In need of help

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Hi I would like to start off by introducing myself. My name is Junior and I've recently moved here from California. I have my boat docked at Menikes marina and have been struggling to catch walleye. I've trolled east of the water treatment a few times with spinners about 150 feet back with an half oz weight at 1.9-2.3 mph, Not had much luck.I tried using planner boards but its just been a mess. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Bggeary]

First off, what do you mean spinners? Rooster tails ect? Try a worm harness and a 2 oz. 50'-60' shorter leads are easier to control in a turn and should follow fine on in line boards, if that is what you were trying.

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Sorry I've been using worm harnesses. Do you have to find the walleye or are they pretty spread out throughout the lake?

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Throttles down yes that is my fish less north river lol l. Thanks everybody for your help ill be going out this Thursday. I would like to chat on the radio and wouldn't mind if you joined me and my buddy. And at Brian I moved here because of family and the world class walleye fishery. PS I'm always willing to have fishing buddy's join me on my boat if interested I'm at floating doc 18 or 16 I forgot but I have a aluminum north river with my name on the side in green trim "JR" if u like give me a text or call 419-450-8614. Once again I'm grateful for the outpouring of help and knowledge glad I join this board.

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are inline boards planner boards? Ive used planner boards attached directly to my line.

[Bggeary]

Yes in line boards attach to your line and must be removed everytime you reel in. As far as the walleye go they are all over the western basin just more concentrated in some spots and that is always changing. Check this board, people are always posting the general location of the hot spot for the day.

[skipper9]

are inline boards planner boards? Ive used planner boards attached directly to my line.

if you have any problems running inline boards I can get a tournament guy or two to help you. 614.327.7144.

[fishhead315]

Are a choice of many in smaller boats . Checkout Ohio game fishing and do a search for inline boards . You will be amazed at all the info on there on the subject . Once you get a feeling for them , they are very easy to learn and run . There are also a lot of guys on there that fish the areas near Oregon Ohio that will helpout with spots and programs without telling you to pay for a trip with someone who is not even running the same boards . If you want to learn big boards yes it would be worth it . But to do a trip to learn and they are not even using what you plan on using does nothing for you bud .

The area that most are fishing now is NW of West Sister to the Turn around bouy . No secret spot there as there were over 400 boats in that area each day of the weekend. Once you learn the spots , the fishing will be easy as they are catching them on anything and everything out there from Spoons, harnesses, and casting .Butch and Dennys is a very good source of help with daily reports and free coffee in the morning .

Learning Charters help if hey are geared to fish like you are . Yes there are Captains out there that would switch over to small boards if you ask and others who wont .

Good Fishing

Non Pack Hunter !!!

PS Also Checkout the WBSA website as its a great group of guys that love to help and they run 4 very well run Tournaments a year on the lake also ..

[Hoytman86]

My father and I tried planer boards (inlines) for the first time a month ago. It is pretty easy to figure them out. Tattle flags helped a lot, and by the end of the second day I was pretty adept at knowing when they had been hit.

They're very straight forward. Just make sure if you're using tattle flags to leave enough slack between the two clips to allow the flag to work. Thanks to the good folks on here, we never made that mistake. But I could see where it would have been easy to overlook to someone new. Also, I'd recommend Church "The Walleye" boards. I know a lot of guys on here prefer other brands, but I really like the pin on the back of the board, it kept us from having to circle back for a board a few times.

I'll try to dig up a few videos to post on here when I get home. Can't get on Youtube at work. Good luck!

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Thanks fish head and hoyet man ill be out there tomorrow am I'm going to make a run now to bass pro.