New to trolling

[Frank]

The boards you got are fine,boards just get your baits away from the boat the jets get your lures to depth. Get dive charts for your jets.I use lurk,and true trip jets and have done very well with both,but they have their own dive charts 99% of the captains on Erie around the islands use true true trips. You need a radio to listen to the depth range they are fishing so you need their charts to see how deep they are then convert that to what your using to achieve the same depth or close to that higher up its better than lower as walleye feed up.there are more variables, speed and line size. Line size isn't as important at say 50 back,maybe a foot. Do s turns to get speeds dailed in more, inside bite slow down,outside bite speed up. I hope this helps Frank

[Frank]

Learn to convert what you have to what they have, opinions are like ,everyone has one, :-) you just have to experiment. If the fish aren't bitten I find shoals to troll over to get a real grip on where im running.I have charts for my stuff.but they are only guidelines because I run a different line.make a log of what your trolling, speed ,line,lures,ect.some time on the water is always the way to go.charters are great but you still have to put that knowledge that you learn to use,no one can catch them for you.Read,listen,search online ,watch you tube. The more you learn the more consistent you will become and at a very quicker pace we all fail to catch them every day that's why they call it fishing.If you where a captain,most have friends to help them when the going gets tough. They just do it much more so there on the fish.And there very good at it