Trolling with boards question

[Eyezcrazy]

I’m not sure it matters... (not a pro). What does work For me is if I get a fish on the outside one, drop the 2 closest to you back then pull in the outside one with the fish..but if the fish is big, it might just pull the outside board back then just pull in through the middle straight up behind the boat..

Why not just pop the board, let it fall behind and pull it in the back? This is what I do without any issues at all. It seems that dropping 2 others boards back to get the third one in would be a pita.

[branhamautomotive]

On my little 19fter I can easily run 4 boards per side plus a 50 jet on the corner or 3 boards a 50 jet and dipsey. And drag my down trigger ball of wanted depending on how many ppl I have on board.

I use Sam's pro releases on the front and a locker on the rear. Took a little to figure out how to wrap correctly to release but now it works like butter. A tiny pop and it falls out of line to middle and setup straight out the back and it pulls right up. Using gbthe releasing clips I can run my shallow lead on the outside. I dont like dropping boards or shuffling

Depending on traffic I run bait plus 100 on the outside, +70 on middle, +40 inside when running 3 perside.

When running 4 I try to keep at least 25 between boards.......

If I dont go to 40 out on the insides my boards start to slip due to my 7ft rods........I need to find shorter ones I like to help this