06-05-2010, 03:38 AM
A crawler harness would be a sort of a leader, It is concidered a lure.
there are single hooked, double hooked and tripple hooked harnesses.
the reason behind the leader is that you want the leader to break before you stretch and destroy the main line on your reel. That is easily done by hooking in to a large fish or a log or rock below water or a tree or even a power line above.
I use 3 inch to 3 foot leaders for bass depending where I am fishing. If I am in a river or trolling I use weight to hold my depth and the leader to get the hook away from my sinker so it can act more naturaly, But if I am casting, I will use shorter leaders/harness and depending how well I am casting no added sinkers.
for crappie, I like a 1 foot leader away from my snap and sinker, I place the split shot just below the snap on the leader with one foot of line below that, Using a number 4 or smaller arberdeen hook and a live minnow, the minnow will swim around and not be able to move the sinker or bobber. This is true with during ice fishing season as well. When fishing for crappie, it is important to allow the bobber to go all the way under the water. Crappie need time to run and swallow your minnow.
For cats, it depends on the speed of the river as to the lenth of leader I will use. If the river is slow, only about a one foot leader is all they need to hook them selves, if the river is fast, I like longer leaders. if fishing off a peir or ancored boat, you will grow to love long leaders hanging behind a slip sinker.
A slip sinker is your best buddy when fishing for bottom fish, it is shapped like an egg with a hole though the center, "be sure to debur both sides so it dosnt cut the line". The line is then threaded though the sinker to the swivel snap. What is great about the slip sinker is the fish hit the bait and the rod feels the hit before the sinker moves.
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there are single hooked, double hooked and tripple hooked harnesses.
the reason behind the leader is that you want the leader to break before you stretch and destroy the main line on your reel. That is easily done by hooking in to a large fish or a log or rock below water or a tree or even a power line above.
I use 3 inch to 3 foot leaders for bass depending where I am fishing. If I am in a river or trolling I use weight to hold my depth and the leader to get the hook away from my sinker so it can act more naturaly, But if I am casting, I will use shorter leaders/harness and depending how well I am casting no added sinkers.
for crappie, I like a 1 foot leader away from my snap and sinker, I place the split shot just below the snap on the leader with one foot of line below that, Using a number 4 or smaller arberdeen hook and a live minnow, the minnow will swim around and not be able to move the sinker or bobber. This is true with during ice fishing season as well. When fishing for crappie, it is important to allow the bobber to go all the way under the water. Crappie need time to run and swallow your minnow.
For cats, it depends on the speed of the river as to the lenth of leader I will use. If the river is slow, only about a one foot leader is all they need to hook them selves, if the river is fast, I like longer leaders. if fishing off a peir or ancored boat, you will grow to love long leaders hanging behind a slip sinker.
A slip sinker is your best buddy when fishing for bottom fish, it is shapped like an egg with a hole though the center, "be sure to debur both sides so it dosnt cut the line". The line is then threaded though the sinker to the swivel snap. What is great about the slip sinker is the fish hit the bait and the rod feels the hit before the sinker moves.
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