount of fish

i dont lose alot of baits and kinda stick with proven ones

shad raps huskies thunder sticks i'm talking walleyes but have found that they seem to work pretty good for gators to

and i have many to choose from as the gf has one of everything made!! lol

[Sportland_Bait]

Here are my favorites broken down into categories:

I use Berkley fireline on my trolling rods.

Shallow water less than 10 feet:

#5 Shad raps

#5 Berkley Flickershads

#7, #9, #11, #13 Original floating Rapala

Deep water 15-35 feet:

Deep Rapala Taildancer

Reef Runner Deep Little Ripper

Deep water trolling leadcore:

Reef Runner Little Ripper

Rapala Jointed Shad Rap #4-5

Jason Erlandson

[JohnMickish]

Ya and triple that for 3 lines a piece and 3 guys in the boat.

Ouch! I just have to supply my wife and myself, having clients can get expensive for sure. I don't feel so bad now.

[Jim Almquist]

Ouch! I just have to supply my wife and myself, having clients can get expensive for sure. I don't feel so bad now.

I wish that was the case but in reality its my brother and his kids

Actually its so cool to see them catch there first Salmon,Laker that its not a problem.

[Northlander]

Ya for me its what I live for. I have very few vises and this is the biggest one. Chew being the only other. Thats slowly going by by though. Whatever expenses happen due to fishing are well worth it to me.

Heck I just found 18 more discontinued hot baits and got them.

[lovebigbluegills]

I too have a crankbait problem (as well as a spinner component problem), and this thread has been more than entertaining. It's nice to know there's others out there that share the same affliction.

The only thing that I didn't see in this thread that I would consider a must have for trolling, is the latest Precision Trolling book. This book tells you how much line you need to have out to attain a certain depth with a given crank. This is where your line-counter reels come in handy, and those little clip-on-the-rod counters aren't terrible either given their cost.