Planer board questions?

[N.E.T.O.]

I have the Offshore's. They work in all conditions. I've been with other people that have used different kinds/brands, that did not work as well, but I don't remember what kind those were.
In a perfect world, they release and float away when you get a fish, that way you are just fighting the fish (thinking about Willard Wipers while typing this), but as others have mentioned, it's a real pain in the butt to have to go retrieve your planer board when you are done with the fish, so I try to make mine STAY ON the line, by wrapping the line twice around the front clip. Even doing this they still come off sometimes when a fish is on. I wrote my name and phone number with permanent marker on mine so that if for some reason I can't find one when I go to retrireve it, maybe a nice honest fisherman ([shocked]) will return it to me...
They are nice as they allow you to troll with 5 poles at a time in a normal boat (with enough valid licenses/two pole permits aboard of course) as long as the driver does his part. However, one ticked off Wiper can tangle all five lines. Been there, done that.
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