I left this reply for you in another thread.

I would stay with a 6 to 6.5 ft medium action rod in a 16 ft boat! The boards I would upgrade to the snapper release that you have mentioned. I feel that you would be better off assembling your own snap wts as you will most likely be using mostly 1 and 2 oz wts. You can buy several snaps with retainer rings and have spare wts. ready to go and not have several heavier wts that you most likely will never use taking up valuable space in your rig. I have included a link for the boards at a reasonable price.

http://northwoodsoutlet.net/store/in...laner%20boards

Here are 2 sites that sell the releases I use for snap wts.

https://amishoutfitters.com/catalog/...products_id=71

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PLANER-BOARD...item19fc0aed5e

You can easily fashion your own Tattle Tail flags from this!

http://www.ohiogamefishing.com/commu...lag#post988017