10-01-2019, 02:39 PM
I've mentioned this before, the first time I encountered using planer boards was on Lake Superior at Duluth, Minn. over 20yrs ago. My brother arranged a salmon trip with his brother-in-law for whom had a 26' fishing boat with planer boards on each side and 4 electric Big Jon downriggers. With just us 3 the planer boards and only 2 downriggers were used. Each side board was running 3 lines apiece with 1 DR. This is the way they fish on the great lakes and usually utilizing more rods than what we were using. They made it look so easy to do without any problems yet they do this all of the time. It can be a lot of work for an individual but I amazed at how well this was done very smoothly without hiccups. I have been tossing around the idea of adding boards for a while to my arsenal. I'm not sure if I want to spend the big bucks to purchase already made or go the dubob route of making them which I have the equipment to do it with which I probably will.
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