Plainer Boards?

[Fairport Fishing]

Thanks for the information guys, I appreciate it....and already have my order in at the building supply. Can they also be used at higher trolling speeds say for mackeral?

[Fairport Fishing]

Thanks for the information guys, I appreciate it....and already have my order in at the building supply. Can they also be used at higher trolling speeds say for mackeral?

[jwas1]

Lots of plans, but little in the way of hard info on how to rig and deploy planner boards. I guess the best way is to go on a charter that uses them?

[rlcharters]

Very difficult to use at high speeds (pull too hard and have a tendency to jump out of the water when hitting a wave. If they flip, you have to start all over). That's why they are not used for offshore.

[Sea King]

If I were you I'd go from your 3 rods to 5 or 6 first, then if you think you need more add boards in. They definately catch fish but I haven't heard of too many people not catching fish who were really trying this year, with or without boards.

[Sea Gristle]

When fishing more than one line off a board, what kind of lures are you pulling? Is it a high/low setup, such as a shallow and a deep runner, or short and long lines?

[Seahunter]

I'm running 4 lines off each board. On the right side I'm running 120', 100'. 80' and 60' lines and on the other side it's 110', 90',70', and 50' lines. The two longest outside lines are daisy chains with 6oz. of weight and the other 6 rigs are umbrellas with weights varing from 0 -10 oz.

The umbrella rigs back 100' and 90' w/o weights have been the hot ticket this year.