I was waking it when I caught it. Both techniques are equally effective. A friend of mine got a 7lber cranking one down. It depends on time of day and the type of lake and weather conditions you are fishing.
This fish was 7lbs 4 oz and she hit cranking it down.
I have a couple swimbait rods. They are the shimano crucial heavy swimbait rod. Its 7'11" I use a shimano curado dhsv reel and spool one up with 50 lb braid asnd the other with 25lb mono. I always use a snap ( not a snap swivel) to attach my baits to the line.
James, thats the bait. There is only 1 in exsistance.
As far as line choice goes Time of day, fish aggressiveness and water clarity play a roll. A lot of swimbait guys frown at the use of braided line but I feel it definitely has its place and time. I have lost big fish on both braid ( when the fish surged at the boat and pulled the hooks out) and on mono ( when the fish hit right away on a long cast and did not get a great hookset and the fish threw the bait on a jump.
As far as line choice goes Time of day, fish aggressiveness and water clarity play a roll. A lot of swimbait guys frown at the use of braided line but I feel it definitely has its place and time. I have lost big fish on both braid ( when the fish surged at the boat and pulled the hooks out) and on mono ( when the fish hit right away on a long cast and did not get a great hookset and the fish threw the bait on a jump.
