Planar Board Releases

I like Laurvick or just regular red gum bands half hitched.

I like the white offshore clips. They are expensive. But you can get deals on eBay if you look around.The larvik and Weldon releases are ok if you are pulling shallow plugs. They won't hold a deep reef runner at 2mph. Rubber bands are nice and cheap but if one just won't break for you it is a total pain. The offshore black and orange are nice too.

ORIGINAL: Bogeyjoker

I like Laurvick or just regular red gum bands half hitched.

I thought gum band was Pittsburgh word?

ORIGINAL: freshwaterdrumR

The larvik and Weldon releases are ok if you are pulling shallow plugs. They won't hold a deep reef runner at 2mph. Rubber bands are nice and cheap but if one just won't break for you it is a total pain.

 
I've pulled reef 800's not to mention Tru-trip 50's behind the Laurvicks with no problem.  If working in higher waves I'll use rubber bands inside the Laurvicks as a sort of shock absorber.  I own lots of offshore and weldon releases and I use them too when I run out of the Laurvicks.  I also like the weight of the Laurvicks that makes them slide down the board line faster.
 
When I get a new bag of rubber bands, I throw them out in the sun for a couple hours and it seems like that weathers them enough so they aren't so hard to break.

Ironhead,
you wouldn't have a part number for these rubberbands would you? Ive been looking for the #16's but on office max's website they only have them labeled by size in length and thickness, not by "#16". Unless im looking at it wrong or in the wrong place.

ok. Thanks Ken.

I Am particluar to the scotty medium tension for pulling light duty (ie clean reefs, bagleys etc). Over deep water i like the bands with a caribeaner or shower clip. Weldons are nice too, but real touchy on how deep u insert ur line.

Scotty mini 1182 releases,,, bucket of 100,,, good stuff

MM

ORIGINAL: bar2

With the gum bands are they hard to get to brake?

 
Not if you use the right ones.  I use Weldon red rubber bands mainly because I can get them here on FishUSA and that's what my marina carries.  See Ironhed's post above for what he uses.  The break very easily when using braid and a little harder with mono...I've had more problems getting my line too deep into Weldon or offshore releases and not getting them to release than I've had with bands that don't break.

ORIGINAL: bar2

How do you rig the gum bands with the shower hooks?

 
Put the gum band around the line as you would when using a normal planer board release, except the loop of the gum band that you would normally clamp the release onto, just put it in the open end of the shower hook before you close the shower hook.
 
Here's the type of planer board releases I use:
 
http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/planer-board-releases/094210000004.aspx
 
They're basically just a shower hook and an electrical clamp with rubber pads glued into the jaws. If your using a rubber band, you really don't even need the clamp portion since the release of the line from the clamp occurs due to the rubber band breaking, not the clamp releasing the line.