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| What is the best way / method to reel in planer boards without crossing lines and without letting slack in the line. Does anyone have any steps they could share?
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| I have an extra rod holder on the opposite side of the side I want to clear to fight fish. I dont bring it in all the way then put it in the extra rod holder just enough to get it out of the way. sorry sounds confusing |
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| If an out side board goes, I reel in the deeper inside board and set it in the splash well opposite the active side of the boat. This is good enough for most walleye up to 5-6#. Bigger fish require clearing the rod entirely or bring the inside rod in behind the boat and then free spool it until it is about 50-60' behind the boat, engage the reel and let it pull out of your way. this way you still have it working but it is not in the way to land the fish.
Many times if they are schooled tightly you can coax a double out of it by floppin and droppin.
Inside boards are easy just reel in steady, rod tip up, remove board, keep line tight and don't peek at the net job. Let your partner worry about landing the fish.
Hope this answers your question.
Mac Da Gaff |
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Location: Chicago IL. | We bring the inside board in if the fish is on the outside. It only takes about a minute or so to net your fish and while your partner is taking off the fish ,start letting out to set up at the depth the fish was hit. Usally when that is done,the inside board will be ready to go. It goes pretty smooth for us. |
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| It all depends on the presentation, how much line is out, and how rough it is.
Calm days, if the outside or middle board goes, I'll just free spool the inside board(s), and then pick the rods up and put them over and in front of the rod with the fish on.
In bigger waves, and the resulting wind, I'll keep the boards tucked in a little closer to the boat, and will keep more distance between them. If pulling meat, i'll still freespool back the inside lines, if there is room. If a big fish takes the board back quicly, I'll reel in, set on the other side, and if room, then send them back. Rarely do we need to reel in completely.
If pulling cranks with lotsa line out, you need to make sure the lures are tuned. Nothing ruins a trolling pass faster than a lure running to the side, and fouling up with another. Then those two always will run the other way, and foul your last line on that side. By the time you notice something is amiss, you got several hundred feet of new 30 lb mono braid! hehehe Cut 'em off, and start over. Don't forget to add new line when you get home that night.
Still tend to have the middle board run over the outside line on ocassion in the big winds. Putting the front rod on a holder extension helps keep the line up. If it does cross, sometimes you can bury the front rod in the water, and let the other line out, to cross back over. When it's far enough back, slowly pick up on the outside rod, set the inside, and you should be good to go.
Steady, slow reeling is all that is required. Lots of times the fish will be swimming with you as you reel in, so you can adjust your reeling speed. Reel steady til the board is in, and then reel down to the hand of your partner taking off the board to avoid slack. Adjust the drag, and again, just steady reeling. Don't let the fish come up to the surface and headshake. If it does, bury the rod tip in the water to keep the fish down. Fish will tend to make a run just as they get to the boat, so be prepared to let the drag do it's thing. Even pressure will get the fish in, and stay to the front, and let yur partner net the fish.
Hope this helps.
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| Shep is it possible to just freespool the outside board or middle board back untill it clears all lines and then reel straight in to the back of the boat (keeping thumb pressure on reel as board goes back to keep out slack)
Then repete process in reverse to send board back to the outside or middle??
Or do you feel this gives the fish too much time to get off?
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| winnebago troller - 8/3/2006 8:11 PM
Shep is it possible to just freespool the outside board or middle board back untill it clears all lines and then reel straight in to the back of the boat (keeping thumb pressure on reel as board goes back to keep out slack)
You mean if you have a fish on it? I never freespool if there is a fish on. Sometimes those big pigs will take the board back all the way on there own, and then you don't have to worry about the inside lines. Just reel slowly, and steady, straight in to the boat.
If I want to reset a rod to the outside, I'll just freespool it back untill it will clear, and then send it back and around the outside.
I try to leave my baits in the water at all times, so that is why I try not to clear lines by bringing all the way into the boat.
Edited by Shep 8/4/2006 10:16 AM
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Location: Green Bay, WI. | Most of the fish I hook, pull the outside board straight back & to the middle so I don't have to clear any boards. I just may have to try & go for some of those smaller fish Shep is catching, LMAO Pat |
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| HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Now that is a good one Pat! Unfortunately I seem to catch the same fish Shep does! I too do exactly as he says although I always put my BIG fish baits on the inside! I leave the outside boards to guests, and newbies and loosen the drag It's amazing the thrill they get out of reelin in a couple hundred feet of line with a 15" on it!
Good Luck
Tyee |
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