05-13-2017, 03:10 AM
[quote fishin__fool]........................
I don't use a mast for my other style board. I've looked at them a few times though. I just tie the line on a cleat. Works just fine. ..............................
I made my planer board from a cedar fence slat and all thread. it doesn't collapse like some of the nice commercial ones. That makes storage tougher.
...................... If there is a little wave action you get increased action on your lures also
Best of luck![/quote]
Quite agree. I use to just attach mine to a boat cleat, but when the waves are large it kept dragging the tops and messing it up. I went to the mast, made of a metal pipe with a pulley on top for the line and a pipe mount I got at Home Depot for the bottom. I mounted the mount to the wood floor board of my 18' Lund. I then used a high capacity trolling reel with 100 pound braid.
I made one out of pine. I sealed it well with varnish and then painted it. I painted the bottom with sky grey and the top with bright orange. I attached a glow stick for night. Fun days for sure.
In the "old days" the guys that taught me used stretchy tow line and it worked well by speeding and slowing it down. That change in lure speed really made a difference. I started to make a piece of tube rubber with a long piece of the braid inside. It would stretch and shrink giving the same, but not as much, action.
Almost makes me want to start trolling again, but..... too slow for me. LOL
I don't use a mast for my other style board. I've looked at them a few times though. I just tie the line on a cleat. Works just fine. ..............................
I made my planer board from a cedar fence slat and all thread. it doesn't collapse like some of the nice commercial ones. That makes storage tougher.
...................... If there is a little wave action you get increased action on your lures also
Best of luck![/quote]
Quite agree. I use to just attach mine to a boat cleat, but when the waves are large it kept dragging the tops and messing it up. I went to the mast, made of a metal pipe with a pulley on top for the line and a pipe mount I got at Home Depot for the bottom. I mounted the mount to the wood floor board of my 18' Lund. I then used a high capacity trolling reel with 100 pound braid.
I made one out of pine. I sealed it well with varnish and then painted it. I painted the bottom with sky grey and the top with bright orange. I attached a glow stick for night. Fun days for sure.
In the "old days" the guys that taught me used stretchy tow line and it worked well by speeding and slowing it down. That change in lure speed really made a difference. I started to make a piece of tube rubber with a long piece of the braid inside. It would stretch and shrink giving the same, but not as much, action.
Almost makes me want to start trolling again, but..... too slow for me. LOL