Planer Board Rods For Salmon

Looking for some comments about what rods to buy.

Planer board rods for salmon. 2 pack off shore planer board or12r right or12l left side planer walleye salmon the or12r and or12l side planer are carefully ballasted to run flawlessly in rough water off of your rod line. Make sure you use a planer board that corresponds to the side of the boat that your rod will be hanging from. When fishing with planer boards you must first decide where your rods attach to the boat. Also keeping the lines separated to effectively run more lures.

The smaller ones i use for walleyes board rods and as my down rigger rods for steelies. Plus the line guides have lg diameter holes so the knots will make it through without hanging up. Good rod holders line counter reels and the right rods are a must. I will be pulling cranks and harnesses i was thinking 8 9 and telescoping for sure this is where you guys the pros add your two cents.

The boards are offshore. Planer board clips or releases are attached to the planer board line and move freely along the length of the line. I have 14 mono on the smaller ones and 30 braid on the larger ones. Short rods in the 7 range make setting boards much easier.

The 7 and 8 3 models are excellent planer board rods while the 9 model is great for downrigger fishing. The 10 model is great for fishing dipsy divers. Shakespeare ugly stik bigwater trolling rods similar to their spinning rods shakespeare ugly stik bigwater trolling rods are designed to withstand hard use. The larger ones i use for pulling dipseys.

These boards take our lines out to the side of the boat. I have two sealine 27 s and two 47 s. When anglers are fishing with a trolling rod and reel setup they attached their fishing line to the planer release and let line off the spool until the lure has traveled the desired distance down the planer line. The 8 6 rods are perfect for trolling in line planer boards for salmon.

They have enough backbone to fight big fish and they pull planer boards with ease when using heavy lines like copper and leadcore. Whats the best rods for this app. I really like my clients to haul the fish in quickly the small fish come right in and can be released quickly the larger ones fight ok. This item does not come with the tattle flag upgrade on it.

Just after ice out in late winter when the waters of southern lake michigan warm up thousands of salmon fisherman swarm to the ports of indiana and illinois to troll the shore lines for wild coho and fighting steelhead. Pulling planer boards whats the best rods. The public enemy of salmon trout and even walleye. This helps us to cover a wider swath of water.

I have 4 of the smaller bps trolling combos and 4 of the larger ones as well.