40 Tru trips & trolling

[Framemaster]

Hey, thanks a lot for the input! Would you say that the easiest way to start out is with 4 rods and 4 boards? Just trying to make sure I don't make a mess of it to start out. Or should I just try it with 2 boards and 2 rods to get the hang of it? Usually its just me and one other person on the boat at a time.

I run 40tt behind my offshore with very little issue and use the new tattle flags.....they gave spring adjust mentioned going up the flag shaft.

I tried moving the weight forward, but found I got the board to ride better and pull better off the side by dropping the rear tow arm eye screw down about 3/4 the way down the back side of the board. This will cause the board to not be pulled down from the top, and allow the boards to ride more level and pull out better. I believe the brand new boards come this way. On a side note when running just cranks like bandits or other deep divers I bring the arm back up. If not the boards so far up they lay over in turns.

A few draw backs I'm seeing with the 40TT behind my boards are if you get a small fish and the jet doest trip it can some time be hard to tell. The flag is set a little tighter and doesn't show this sometimes and the board pull hard enough to not show on the rods, especially in some waved. The second is if the jet trips because of the pull of the boards it can be tough to tell,

Non tripping jets would dive back down on drive by hit and miss, and I think would surface better with little fish and might be seen at the waters surface dragging a short.

[branhamautomotive]

Hey, thanks a lot for the input! Would you say that the easiest way to start out is with 4 rods and 4 boards? Just trying to make sure I don't make a mess of it to start out. Or should I just try it with 2 boards and 2 rods to get the hang of it? Usually its just me and one other person on the boat at a time.

I would not run just 1 line per side, it's esker to read if a board is doing something different if there is more on a side. If youhave 2 ppl I would try running 2 boards a side I like to try to keep at least 30 to 35 ft between my board, less tangles on turns

[branhamautomotive]

We use a strong swivel going to the jet, most of the time the 40tt has a duo lock on it, you can either tie straight to this or use another swivel to hook to it, and of course one down by the spoon, worm harness, crank bait or water you want to pull behind it

[Framemaster]

Thanks a TON for all the info and help!

Mike

We use a strong swivel going to the jet, most of the time the 40tt has a duo lock on it, you can either tie straight to this or use another swivel to hook to it, and of course one down by the spoon, worm harness, crank bait or water you want to pull behind it