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July 7, 2025 3:03 pm
Im in florida, so deep is relative but the place I went to had depth of over sixty feet. I brought with me mainly cranking set ups and I had the Daiwa Z on the 7'11" St. Croix glass cranking rod.
well I did catch a fish but I dont count him because he was not hooked in the mouth so I dont know how I foul hooked a bass in 18-22' of water but still. After a few cast with various lures such as the DT14, xD 6 , duo G87 and some others I was really trying to get the hang of it and learn the technique. Needless to say I bird nested the Z and pulled off all the NEW 14lb floro I had on it..
Talk about waiting for a long time it was painful.
I tired a technique i have seen on here with small jigs in deep water but it was just not to be.
I almost packed up but I had my 7'4" st. glass rod on it and I swapped out that reel to put on the longer rod. and things worked out somewhat it was really a lesson on the water today
came home early , even the wife didnt expect me home this early but the sun was brutal..
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July 7, 2025 5:05 pm
Congrats on deep cranking! Nice setups!! I am on and off with that technique... Sometimes the bass will swipe at the lure instead of eating it, why you may have foul hooked it. Next up for you is the DRT Police, lol.
As I am sure you know, crankbaits can have quite a bit of air resistance with the big bills and bodies, so if you are casting in the wind or not careful really bombing it without the reel dialed in, backlash can result. Happens to me every time. I love the break system on the Z2020, lots of different ways to get it just right.
Fishing offshore deep without some sort of sonar confirmation of fish being there or structure being there is always hard for me from a patience perspective... It just feels like throwing hail marys over and over again hoping somebody is home.
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July 7, 2025 6:04 pm
Congrats on deep cranking! Nice setups!! I am on and off with that technique... Sometimes the bass will swipe at the lure instead of eating it, why you may have foul hooked it. Next up for you is the DRT Police, lol.
As I am sure you know, crankbaits can have quite a bit of air resistance with the big bills and bodies, so if you are casting in the wind or not careful really bombing it without the reel dialed in, backlash can result. Happens to me every time. I love the break system on the Z2020, lots of different ways to get it just right.
Fishing offshore deep without some sort of sonar confirmation of fish being there or structure being there is always hard for me from a patience perspective... It just feels like throwing hail marys over and over again hoping somebody is home.
It was totally my fault on the birds nest so I wont complain too much...lol
Deep cranking is really tough but i am determined to learn it even on the st. johns river. Where i was at today was just a practice spot but still one that produces some of the biggest fish. I happened to stop at the store and there were A L O T of law enforcement vehicles , marked and unmarked. One of them came up on me very fast as I made it to my truck, the cop just wanted to know about fishing and what i had been using. He was all in to it and regretful that they were training in a facility with such a good body of water. I believe the Z is amazing but Its just something about a TDZ for cranks for me. I have rigged up some rods for tomorrow and I have a TDZ on a Shallow Fast moving Special rod with a shimano square bill and i just know it will get bit
Tomorrow its Flippin, topwater ,chatter , spinnerbaits and some other stuff if I can get up early enough.
I will be back on the deep cranking soon. i was really amazed at how I could tell that I had hit some grass with the st. croix glass rods.. I have a decent amount of cranks that just need to get tossed. I told myself not to buy anymore deep cranks until I get more successful. Its a shame that I believe the lies I tell myself..lol
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July 7, 2025 6:56 pm
One, your tundra is sick!
Two, why does your steez have knobs like my farmers tan? lol
C, I hate fishing crank baits and I’m glad you have great success! 😅
Goldrod reacted
July 8, 2025 4:59 am
Welcome to the deep cranking world!
I've been honing my deep cranking skills up here in the New England areas using a G. Loomis IMX-PRO 906C CBR cranking rod. This rod is 7'-6" medium/heavy...moderate action. I find it to be much lighter than a fiberglass rod and it helps with fatigue over the long day. The length allows me to bomb the heavier plugs with ease and the sensitivity and parabolic bend of this rod are fantastic.
I will pair this rod up with either an Ian built Steez 100SHL Super Cranker or a TD-Z IOOML that are both in the 5:1 gear ratio.
Trying to get to the depths (20 and deeper) that you mentioned, I would suggest a couple of crank baits that I find to be excellent. One is the Spro Little John DD70 which gets you down to 20 feet and the other is ......(don't judge me)... 6'th Sense Cloud 9 Series C-25 baits (25 feet plus).
The 6'th Sense baits are cheap $$ and fantastic baits. Great finish/colors and run extremely straight right out of the box. Try to forget the brand....just fish the performance.
I'm using 12lb Seaguar InvizX line. This pound test gets my baits down deep quickly and the action of the rod allows me to land 99% of the fish with ease.
Up here in New England when using the deep cranks I don't use the craw colors, I stick to shad colors, natural shads, chartreuse/blk, chartreuse/blus, citrus shad
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