Those of you who like to trip the release before reeling in the fish ; do you use the trip clip on the back or in the middle. I saw a video where they TripIt from the back and it keeps the board from diving
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Those of you who like to trip the release before reeling in the fish ; do you use the trip clip on the back or in the middle. I saw a video where they TripIt from the back and it keeps the board from diving
We trip from the middle. You want to make sure the back release is behind the pin so you don't loose your board. You want to retrieve the board from the back. It comes in smoothly and easily that way.
We use the offshore inline boards.Since there are only 2 releases on a board,what you call middle is what I call forward release.We use the orange OR 19 release in the front and the red OR16 with pin in the rear.Twist the line and put that in front release with loop facing forward.Making sure line is behind pin in rear release or the board will come off.When a fish hits hard or when we jerk the rod,the line comes out of that front release.Then board comes in easier and will not dive.
I had recently seen a video where the
OR 16 FORWARD with OR 19 on the rear
so the board stays up.
I use an OR 19 clip up front and i have a ball bearing snap on the rear. Line passes through snap. When board releases it slides back to a bead and swivel I place 6ft ahead of my bait. This serves two purposes- 1) I fight the fish and not the board and 2) when the board releases the fish and line tracks to the center of the boat and i reel fish right up the chute. It's a great, tangle free system plus it's pretty exciting watching that board go back.
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Hey Ltrain,When that fish and board 6ft in front of fish come in,do you take board off then net fish.Or do you net board and fish together?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ltrain
net the fish and have the person holding rod control the board.
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I use the black pinch clips on the front of mine and then the red ones in the back. When we get a fish, we pop the front release off, so the board falls back to the center, but the board does not slide down. We remove the board and then bring the fish the rest of the way in. Works great, but you need rods that are long enough and stiff enough to pop the release. I use the regular 8 foot trolling rods that you can find at BPS, etc. They work fine. I fished on my buddies boat, and his boards slide down to the bead, but I found that to be more of a pain than just removing it and then having the lead length to play the fish without the board in the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ltrain
I'm with you slimshady,we pop that front release and take the board off with the original lead from fish.Don't need a board bouncing around 6ft in front of a fish I'm trying to net.
It gives the fish more leverage to pull the hooks out too, as it is swinging around. You end up removing it to re-set it anyway, so I would rather just take it off before I net the fish. I also like that I can have the net in one hand and remove the board with the other if I need to (short leads).Quote:
Originally Posted by itsbob
We trolled on Saturday for a while, but the strong S winds made Erie too rough for one of my passengers. He was green pretty fast, so we pulled lines and went to the river to try jigging. We ended up catching 9 before the storm ran us off.
I leave the board on- with the front clipped tripped there is no leverage as it is free to rotate. Never have a problem losing fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by slimshady
I also don't remove the board to reset it either- board stays on line entire time, line is free to pass through rear swivel- board in one hand lure goes back to desired length, clip front clip on and set. That's why i like it, never have to touch the board , i always worry about giving slack trying to remove a board and i have witnessed that firsthand. Board doesn't get in the way netting either, at least not on my rig, i stand in back corner with net as the person with the rod walks straight back - I run 6' leaders so board gets reeled up to about a foot before rod tip, they walk back from transom and fish slides right into net.