I would not call myself the most experienced troller, but I had more luck with dipsey divers and tadpole divers with spoons. I use inline boards and the jets seemed to want to pull them too hard/ pull them under. Therefore we started using the tadpoles ( I would get the larger size) and directional diving dipseys ( without the inline boards). In my opinion, as long as the bait is at the right spot in the column, I would use whatever works best with your equipment with consideration of what requires the shortest leads. Although I have never trolled with "big boards" I think jets would be more applicable for them.