New member in search of advice

[Rick Reed]

Bordy,
Thank you for the info. My boat came with the shower clips with releases and just plain shower clips. I am not for sure what the plain shower clips are for but now that you mention rubber band releases they Were probably used for that style. What advantages do the rubber band style releases offer over the ones with the clip? Also what pound test and type of line do you find best suited for trolling crank baits? I'm going to try
And buy some line tomorrow morning. I do have a kicker, i can't wait to get up there and experiment.

[BtweenShots]

I use 20 lb. Spiderwire. I do not see any advantage over any other braid. The use of the rubber band is a good indicator of dragging
a smallish fish that did not pop the release and you can retrieve it faster and reset it and instead of dragging the little critter around
and wondering should I check it. I use the Offshore releases I just changed the rubber pads after 6 yrs. of use after they started letting a premature release when setting out a crank. They are the 10's and 14's and yellow and black I think.

Gene

[Rick Reed]

BtweenShots,
I purchased 20# spider wire stealth. Do you run a mono backer and some kind of leader?

[Bordy]

Rick
I suppose you can attach your line directly to the clip but I've never seen it done that way. The rubber hold in the release and stretches and you can read your lines for small white bass draggers or popped releases etc. that's the only way I've seen it done but I'm no expert. The shower curtain rings must be extras. You can't use them without a clip to hold the line.
As for line I like 20 lb Proline. I think it handles best for trolling. It's stiffer than Spiderwire so less likely to wrap around the rod tip, a major frustration on windy days. But any braid will work. I don't use a fluorocarbon or mono leader but some people do.
Hope you had a good trip and caught a few. Weather has certainly not helped.
Bordy

Bordy,
Thank you for the info. My boat came with the shower clips with releases and just plain shower clips. I am not for sure what the plain shower clips are for but now that you mention rubber band releases they Were probably used for that style. What advantages do the rubber band style releases offer over the ones with the clip? Also what pound test and type of line do you find best suited for trolling crank baits? I'm going to try
And buy some line tomorrow morning. I do have a kicker, i can't wait to get up there and experiment.

[Rick Reed]

Rick
I suppose you can attach your line directly to the clip but I've never seen it done that way. The rubber hold in the release and stretches and you can read your lines for small white bass draggers or popped releases etc. that's the only way I've seen it done but I'm no expert. The shower curtain rings must be extras. You can't use them without a clip to hold the line.
As for line I like 20 lb Proline. I think it handles best for trolling. It's stiffer than Spiderwire so less likely to wrap around the rod tip, a major frustration on windy days. But any braid will work. I don't use a fluorocarbon or mono leader but some people do.
Hope you had a good trip and caught a few. Weather has certainly not helped.
Bordy

I was confused when i typed this reply. The first time out i attached the rubber band to the line and the rubber band directly to the shower curtain hanger . I thought the rubber band would break. I finally figured It out at the end of the day. I was lucky the fish were biting good that day i somehow still managed to limit out. Hopefully i can get up to the western basin one more time this spring and then get a few trips in on the central and eastern basin.