PLANER BOARD RELEASES

I use the pilgrim pinch pads for EVERYTHING...  5,7,10 color, Tru trip 50's and flat lines with RRs.  They work great!!! There not adjustable and I never have a problem with them.  On those rough days I use either a rubberband and the pinch pads or just rubberbands with shower curtain ring.  Not sure what releases your using, but like is said mine are not adjustable.
RH

What kind of non-adjustable release do you use?
With braid I like rubber bands, With mono my favorite is the offshore release or-3.
 
Rough House - Do you have any pictures/info on the pilgrim pinch pads? I cant seem to find anything online about them.

Office Max - Size 16
 
We use a homemade version of the Weldon Release(pictured below)

My advice is lose the shower curtain hook and replace with #5 or #6 Duolock snaps.
 
Ironhed

freshwaterdrumR

What kind of non-adjustable release do you use?
With braid I like rubber bands, With mono my favorite is the offshore release or-3.

Rough House - Do you have any pictures/info on the pilgrim pinch pads? I cant seem to find anything online about them.

Heres a pic.
You can catch them on ebay once the season gets going.  Also most of the ohio bait shops carry them.  They might have them in stock now but I always buy mine from ebay. The one thing I like about them is there really light. So when you got a bunch of them down at your board it doesn't drag as much as others ive used in the past.  Those ones Kenny posted work great too.  I haven't used there homemade version but ive used the weldons and they work great.

Pork,
I started using rubber bands last year on my riggers and loved them! the stretch of the rubber band made it easy to read the rod and tell when a junk fish was on. Ive also heard that using a snubber instead of a wire to attach your release to the ball will give them same effect. 

Porktown

Do you guys use the rubber bands on your down riggers too?  Would those size 16 work too?

I myself don't use rubberbands on my downriggers. I use the chamberlain downrigger releases. Also another one to consider is black releases.  Ive heard there really good too. Im sure I could use rubberbands, but the adjustment you have using chamberlain or blacks there is really no need for it. 

smokey4sure

Thanks Kenny and Rough House for the band info. Office max had a good supply of the big bags of #16's and they were 20% off!

Just make sure you don't take the whole bag on your boat.  They dry rot and get weak soon after there in the sun and elements.  I made the mistake of taking a brand new bag on the boat and after a day of fishing in hot july weather the bands turned brittle. So now I take a couple of handfuls of the bands out of the bag and I use a container (like one that icing for a cake comes in) to store our rubberbands.  Sunlight and water cant get in and I try and keep it out of direct sunlight.  Its worked great so far.
RH