Inline trolling boards

[Ltrain]

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.

[slimshady]

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.

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.