Planner boards question

[DocJpa]

I'm looking to purchase a set or on line planner boards. I plan to use these mainly for trout and salmon. What boards are easiest to use and best value. I kind of like the idea of the board sliding down the line after a fish is on and not having to grab it and unhook it. Thanks for your help.

[Dusty]

You mention fishing for trout and Salmon so I presume you are fishing the great lakes. If that's the case you will need a pair of double boards Which you could buy for a minimum of $100 or make your own. just goggle making double planner boards for fishing. I have made several, they work great. You need a stout line to run the boards and a 6 to 8 foot mast to run the boards off the boat. for releases we used shower curtain rings and attached small alligator clips and put rubber or plastic tubing on the jaws. Simple, put a clip on the board line and let it slide down the line. With this setup you can fish three lines on each side, if legal. At one time, in wisc. you could run 3 lines a person. so we ran three on each board two on down riggers and one straight line of the back.

[DREZLER]

for in line planer boards:

Most guys run either church walleye boards or off shore planer boards. Cburch also makes a similar sized tx 22 but they suck because you cannot move the weight forward. I am not familiar with ziggy boards but a few guys do use them.

if you would like to have the boards release i reccomend installing a sams pro release on the front clip of board. I just switched to 8 of them for this year. They are $8.00 each and allow you to 'pop' open the release with a sharp tug of the rod. You can then fight the fish without fighting the planing action of the board.

[DREZLER]

You mention fishing for trout and Salmon so I presume you are fishing the great lakes. If that's the case you will need a pair of double boards Which you could buy for a minimum of $100 or make your own. just goggle making double planner boards for fishing.

And no, if you are fishing the great lakes that does not mean that you must be talking about using the big dumb mast boards. Inlines are more effective and more common on lake Michigan for sure and probably superior as well

[tacklejunkie]

And no, if you are fishing the great lakes that does not mean that you must be talking about using the big dumb mast boards. Inlines are more effective and more common on lake Michigan for sure and probably superior as well

I fish Superior and although I don't use planer boards that much, it's the inlines when I do.

I think the rationale behind using the mast syatem on Superior is you can get more lines out than with inlines

[2thepointsetters]

You can run just as many rods on inlines as on the big boards. We often run 5 inlines per side. I personally like the yellow bird big birds the best.

[DocJpa]

Drezler, what boards do you use and where do you get the Sam clips.? With those the boards slide down the line to a stop bead while fighting a fish?

[DREZLER]

I use walleye boards for outside boards (4) and the tx44s for inside boards pulling 300 copper or full leadcores.

You can buy sams pro release here

http://www.anglersavenueproshop.com/silver-horde-sams-pro-release/

[DREZLER]

Russel the owner of tbethe shop also has a youtube video out there showing how the sams pro releases work if u google it.

I like my front clip to release (with the sams pro) but then i am not crazy about my boards sliding down and repeatedly smashing into my next knot at my doubleuni knot or swivel.

so i attach the red or16 release on in place of rear pin/clip so that it holds the board to the line until i remove it at back of boat

[DREZLER]

Here is that vid of one of russels guys talking about sams pro release

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=-HoNVa3UAYHYggT1iIDIBQ&url=http://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D1TC-3mPc0qc&ved=0CCEQtwIwAQ&usg=AFQjCNHtS3R5nlmshPw5_DsqwY_QNvg1ww

Sorry the links not working well try to cut and paste im working off my phone here

[yaggie]

The Church Walleye boards will release and slide down line to a stop if they are hit by a reasonable size fish. A small coho may not release the board. These boards also work well for walleye on inland lakes. As for myself I have not used the inline boards on Superior or Michigan for several years and prefer the advantages of using a mask and large boards. We feel it more enjoyable fighting just the fish and not the board. We use lead core a lot and run from two colors to seven colors. Start out with the shallow runners on the outside but as fish hit we just slide the lines down. Some will claim you must always run the shallow lead core on outside to prevent lines from tangling but in four years the only time we have had line tangles was when a dipsy diver has been involved. I actually see a lot more mask systems being used on Superior than inlines, but both systems work well for spreading out your lines.

[LoonASea]

I will run a mast and big boards when fishing stick baits on the surface in spring ,,,later in the season when running leadcore I switch to inline boards and prefer modified offshore boards ,,,Great Lakes Angler has a good tread about modifing inline planer boards