Running depth of Lucky Craft RC baits

[jiggerjake]

What kind of running depth can expect from the following Lucky Craft RC cranks with 10-12# flouro?They list them all at 0'-4'.

RC 0.5
RC 1.5
RC 2

[Fiddlefarter]

Depends a lot on line size, length of cast, and rod position...

Generally I throw the 1.5 and 2.5 on 17lb or 20# mono. They'll run 4' on a long cast with 17 but I can hold my tip up and make a short cast and run em 2' or less.

With 12# or 15# flouro you can hit 5.5', maybe 6', or so on a long cast with a 1.5. It's my opinion the 2.5 won't run as deep. Same with a 3.5, they both have a lot of buoyancy and I guess it affects the max depth they'll run. But I have always thrown these on big line.

The 0.5 doesn't cast worth chit on heavy line so 12# usually gets it for me. From the limited times I've thrown it I'd guess it'll run 4'.


But to me a sq bill is a shallow target bait (the reason I'm throwing 17 and 20lb line) and if I want to run 6' I'll choose something else that'll easily hit it on an average cast.

Not sure what they'd do on 10# flouro because I would quickly lose every one I own. I have no fear throwing into the middle of anything with these baits.

[jiggerjake]

So I should think about going up to at least 15#. I like heavier line better but was wondering if they would get down in the 3-5' range with that.

FF, have you ever thrown the RC 2 ? Would you think that would be about the same as the RC 2.5 only a smaller profile?<br /><br />
Modified by jiggerjake at 12:53 PM 1/17/2011

I don't see a 3.5 listed.Unless BPS chose not to carry it.


Modified by jiggerjake at 12:55 PM 1/17/2011

[Fiddlefarter]

IDK about the 2. Never have bought one of them but I would guess that it runs about the same depth as all the others. I think the difference in any of them is the size of the bait. I think the depth is going to be about the same on all... The 1.5, 2.5, and 3.5 will run in between 3'-5' all day with 15# test.


BPS still has the 3.5, it's bigger. It's 3 1/4" and 3/4oz. I will say it seems like the larger ones like the 2.5 and the 3.5 have a wider bobble than the 1.5 but they have quite a bit larger profile compared to the 1.5 and are much wider baits.

[steve1206]

Rod position and cast length will be huge determinig factors. They will fish 1"-6'-ish

[jimfc3]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by steve1206 &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Rod position and cast length will be huge determinig factors. They will fish 1"-6'-ish</td></tr></table>+1 I use 10lb flouro on my crank rods. I just started using the rc 1.5 late last year but I was getting 4+