Big boards VS Small boards

[itsbob]

Depends on how big your boat is and how many people on boat when fishing.The big boards work better on bigger boats because you can get more lines to accommodate 4-6 people.The tow cord also sets up better in bigger boats too.If have smaller boat and fish with 3 or less people the inlines work better.The best setup for cranks is mono on small boards.Best setup for spoons is braid/tru trips on big boards.I fished with a guy for several years using big boards and we had many problems using them.He did not have the proper setup of pulleys,motorized cord, or proper boards.Took us a long time to set out the board and bring it in by hand.The board would not run at proper angle away from boat in rougher water,no matter how we adjusted the cord placement or added weights.The cord would hit our rods when we would make a turn and almost lost or broke rods unless you watched them closely.Had trouble with getting line out of the releases we used no matter how many different ones we tried.When finally put the big boards in storage,never looked back.Quite happy with our inline boards.

[fishfinder]

You are probably correct itsbob, we had a total of 7 people out and we fished spoons with tru trips and the water was calm. With just the wife and I, we use the small boards.