In line Planers

[Bad Habit]

I was wondering if anyone uses inline planers such as Yellow birds instead if planer masts and boards when fishing for Browns. I want to do some early season trolling from a smaller boat and don't have a planer board setup. Thanks for any help.

[Miss em]

I use them off and on and would recommend the Church Tackle boards. They are the red ones and they are the easiest to rig and remove in a hurry. They come in three sizes and the smallest ones work fine for pulling stickbaits or flutter spoons. The downside on the middle size and largest one is that you need to use fairly stout rods because they pull pretty hard. Kind of need like a med rigger rod and maybe #15 test to avoid breakoffs.

[daker1979]

Yellow birds work great for spring browns without having to use a stout rod like for the bigger church boards. I like running lighter spoons and floating sticks then adding splits for depth. I also switch over the front releases to the Off-shore red or black for mono or the Church clip release for superlines