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| What boards and releases are people using for row trolling? I have never used planer boards and am looking for how to set them up.
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Location: Racine, Wi | If you do a search for planer boards, you should get quite a bit of information. Off Shore boards and Walleye boards are probably 2 of the most popular and both would work for row trolling. |
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Location: Appleton | I use Off Shores for Rowing without issues. I just try to run them on my right side since they pull a little harder and I'm right handed. |
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Location: MadCity Wisconsin | V Row Troller.........After spending the last several years both row trolling and motor trolling I can tell you that I have experimented with 4 different planer boards, yellow birds, walleye boards, you name it.
By far the best planer board out there........IMHO, is the Offshore brand. In addition the very best release is the OR 18 clamp. It holds deep diving crankbaits and best of all, for me, the board stays on the line after a muskie hit. The board slips down to the leader and you will not have to search for a castaway board on the water after netting your fish. No need to detach the board when, at the same time, fight the fish.
Having said that if you are just row trolling some guys still get by with a yellow bird or walleye board. But for me they still dont hold a deep diving crank bait like the Offshore with an OR 18.
Row Trolling is a classic, historic way to put muskies in the boat.........nothing quite like it in the muskie fishing world.
Good luck between the oars.
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I would recommend the Offshore brand with OR-18 clamp too, especially for heavy monofilament. Just be careful not to set the OR-18s to tight because it will put a good kink in monofilament.
The large yellow birds also work well for super lines because there is a slick way to wrap the line on the red peg releases, it's holds large divers perfect unless you've hit a fish, then the board slides down the line to the leader. |
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