Planer Rod

[Hill Billy]

Thinking about adding a planer rod to our arsinal. Any suggestions ? Thanks Bill

[b8 boy]

Get the original DFA(Death from Above) made custom from a board member, bayrunnerrods. I have fished with Jimmy K and his DFA has proven very effective on a number of trips. Martin

[TKBMECH]

There are some members on here that make them, Get one and set it up with an in line planer, so you can unsnap it and reel that last hundred feet of line in.

[Little Terp]

Do you have to have rodholders with backing plates? I have read where some are using a # 24 planner. There would seem to be alot of pressure upon strike if you are using an 80 wide with 25 to 35 lbs of drag. Thanks for any info.

[TommyTuna]

u don't need a 24 planer for just pulling bally/witches. A old salty #8 is fine for witches with a 100' of line from planer, if need to get deeper than 100' or pull bigger baits a #12 works well, i have #16 but don't see the need unless u pull a horse/illander with 200 yards of leader very deep

[Little Terp]

Thanks for the reply.

[Sawdust]

We fished OI a couple weeks ago and parked next to some fishermen that were running an inline setup like TKBMECH talked about and it out produced all their other rods. Those guys had a couple citation hoos they caught deep and probly would of kept on catchn, but a spoon poped out of the hoos mouth when they went to gaf it and stright into the gaffers elbow (ended the trip). Hope the guys doing better now. They explaied how they set up the inline planer but i did not completly understand. They had braid on the rod with a wind on leader with a loop that they hooked to the planer. If anyone knows how to rig this inline planer I'm all ears. I usaly cleat a planer off the back of the boat and hook a downrigger clip to the back of the planer. Thanks for any tips.

[Chumlord]

I can tell you how to rig the in-line planer and would be happy to do so. I have a planer rod built by Bishop's tackle in Yorktown and an Avet pro EX 2 spd 50 wide reel spooled with 150 lb Power Pro the set up works great. I also agree that the #8 Old Salty planer is all you need perhaps a #12 once in a while. As far as backing plates go the strike is not necessarily the problem simply the drag required to pull a #16 is in excess of 50 lbs So put in a backing plate and use a safety strap on the rod

[lmontagnaj]

I have a custom planer rod from Wayne Fowlkes (Wayne's Custom Rods: 757-481-4107) in Va. Beach, he's rated as one of the top rod builders in the world and his rods are the sh^t.

I use an Shimano Tiagra 50 LRS, topped off with 200 lb power pro, rigged as a wind on and life is a lot easier, especially when we sometimes run 100' leader.

Whatever you chose, be sure to get a strong blank with tough guides, a reel with a lot of torque and cranking power.

Also be sure to reinforce your rod holder, preferably with a backing plate as there will be a lot of strain on it.

Hope this helps....

Happy Hunting.........

If you want to see my setup, just let me know....

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[sfcallen]

We run a Bayrunner custom planer rod with a Tiagra 80. 200lb braid with a 125 foot top shot of Momoi 130lb. The planer is bridled so it can be removed and the fished reeled all the way to the gaff from the rod holder. We carry an assortment of planers bridled, #8, #16, and #24 Old Salty. #8 for witch/hoo, #16 ilander/horse hoo and #24 for when they are down deep. We have never put the planer out and not caught either a tuna or wahoo on it. I would recommend a backing plate or better yet a lee swivel rod holder. There are some planer rod video's here http://www.sportfishermen.com/movies/category/7
also how to rig the bridle system