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campal
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2014/07/26 15:20:36 (permalink)

Planner Boards

I have a smaller boat and I'm planning to add some inline boards to get extra lines in the water. I'm sure many of you are using them currently so I'm hoping that you can offer some advice on the brand and size that would be best.
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    chauncy
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    Re: Planner Boards 2014/07/28 16:00:09 (permalink)
    I use offshore boards with the tattle flags. I get walleye on erie and crappies with small cranks on shenango lake.
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    Re: Planner Boards 2014/07/28 16:12:29 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby Fisherlady2 2014/07/28 16:45:45
    I've used offshore and church boards.  Really cant go wrong with either, both will get the job done.  Buy the board for what you want to pull.  I love my offshore's with tattle flags and snapper releases for inline weights and clean cranks.  You can really tell subtle hits/misses on them.  If I need to pull something like a tru trip 40, or Reef Runner 800 with a 4 oz weight, then a different board would be needed as the offshore would lag way behind. A 6oz weight and worm harness at under 2mph will stand the offshores straight up and they wont run right.  Sometimes I will pull a tru trip 40 behind an inline and I like the tx-22 a little better than the offshores for that. Church makes up to a tx-44 which can pull out a big dipsy. but the bigger the board the more sensitivity you lose - the tx-44 could easily drag a small walleye around the lake for hours without you being able to tell lol
     
    Here is a video on rigging the offshore boards.  This is how myself and most people I know rig em and what we use 90% of the time
     

     
    post edited by freshwaterdrumR - 2014/07/28 16:14:16
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    Re: Planner Boards 2014/07/28 17:02:10 (permalink)
    Might want to look at small "big boards". I have set of Paul's Planers that I use on my small boat (Great Lakes Tackle sells them). They can be pulled with a stout rod and some heavy braid. I have run 2 5-color with reef runners off one of these.

    You need a sturdy rod holder to pull these with a fishing rod.

    IMO much less hassle than inline boards. Line releases and you fight fish, not an inline. Fish are deep in the water now. Deep divers need either 5 color lead core or 4-5 ounces of weight to get into zone - would be difficult to do this with Inlines.
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    Re: Planner Boards 2014/08/06 14:10:31 (permalink)
    Thanks for the advice uplander.  I like the look of the Paul's Planers, and not having a mast to deal with.  The price isn't bad either!  Did you get the standard set or the Magnum set of Paul's??  Have you tried running (3) lines with LC per side on them?
     
    freshwaterdrummeR, I like the church boards too and may pick up a pair of them to try as well.  I'm thinking if I cant get (3) out on Paul's I could run the third line out on an inline with a RR 800 and snap weight if needed.  Have you tried the walleye board or only the TX-22??  Just wonder how they compare when pulling a jet or a deep diver with weight.
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    Re: Planner Boards 2014/08/07 21:10:06 (permalink)
    Most I've ran is 2 5-color with reef runners per board. That was about all they could handle.

    They are a lot smaller than big boards,so they drag back a bit with 2 lines. I'm not sure the magnums could be pulled w/o a mast; never seen them used. I pulled the standards with a 6' heavy action rod.
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