Planner Board

[opsirc]

OK I know the ice season has not really begun yet to be asking open water questions already . But a friend and I were discussing building new planner boards for his boat next year. He mention that while up in Michigan, he thought that he saw some one using a 4 x 4 as a planner board. has anyone else ever heard of this.

O

[PerchJerker]

I just run small in-line boards, mostly Offshore, but it seems to me that I have occasionally run across info on how to make your own big boards for mast systems. I have no idea where I saw it though, but if the info is out there you should be able to find it searching on yahoo or google. Good luck.

[Surface Tension]

Sam I haven't seen a 4x4 used as a planner board.

PJ, we use the board and mast system for trolling Superior.

Somewhere in the BWCA/Duluth/Ely archives we have a how-to for making your double boards and mast.

[opsirc]

it seemed strange to me also, but he said they used a piece of metal on the tail as a rudder. I can not recall where but I have see something like it used. Frank I still have the set we cut at the get-to- gether at Joel's a couple of years back, still working good. Sam

[Big Walleye 58]

I think what you may be refering to are called skis.They are used in ways similar to trolling boards but have other uses as well . I'm sure someone else can elaborate on this.

[End of the Line]

My guess is it was a ski as well. But it still was probably not the quite the size of a 4x4.

[opsirc]

I think you guys are right, that name does ring a bell. so then whats the difference between skies and planner boards?

O

[Big Walleye 58]

Trolling boards are used to spread your lines out and away from the boat. Several lines can be spread out on the line that goes to the trolling board . Your fishing lines then are hooked to releases which allow you to fight the fish independent of the trolling board when you get a fish on .

Skis can be used in much the same way but also sometimes are used to vertically stack several lines beneath the ski. Typically a 2-4# weight is used beneath the ski.They are sometimes also referred to as a meat rig. Charter boats generally use them to get more lines in the water .Hopefully this help a little bit . I don't want to infer charter boats are meat fisherman though.