Puckster wrote on Jan 26^th, 2014 at 8:50pm:

I tie my line to the lure, using a knot that provides a little loop which adds to the action of crankbait.  prouboy

Do you know the name of this knot? I've heard using it is the way to go with crankbaits but I don't know the knot.  I think I tied one accidentally once...  I use what I learned back around 9-10 years old, and I think it's called a blood knot.

For line I use flourocarbon and Spiderwire Stealth. 2 rods both 7 feet.  One med/heavy, the other medium. In a canoe I like the longer rod. I used mono for years but the rocks do a number on it pretty quick when trolling cranks.

That's an impressive northern BTW. I caught a big one that was light colored like that.  It went around the same size and I also was using 6 lb. test and we couldn't get it in the boat (no net). Too big to grab over the neck and I didn't want to go under the jaw because my crankbait was somewhere deep in his throat. He was a mean fish and got the best of us.