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| First off I need to say that I have zero clue about Walleye fishing.
On average.... how much line do you have out when you are trolling with planer boards? I know this is going to vary by body of water and the baots you are using but I am looking for the basic lengths like the amount of line behind the boards and how much line between the board and the boat.
I appreciate your help in advance.
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| WoooooWeeeee, now there's a can full of worms.
First off get yourself the "Trolling Bible" known as Precision Trolling. It's a book with a TON of great info on trolling and how things react while trolling. Along with it, you get depth curves for most popular lures for walleye and other species you might want to target.
2ndly, a good sonar unit is just as important. You need to "see" the fish to know where to target them. Yes, there are exceptions to the rule where the sonar isn't gonna see the fish, but you'll understand the depth of water you are fishing in and the type of bottom.
In general, you're going to want to mark fish and then note the depth, pick out your favorite lure and set it back accordingly so you're running it at the same depth or slightly above. You'll know the depth by looking up the dive curve in your precision trolling book and that'll let ya know how much line to spool out before clipping your board on the line.
Keep in mind it's always good to run a few lures up higher, since many of the fish that are closer to the surface will tend to scoot away from the boat. And run one deeper, since the big girls seem to like to hang a bit deeper.
Good Luck
Edited by Jayman 9/6/2007 1:59 PM
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Location: in the boat off the east shore somewhere | what body of water are you fishing , maybe we can get you closer faster.. thanks brad. |
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Location: Fremont, Wisconsin | are you talking about worm harness'. I gots confused when you opened up a can of worms....hehehee |
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| Thanks for the response guys. I'm not actually fishing but just gathering "basic" information on pulling boards. This is for R&D on a product that I am looking to develope. In order for me to determine the sizing of this item, I need to know how much line is out.
ok, maybe this will be easier for you to answer, what is the most amount of line you have out while pulling boards whether it's using cranks or spinner rigs?
Thanks again for the responses. |
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| The most I have run out is 175' of 10# XT. pulling #7 Shad Rap. Fleet Farm Clown in 19 FOW, in the Bago Mud. Does the color of the bait matter? I put it down, just in case.
Edited by Shep 9/6/2007 2:59 PM
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Location: Arlington, WI | In an effort to help you, the answer is that there is no specific length of line to let out behind a planer board. Case in point, during the PWT tournament on the Winnebago chain we were trolling baits 20' behind planer boards. In other instances you may be trolling with 200' behind the planer board. As suggested, especially if you are doing R&D work, go get the latest edition of "Precision Trolling." It has most of the common baits used in trolling, their dive curves, and other detailed information that could help you. Also, you can take all of the dive curves and statistically sort them, mean, meadian, mode, etc.
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| If you are pulling leadcore for salmon or deep walleyes you can have upto 350 ft. or more of line out. |
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| I'm curious as to how you are developing a product to, I assume, improve upon an existing product when you have no experience with the existing product? Planner boards and their basic use is pretty simple, it is all the variables that make things complicated. You might want to consider a day or two with a guide as part of you R&D...can't think of a better way to spend company money!
To your original question I run between 10-200 feet of line behind my boards and anywhere from 20-80 feet from board to boat. Countless combinations to try. Seriously though, go out with a guide that does some trolling successfully. That should help a lot with understanding the program and maybe give you an idea of how to catch the fish and the fisherman with your new product. |
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| unknown,
can you e-mail me with where your located and maybe we can get together to help in your project please e-mail me at [email protected] |
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| Most baits that float, "bottom" out on there dive curve in the 175'- 250' range. About 150' is the max I set back for cranks, typically.
Keep us "little people" in mind when you're ready to release your product and make your first million 
Edited by Jayman 9/7/2007 8:18 AM
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| Hey Guys...
Thanks for the help, advice, comments and concerns. The project that I am getting preliminary info on is for our R&D department to see if it can work (i'm on the sales side of our business). I / we understand R&D and have engineers in 5 countries around the world. I was able to obtain the info that I need to see if we can make this project work. I won't forget about you guys if we feel we can justify openning a mold compared to the amount we can sell in the U.S. It won't be our first million though. If we do decide to do the project, I'll give some away on Walleye First.
Thanks again guys. |
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| I ran 1000 feet of line infront of a board last week when I released an inside board to reel in a Walleye that had taken a crawler harness on my far outside board. I was so caught up in landing this fish that I forgot to click the release. I caught it at the last moment with about 10 yards of line left on the spool. It took a long time to reel in the board. When I got it back to the boat, it had a 10" Perch on it. Purple Skeeter
Edited by Purple Skeeter 9/7/2007 6:23 PM
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