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Thread: Crawler harness question
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03-19-2015, 06:36 PM #21Senior Member
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Well quit catching those big fish! I tried mono and fluorocarbon and while I do agree they're easier to make, I get tired of having to change then after every damn fish. White bass trash them more than the eyes do and I catch a lot more of those little suckers than I do huge eyes. The cable is my preference, but I do agree it's a pain when it gets mangled.
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03-19-2015, 07:37 PM #22Senior Member
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I have tried all of the different combo's for leader material, mono, fluro and coated stranded wire. I gave up on the coated wire for the very reasons that you described and the mono/fluro for the reasons that Hoytman86 described.
I now make all of my spinners/harnesses on solid wire and add a short snell(just long enough to hold the 2 hooks and snap) that I tie using the coated wire. The snell can be changed out as quick as changing blades. The main body of the harness(Blade, beads and wire) are almost indestructible by any fish that you would encounter while fishing for walleyes on Erie. They will bend but they can be straightened by hand and still work and catch fish if the blade can spin freely. It also makes storing them easier without having all of those pool noodles and hooks exposed while waiting their turn to get wet. If I need/want to change blades I just change the whole harness which take even less time than changing the blade on a quick change clevis. I run them on a 60" leader, the same leader that I run spoons on, I can just unpin the harness and add a spoon if I so desire. I then place the harness in its storage compartment and done. No more wrapping leaders or pool noodles for me, no more bulky storage containers for them either.Wakina
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03-19-2015, 09:59 PM #23Senior Member
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I'd be interested to see your harnesses, Wakina. I enjoy trying harnesses, just don't enjoy doing it when I MUST because all of mine are shot. I'm all for trying to improve my arsenal and making things quicker on the fly.
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03-20-2015, 04:20 AM #24Senior Member
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03-20-2015, 07:47 AM #25Senior Member
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for casting try white beads with white blade with just a couple gold beads mixed in single hook works well for me most days
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03-25-2015, 01:00 PM #26Senior Member
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Wakina
23 foot Pro Line
HDS 5X Sonar
HDS 5M GPS
Navonics chip, model #DMSD/649P+
Platinum Plus Lake Erie and Lake St Clair Marine.
Raymarine Dragonfly7 Sonar-Downvision-GPS combo with chirp technology.
Navonics Hotmaps Premium East chip
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03-25-2015, 01:10 PM #27Senior Member
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03-25-2015, 06:37 PM #28Senior Member
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I hope you feel better soon wakita!!!
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03-27-2015, 08:27 AM #29Member
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Here are some new designs for 2015
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03-30-2015, 06:56 PM #30Senior Member
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Harness Pics.
Laugh if you want but the walleyes like them!
Wakina
23 foot Pro Line
HDS 5X Sonar
HDS 5M GPS
Navonics chip, model #DMSD/649P+
Platinum Plus Lake Erie and Lake St Clair Marine.
Raymarine Dragonfly7 Sonar-Downvision-GPS combo with chirp technology.
Navonics Hotmaps Premium East chip
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