04-19-2020, 04:39 PM
I love using my Church planer boards off the sides, with DR's off back...I don't have time or space to try any 'special' planer hook-ups, so just use it as it comes, connected directly to my fishing line...My average is 65' out, then click on board, then another 65' out...My lure depth is usually controlled by in-line bullet weights, from 1/2 oz (about 6 to 9 ft), to 2.5 oz (about 20 ft)...speed also affects the depth...I've also successfully deployed #20,30, and 40 Jet Divers off planer board, but would rather not mess with them...I also use a dodger infront of lure, or sometimes just a 6" or 12" set of home-made larger spin blades as the attractant...Generally speaking, your planers aren't meant to get you as deep as your DR's, so you don't have to worry about those lures/dodgers having all the glow paints that you'd like on your DR sets....that's why using Rapalla style lures work so well for me off my planer boards....Rainbows, cutts, and even kokes...Guluk...