Planer Board Advice & Weekend Report

[wakina]

I'm not sure what diver you are using but I run TT40's.....they pull the rear end of the board down pretty good and if I am pulling a junk fish I can tell because the board will run more level or at least it will not pull down as hard on the back end.
It takes a little experience to really read the boards but once you get the hang of it you will notice the subtle differences that tell you there is a fish on.

Yes you are right, once that diver trips the board drops down in the front making it obvious something has changed. As Eyezcrazy stated the more experience you get the easier reading them it becomes.

[imrsmk]

The more time you have, the easier it will get. I still have trouble sometimes, particularly when the chop picks up. As already mentioned, if you keep everything the same (rods, boards, lures) on each side, you can compare the pattern of the boards and the pull of the rods on one side with the other side. When one is off, then you probably have something pulling it back a little.

John