3 Way rig wirh cranks

[KDM]

Nah!! You're not just a member of the crowed. If anything, I'd put you in the upper 10% of goofballs. Maybe even Hillary status!!

 

[guywhofishes]

Nah!! You're not just a member of the crowed. If anything, I'd put you in the upper 10% of goofballs. Maybe even Hillary status!!

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that's a lacrosse referee BTW

 

[Sub_Elect]

We drive up, put boat in reverse and rev enough to get things stopped at the line, then leave motor in reverse at idle to keep control of the boat to keep the bow pointed upstream - so folks can fish off both sides.

I like to throw it out front when the boat gets but in reverse - just off to the side (basically land the rig above the place where I imagine the rig will end up when it reaches full depth) - guess that puts me in the crowd of goofballs. Sorry I annoy you fellers. :;:howdy

There is a big difference between flipping a 3-way rig out and paddle fishing with one! Haha.

 

[Kurtr]

on oahe snap weight and line counter

 

[tikkalover]

We do the same as Guywhothroughs3waysattheline. It takes a little practice to get the technique down, but have caught quit a few fish this way.#$%^&>

 

[JayKay]

That rig is a tailrace mainstay.

For years and years...

And yes, just toss it away from the boat. Casting often ends up in the lure snapping back into the lead-line or weight line.

Also, an added bonus can be achieved when a gull gets beneath any of it.

Using a 3/4 oz or 1 oz weight with a #11 or #13 original floater is just about right, when the boat is in neutral. You tap across the tops of the rocks, and catch all the desired species... carp, catfish, drum, sturgeon, paddlefish...

LOL

 

[DirtyMike]

Tied a couple with 2 oz'ers. If I can't catch them, I should be able to knock em out.

 

[huffranger]

I've been using 3oz bell sinkers... Am I too heavy ?

 

[Captain Ahab]

The last time I was at the 'race I used a small dropper with a 2oz Slick Stick. Boy do those ever let you know when you connect with a rock. I found it way less snaggy than a bell sinker. Also, I think that "ting" that it makes when you tap a rock might attract fish. They look easy enough to make if you had stainless rod. They are silly expensive, but work good.

 

[Sub_Elect]

I use 2 ouncers.

 

[camoman]

We drive up, put boat in reverse and rev enough to get things stopped at the line, then leave motor in reverse at idle to keep control of the boat to keep the bow pointed upstream - so folks can fish off both sides.

I like to throw it out front when the boat gets but in reverse - just off to the side (basically land the rig above the place where I imagine the rig will end up when it reaches full depth) - guess that puts me in the crowd of goofballs. Sorry I annoy you fellers. :;:howdy

Same tactics here. Not so much a cast as a low lob just to get a bunch of line out so the rig can sink before you're through the strike zone.

3 oz. for trolling cranks, 1 oz. in the race.

 

[KDM]

If I was going to use a 3 way in the race, I'd cut a bunch of 1 oz, 2 oz, and 3 oz sections of rebar, drill holes in one end to thread some wire through and use those for weights. A buck a piece or whatever they are for 2 oz leads would get expensive with those rocks in there. It may look funny, but at 5 Bucks for 20 ft of rebar, I can make a bunch of disposable weights.

 

[DirtyMike]

Of the three times and approximately 18 hours I spent in the chutes last year, I lost one weight and about 100 yards of power pro. I was more mad at losing that much line as I couldn't get the boat turned around in time for me to spool myself. The trick is to lift up as soon as you touch bottom. If you try to drag across those boulders, you're going to lose tackle.

 

[tikkalover]

I agree with the lifting up when you touch bottom. Sometimes the only way to tell if you touch bottom, is the grimace on her face!! ;:;rofl ;:;banghead :;:sorry

 

[KDM]

It's the 50 times I hit bottom and loose the weight that costs the most. The 51st time I hit bottom and from then on is NO problem.

 

[svnmag]

If you're gonna use a 3-way, why not use a bottom bouncer? this way your bottom contact is a wire (snag proof) instead of a round sinker that always wedges itself between rocks.

but to answer the original question yes, I use cranks with bottom bouncers very often, and effective, but not with 3 ways, simply because the weight on the 3-way always gets snagged.

I'm not a huge fan of this techinique like live bait. It works but doesn't fit my own particular idiom. I've found the Lindy Walking Sinker decently minimizes grief and all the jangly horseshi'ite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fthpk3QPH40