05-26-2016, 09:01 PM
[quote TubeDude][#0000ff]Lift, thrust and drag. Planer boards will pull out to the side if you are going fast enough...and there is not enough drag (lures) to pull them back in. Fast enough is about anything over .5 mph. If you are trolling fast enough to make a crankbait wiggle you are trolling fast enough for a planer board to work.
You can definitely use planer boards from a motorized 'toon. But the main reason boaters use them is to get the lures away from a noisy boat. It is true that some fish will even shy away from a quiet boat with an electric motor...but not as much.
If you rig up two rod holders out from your toon at about 45 degree angles there should be little problem with tangling two lines. I do it all the time on my motorized float tube. I and I fish either two spinning rigs on one spinning and one fly rod...if I am working the crappies and wipers at Willard.
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I have use TD method with 2 rod spinning holders for many years, and sometimes just that can be a challenge. Like 2 weeks ago when I barely landed two feisty 20" rainbows hooked at the same time. Dealing with a planer board would have made it more complicated and difficult. Planer boards may help noise factor, but it seems like they would disturb the water pattern around trolled lures, scaring away wary fish. With either method, trolling 2 lures can be a tangling issue if not running in a straight line or when turning, as well as when debris tangles in the lures sending them off kilter.
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You can definitely use planer boards from a motorized 'toon. But the main reason boaters use them is to get the lures away from a noisy boat. It is true that some fish will even shy away from a quiet boat with an electric motor...but not as much.
If you rig up two rod holders out from your toon at about 45 degree angles there should be little problem with tangling two lines. I do it all the time on my motorized float tube. I and I fish either two spinning rigs on one spinning and one fly rod...if I am working the crappies and wipers at Willard.
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I have use TD method with 2 rod spinning holders for many years, and sometimes just that can be a challenge. Like 2 weeks ago when I barely landed two feisty 20" rainbows hooked at the same time. Dealing with a planer board would have made it more complicated and difficult. Planer boards may help noise factor, but it seems like they would disturb the water pattern around trolled lures, scaring away wary fish. With either method, trolling 2 lures can be a tangling issue if not running in a straight line or when turning, as well as when debris tangles in the lures sending them off kilter.
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