06-30-2002, 10:00 PM
Skeeter and I were out with planers the other day and trolling fast will produce more problems than slow. They can work and do well, if the fishing is good, just throw out the lines and forget the boards. They become too much to hassle with. I have trolled as many as five lines out the back of my boat and had very very little problems with tangles not using planers. The trick is cooperation and boat control. In fact WH2 and I got into the worst tangle ever running four lines, no planers and it wasnt that big of a deal. Some tips for when the going is slow and you want to cover more water.<br>Swing the planer out wawy from the boat and drop it in then provide slow resistance. This will welp the board to keep from diving and just move out to the side. <br>Unlike bear lake mack, I always use fireline on my planers, not to say its better or worse, just that its what is on my biatcasters to help with backlashes and so it gets cliped onto planers as well. I have no problems with it. <br>When going fast, dont let out a lot of line, like bear lake mack said, they wont go far at high speed, but if you let out too much, the board will turn in the water and you will have the water smacking it rather than it cutting through the water. <br>I use very small planers made by church tackle, I used to use offshore planers but they were too heavy for light spinning tackle and completley loaded down the rod. A smaller board provides less resistance but waves will sometimes roll over them and give more of a chance for them to dive. <br>Bottom line is if you can catch fish with out ANY extra junk, planers, downriggers, snap weights, ect. do it. <br><br>UNICORN CATCHER F.L.P.