Best planer board rod and reel combos?

[Roys Boys]

What do you guys use for inline boards rod and reel combos? I'm looking to upgrade and would like to keep them around the $150 (cheaper would be better) mostly for fishing Seneca?

[Xxx]

I would have to there are so many options out there, I would go with what you feel comfortable spending, the price range your in might only buy you 1/2 a pole and 1/4 of a reel to some and others would have enough left over to fill their truck. Also what specie are you going after means a lot also, so let’s start there, then maybe others will chime in!! 

[Roys Boys]

Thanks Pap, 90% of my fishing is on Seneca and 10% on Ontario.. mostly chasing salmon and browns on Seneca in the spring and once in a great while in sodus for browns

[Xxx]

I don’t fish the fingers but I think 6-10# eyes would fall in the same criteria? I use the Okuma classic poles and I like Diawia in the 27 series, they fit a pile of 30# PP with 50ft Seagar Fluor in the red box as a leader. I use this same set up for early browns and from there they are my go to set ups for in lines. Hope this helps ya so yer at $27-39 for rods and I think new the reels are $109. I really like their drags, but I will say there isn’t 1 reel that is more than 2-4 years old and I have a fewthat Tuna Tom hasn’t gone over which makes one hell of a difference!! He is worth every penny,!!

Edited November 27, 2017 by pap

[Roys Boys]

Thanks! I'm trying to gout with the old and in the the new and get ready for the spring

[Yankee Troller]

I've been running the FishUSA in-line planer rod for about a month now, and it's a great rod. Everyone is impressed with it when they fish it on my boat. I understand it was in testing with a few top Walleye guys for a while until it was perfected.

 

It's the 8'6" Telescopic model - https://www.fishusa.com/product/FishUSA-Trolling-Rods

 

As for reels.....I've always been a Daiwa guy. Sealine or Saltist can't be beat in my opinion.

Edited November 27, 2017 by Yankee Troller

[Yankee Troller]

Today, Cyber Monday, those rods and reels are all 20% off at FishUSA. So, it might be the right time to buy!

[Roys Boys]

Awesome I'll take a look now

[Xxx]

Yes I 100% agree with rick and I have a few of the collapsible rod in the 8’6” range and was thinking about getting 4 of the longer one either in the 9-10’ length. They have 2 different price ranges.

[jimski2]

For Lake Erie walleyes just add 100 yards of 12 to 20 pound test flourocarbon leaders to your reels. Rubber band or snap weights will get you down deep enough whether you are using worm harnesses , spoons or stickbaits. Losing your planer board is expensive and difficult to retrieve if your line breaks though so set your drags and do not jerk your pole to set the hooks. The fish will hook themselves with the drag from the line and boards.I use  20# line and it fishes well and has the security of not breaking off.

[Roys Boys]

Sweet thanks for the info

[RD9]

I like my medium action 7ft ugly sticks cal 1101 model I believe but I believe they stopped making that model. We fish  church t22 boards with segment cores on Erie over 50 times a year. Nice thing about using a 7 ft rod is releasing the board from line upon retrieve. Most of the time the guy with rod never does anything different to help remove the board. I did go to fish USA and handled there in line board Rods and liked how they felt. They had a nice soft tip so I'm sure they work great also. 

[Roys Boys]

Sounds like the fish usa rods are the way to go.. thanks for the info I got a new boat and I'm trying to get ready for the spring! Any reel ratio better than the others? I thought I seen 4.1.1 and 6.1.1 for the diawa reels?

[Yankee Troller]

FishUSA has 20% off rods and reels again today BTW

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[Landshark]

Take a look at the Abu Garcia Altum trolling series.  Great rods for planer board fishing.  They also have great linecounter reels depending on exactly what you're looking for.