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Left Meinkes to go perching. Great marks so decided to troll on the way to the perch spot. Didn't even put a perch pole in the water. Running dhj 60-75 back 17 fow by intake. 8 in cooler. Lost 9 because i NEVER remember to take my net or they shake the hook off when removing boards. Only 1 throwback exactly 15"
Fished from 7pm-9pm. Talk about non stop action. My 12 year old had a blast trying to run 4 boards lol. He did great!
Any advice on how to not lose fish when removing boards? I'm thinking it's because i change speed. Normally ill slow down to idle when a fish hits. Just fast enough to keep the other boards upright and away from the boat. Maybe too slow?
I'd try not slowing down and when taking board off keep slack out of the line. How far off intake was you?
Between Meinkes and intake. Maybe 2 miles from intake. Hard to say exactly. I was in 17 fow is all i know for certain. The plan was to perch fish by the intake. Never made it that far.
While I'm here asking questions.....
I switched my release clips out for Scotty clips. I have to wrap the line through both clips to avoid the line from sliding. I use 30 lb braid. Why does my line slide? Wrapping around the clips makes it difficult to take the board off and causes it to slack up when it finally releases. Any advice here? Ive never been able to just snap the pole and release the bait side clip, or even have a fish do it when it hits. (i always assumed thats how the boards were supposed to work. Allowing them to fall back behind the boat when a fish hits)
Sorry if that question doesn't make much sense. Wasn't sure how to word it...
I never slow when a fish hits, the drag from forward movement keeps the fish pinned on the hook as long as the person removing the board doesn't let the line snap back after the board is off. EX: person reeling in gets board 3 or 4 ft from rod tip and bring line close enough for someone to grab the board, person removing board grabs line and pulls a little more in to take pressure off rod side of line but leave the lure side taught to the fish, removes board, slowly lets line back to put pressure on rod again and then reeler can continue bringing fish to boat.
Thanks for the advice. Everything i know about lake erie walleye fishing is from people on this site. Its taken me 3 years, hundreds of questions and hours reading posts, and countless solo trips practicing and perfecting techniques. I normally fish by myself or with friends who have no idea what a planer board or reef runner is lol so the knowledge shared on this site is invaluable. Ive even referred a few buddies to this site for a crash course before we go out so they at least have an idea of what's going on. Thanks again for all the help and advice!
We always take the front clip off first and tell the person to start reeling while getting to the back pin. Brad does like to slip and for that reason I use 17# mono. I used to wrap the front clip but it is a hassle to get that free, with the mono once in a great while it will slip probable because of not getting the line far enough into the clip. Never slow down.
If interested I would be happy to ride along and share my techniques for solo board removal on a day you can't find anyone to go. Sometimes I think solo is easier than having newbies out there with you.
General rule of thumb - keep steady tension on the line at all times when you have a fish on.
This includes both giving the fish slack, or pulling too hard. Its easy enough to have fish get off the hook when you execute perfectly, so there's no need to help them out by jerking the line or giving them slack.
Its my opinion, but if I have a fish on a dipsy or jet - just reel it in, even if you think you're fighting the diver too. I have seen too many times where a customer tries to "trip" a diver when they have a fish on, and lose the fish because of the jerk.
Likewise, when spanking a line loose from a tow line on big boards, or unclipping an inline board, you have to be sure not to drop that rod tip and give the fish slack line.
From now on, assuming you remember your net ;).. pay attention to how often fish can come unhooked in the net.
STEADY TENSION. No pumping and reeling like a bass fisherman either!!!!
This is my first year running inlines, we found unclipping the front, then the rear, while I still have the rear, crank the reel to my hand withe the tip slightly upwards, when my finger hits the poke eye, I let go.
We lose less this way. We have the or snapper clips and used braid. Sonetimes in good waves we have to wrap it wven. I can tighten the snapper down but too much tighter and it feels like the clip will break when closing it. My rear clip is churches braid clip and have to wrap it all the time. But neither give too much issues coming off. When I wrap both I leave a little loop, helps it come off it seems
What I am having issues with especially whit wormharness, say I get a bit on the outside board that does not stay or trip the diver, either my jet, my tadpoke, mini dipsy, tried them all. So my diver is still diving, bringing the outside in over the inside gets tangled sonetimes. Not sure how to fix this. I run my deeper leads inside too. Not trying to hijack here will start a new thread when I have a few more mins
Let it swing further back behind the boat before reeling in.
In all honesty, I'd switch over to 17 lb mono first off. No need to wrap the clips this way and gives the fish less time to escape. Also, the absolute worst thing you can do, and something I see people do often, is to let the line snap back when removing the board. Most often I see this happen when someone will allow the line to stay tight but instead of holding onto it while removing the last clip, they just squeeze the clip, allowing the line to whiplash back. The person taking the board off should hold the line with steady pressure on the fish, then allow the person retrieving to reel down to their hand before letting go.
Also, if you're running solo, maybe try to go to 7' rods to make it easier to reach the tips when you're trying to grab the board. There's really no need for a 9' rod, you'll just need to shorten your leaders a bit to make landing the fish easier.
7' Med rods, MONO for sure, and don't allow any slack in your line when taking off your boards will greatly reduce lost fish.
Funny that you posted this report cause this morning I was looking past reports and thinking of trailering my boat to that area. Was looking at this same marina. How is the ramps there? Any issues with shallow water to the lake?
How do you get it to swing back, if the fish that is on, us big enough it pulls back and they come up with the tripped jet, put some of the 7 inch fish don't pull the board back or trip the jet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank
I could see if you knew there was nothing on just opening the reel to free spool let it drop back. But if you thought there might be you would not want to just let it slide back with that slack, bye bye fish.
Tried putting my snappers on the back and my red clips up front but the braid slides right through, tried using rubber band up front in the red clips, they just stretch, alot, thought since I was pulling 40 tt it might be like big boards there, nope. I was hopig to be able to pop the front clip like you would with big boards, use the snapper in the rear to keep the board from falling off or sliding down the line, and let it just fall back out of line and come straight in the back, not in on the corner.
I seem to have alot more trouble with tangles this way when u runn 3 boards on a side, not too bad with just two. I was thinking about moving my rod holet's farther forward to give we that few extra feet of drifting back before having to cross over.
The ramps are steep metal grates. I like them. Can be a nightmare pulling the boat if they're wet and you don't have 4wd. Don't believe there are any issues with shallow water, but then again my boat is only 17 ft bass boat. Lots of yachts in the slips though. Have to assume they wouldn't be there if shallow water was an issue. I think it's a good spot to be this time of year. Still tons of walleye hanging around and excellent perch fishing in all directions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eriegardless
Try using two stern planers and two boards out the side. Piece of cake.
You had to disengage your real and thumb the real until it falls back behind your spread. Keeping some tension on your line