planer board help

[tnhooker]

thanks Jim I might take you up on that, for now I'm going to weight them down and move the eyelet location. when I was drift fishing several weeks ago the charters that went by their boards were almost under the water. mine are pretty boyant.

The power of the planer is dependent upon a few things. The more surface area underwater for the water to push against, the more power the board will have. 6" under water is 2 times as powerful as 3" under water. The less likely the planer is to skip or tip toward the boat, the more power it will have. Weighting here helps with tipping, skipping, and the amount of the planer under water. The pull point sets the angle against the flow of the water. Tinker with that and you will find a sweet spot. I have some, that as another post stated, will pull the boat around pretty good when you retrieve them.

[skipper9]

Reeltime, I have a house on the east side of columbus. Do you think you could pick them up their?

[walleye2go]

You get it figured out Reeltime, then you can help me get my boat set up to troll lol. I need to get into the trolling scene but I need to get some railing installed on the back of the boat for the rod holders then I can get the planer boards figured out.

[ReelTime]

Reeltime, I have a house on the east side of columbus. Do you think you could pick them up their?

Yeah I could probably do that. Are your boards made out of wood? I have heard that the Amish Azek boards pull very hard...as hard as any so that's what I was trying to duplicate. I think I just need to play around with the hole location of the pulling eye to get em to run right. My boards are 1" x 10" x 36".

[Fish Tales]

ReelTime,

I made a set of boards Skipper 9 was kind enough to let me try his spare set and I made a copy with one small change so they fold up. They are cedar 1x8x42 and they pull hard I can run 4 50' jets on one side and the tow line stays out of the water.

Kevin

[ReelTime]

ReelTime,

I made a set of boards Skipper 9 was kind enough to let me try his spare set and I made a copy with one small change so they fold up. They are cedar 1x8x42 and they pull hard I can run 4 50' jets on one side and the tow line stays out of the water.

Kevin

All I really need is the location of the hole that mounts the pulling eye. Think mine is too far forward and up too high.

[Fish Tales]

ReelTime,

I think what your going to find is your boards need tuned to your boat. Fishermans Warf in Port Clinton has the Amish boards on hand stop by with a tape meassure and check them out.

Kevin

[ReelTime]

Tried my boards yesterday at a local lake close to home. Moved the hole back a bit and they rean really good. Caught a 16" largemouth while trolling.

I have a couple questions in regards to releases and rubber bands. Seems most guys use the small red rubber bands attached to their line to the release. What's the advantage of adding the rubber band? When you bring the fish in do you have to take the rubber band off the line so it doesnt get spooled up in the reel? And last...what exact rubber band do you use and where to get them?

Also, here are the boards now. Painted the top orange so they show up better. I want to add a flag on top also. Where do you guys get your flags?