Just after ice out in late winter when the waters of southern lake michigan warm up thousands of salmon fisherman swarm to the ports of indiana and illinois to troll the shore lines for wild coho and fighting steelhead.
Planer board rods for salmon.
I really like my clients to haul the fish in quickly the small fish come right in and can be released quickly the larger ones fight ok.
Also keeping the lines separated to effectively run more lures.
The 8 6 rods are perfect for trolling in line planer boards for salmon.
I have 14 mono on the smaller ones and 30 braid on the larger ones.
This helps us to cover a wider swath of water.
The boards are offshore.
The public enemy of salmon trout and even walleye.
To run these planer boards you need to have a few specialty items to make your program work well.
Whats the best rods for this app.
Shakespeare ugly stik bigwater trolling rods similar to their spinning rods shakespeare ugly stik bigwater trolling rods are designed to withstand hard use.
This item does not come with the tattle flag upgrade on it.
When fishing with planer boards you must first decide where your rods attach to the boat.
Not sure of what you are looking for in a rod that fights a bt from a boat moving 3mph with an inline planer attached.
Planer board clips or releases are attached to the planer board line and move freely along the length of the line.
Good rod holders line counter reels and the right rods are a must.
Make sure you use a planer board that corresponds to the side of the boat that your rod will be hanging from.
When anglers are fishing with a trolling rod and reel setup they attached their fishing line to the planer release and let line off the spool until the lure has traveled the desired distance down the planer line.
I have two sealine 27 s and two 47 s.
2 pack off shore planer board or12r right or12l left side planer walleye salmon the or12r and or12l side planer are carefully ballasted to run flawlessly in rough water off of your rod line.
I have 4 of the smaller bps trolling combos and 4 of the larger ones as well.
The 7 and 8 3 models are excellent planer board rods while the 9 model is great for downrigger fishing.
This will create varying angles which will prevent your lines from tangling in the water.
I will be pulling cranks and harnesses i was thinking 8 9 and telescoping for sure this is where you guys the pros add your two cents.
They have enough backbone to fight big fish and they pull planer boards with ease when using heavy lines like copper and leadcore.
The 10 model is great for fishing dipsy divers.
Short rods in the 7 range make setting boards much easier.
Pulling planer boards whats the best rods.
Looking for some comments about what rods to buy.
The larger ones i use for pulling dipseys.