Reply With QuoteOriginally Posted by yankee doodler
Floating Wal-Mart! Just remember to return them if they don't work!
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Yeah, the only real reason I even used one (mini) was because it was free (raffle) & if I have a piece of equipment, I like to at least try it out. One thing that was nice about the mini PB was it's adjustable to either the right or left side, so you don't necessarily need to bring out a bunch of boards. I just ran one off the side, adjusted it & came back along the same path with it on the opposite side of the boat ... doesn't compare to the original mini-planar size boards with the tattle flags, though. I'm glad In-Fisherman came out with that article, because I would not have thought to use the original/standard mini planar board like that and/or for crappie.
It's definitely worth looking into, especially if you already have the equipment (which most walleye-guys do). I also got some of those 'Tadpole' weights to use in conjunction with the boards (raffle), but so far haven't used those because the standard in-line stuff works fine. I use the chart that came with them in regards to line-out/depth as a general reference for any generic in-line weight & it seems to work.
:lol, I did kinda' scratch my head for a minute.
That's what I kinda' thought as well ... run one board, maybe two ... probably only one side ... but when would I need to run that wide a spread on both sides fishing for Crappie? (at least in Michigan). And I'm pretty sure you're gonna' wind up with quite a few collateral species, depending on where you're trolling.
I gotta' find that magazine & reread the article,.
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Oh man, the article I was referring to was an In-Fisherman article from a few months ago that did mention a few guys winning a tourney using boards (as previously noted), but was in no way as in-depth as the article in the current issue. I'm looking at the list of tackle & the spreads on pg 52/53 and see what I was doing differently, ie single board pulling crawler harness. On page #20 there are a couple crappie trolling rigs. If you guys are familiar with handlining, the one on the left looks like a lightweight handline rig,. More food for thought.
One thing that keeps crossing my mind is that we use boards to cover large areas for walleye populations that are generally on the move. If Crappie tend to suspend in one area & don't move around much, you basically have to find them & run over them with these board methods, eh? I'm also wondering how much of the North vs South techniques as Rich & Don discussed will come in to play, ie it might work down south, but not as well in the Great Lakes.
It does kinda' make me think more across the board in maybe applying some techniques to species I've never thought of before, that's for sure.
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I think this will work great for finding fish. And yes you will get all sorts of species. Heck I have caught 20lbs cats out on Saginaw bay trolling crawler harnesses.
Just a little different way to do things. I learned crappie fishing with a minnow and bobber from my grandpa. I know I'll never get him to try this way of fishing and that's fine I'm always looking for new ways to go after fish.
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let us know if you try it out,for me its to much work
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We used a lot of the bigger ones on Sag. Bay for Walleye and had a ball with them. Had tattle flags and even lights on them. I would like to have a couple of them down here right now.
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