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Sweet, damn you guys that have O/B anyway thanks for the first of the 2018 season, those browns you have in those pics and nice in anyone’s book!!

To eliminate the problem with the above poster, or anyone else that said they fight the board not the fish, make your front line a release line and use the OR16 clip in the rear. This way fish hit the bait, front releases and the OR16 holds the board to the line, now your fighting the fish not the board. You can use the OR19 release but they are pricey, two years ago a buddy of mine fishes for stripers and he had, I think the company was called Silver Hord, they make the slickest release I ever saw, you have to make them fit your boards. I used a split ring maybe a 1” round and you wrap your line around this pin about 5-6 times and then it has a smaller pin where it snaps into and this is tension adjusted kinda like a dipsy diver, when a fish hits the front of the board is no longer hooked up its just held on the line with the OR16 best set up I ever used. It took a lot for me to say this but I guess that’s what this form is all about. Best part is they are like just say $10.00 a piece vs the offshore clip release. You can use braid or mono which I use braid, so this caught my attention right away. Look up silver horde sams release. It comes with all the makings for a down rigger release but use just the release itself.

I don’t see any pics. they are visible now, thanks!!

It won’t matter what color the line is and how many flags you put on your boards. The same thing will happen, some people are just oblivious to their surroundings and think because it’s a lake there are no rules or stipulations they need to be aware of!! Just drive around in this big oasis WFO no worries. Until the planer board line wraps around their dumb ass neck. Best to do all you can to try to prevent a accident, just to cover your own a$$.

Well, this is how my brain works, the reels are your go to reels keep them at that, and use different #’s of leader to accept the species your after. I’m a walleye fisherman so stealth is main priority, so I use a long fluorocarbon leader, Second is your lead core is designed to operate on its own. They claim at 2.mph for every color of line it will sink 5 foot, so a 2 color will be in the 10ft depth area. So a diving device is not recommended with lead core. Lead core moves through the water column like a snake and this is why lead core lines are so productive. If you put a dipsy on it will just pull like a strait piece of wire and your defeats the main purpose of lead core. Buy yourself a duel purpose reel, that way if one idea doesn’t pan out you still have the reel capacity to do something else you might want to do or try.

I replaced my planerboard reels two years ago with Amish spectra line 500lbs test and I ordered the 300ft spool and I tied one end to the apple tree and started marching over to the neighbors driveway, that’s 150ft then headed back to the apple tree tied it of at the same place. Grabbed the line found the center and cut in two. I like it it’s slippery and the releases slide down the line nice. My reels are even with the top so I have a good angle. Very pleased. So 500# pounds of strength and a 150 feet on each spool. My buddy tried the 500# braid and hated it he said when you reel them in the line cuts into the other line which make for a pain in the ass to leave the line out the next time, even creating a overloop till he’s got enough off the spool, kind of like a minor birds nest but fighting the board pulling also!!