Best line for deep crankbait set up.

[CCGinMN]

I just purchased a new set-up specifically for deep water crankbaits. I have a few rockpiles down in the 21 to 25' range. I was going to spool my reel with 10 lb Vicious flourocarbon but I've recently come across a few people who claim that since flouro sinks, they can achieve greater depths by using 14 lb flouro. Anyone here actually try this to see if its true? Traditional thinking is the thinner the line, the deeper the dive curve. Maybe this doesn't apply to flouro since it sinks?

[bassfshin24]

I think you are right on this one. I think the lighter the fluoro the deeper it goes.

[M1dwestF1sh]

I've have a reel with 15lb abrazx and one with 10lb abrazx and the ten goes deeper I feel. One thing I don't like is it doesn't give you that much feel when you're bouncing off rocks and what not.

[CCGinMN]

I've have a reel with 15lb abrazx and one with 10lb abrazx and the ten goes deeper I feel. One thing I don't like is it doesn't give you that much feel when you're bouncing off rocks and what not.

That is some expensive line you're throwing. I can see that Abrazx's 10 pound test is only .26 mm while vicious is at .305 so I can see why. I'm almost tempted to try Berkley nanofill which comes in at .178. I am not going to be the one to try throwing $10+ baits with nanofill, lol. I might have to give Abrazx a try. I used to use Seaguar Red Label but had my line snap halfway into my cast too many times.

[M1dwestF1sh]

Haha I had nanofill one a couple reels when it first came out but it just started breaking on every fish. Abrazx is expensive but you get what you pay for I guess. I've had it break a couple times mid cast with 15lb after a bad birdsnest but other than that no complaints. I want to give p line a shot next year.

[kt]

Sunline fc sniper

[jalberg]

I use 15# Berkley 100% flouro for 10 to 16 foot cranks. I have 20# on a set-up for the XL cranks. Seems to get to around the desired depth and have had zero break-off's.

[RK]

Fluoro will run deeper than mono of comparable diameter, but you don't get any advantage going with heavier fluoro.

The lift caused by water resistance from a larger diameter line cancels out the extra depth from fluoro sinking, and you actually lose ground (depth) as you go up in diameter. I figure I get an extra foot or so with fluoro over comparable diameter mono, but give that foot back if I go up in diameter with fluoro.

I have been using 12# Sunline Super Sniper for cranks the last several seasons, and like it a lot. 12 is a good compromise between getting to the right depth and having enough durability to rip baits out of coontail and cabbage. Frankly, getting maximum running depth is rarely a priority for me. I just want the right depth to get along a weedline or over the top of a weed edge, which on the lakes I fish usually means baits that run between 9 and 16 feet. I can reach that no problem with 12# and a Series 5, DT 14, Series 5 XD or DT 16. I do use 14# Sniper on another rod for lipless cranks, and I'll sometimes throw a diving crank on it just to keep a bait up a little.

I've never liked braid for cranks all that much, although sometimes in late August and early September I will throw 20# braid with a fluoro leader on a glass rod to fish really deep coontail. I fish a couple lakes where coontail lays over into 20 feet, and braid helps get a bait down, and razors through the coontail better than fluoro.

[KickNBass]

20# braid for me all the way.