I just picked up two of the walleye boards from Church tackle. This is the first time I’ve tried planers. I took them out last night for the first time and I’m curious about the speeds you have to run. I was running a #5 flicker shad and had it about 35-40 ft behind the boat, attached a planer board (with tattle flag) I noticed that it would have a tough time running unless I was trolling at around 2.9-3.3 mph. If I went any slower than that, it would just start to slowly nose down and then back up over and over. I guess I’m wondering what this will do if I try to run a spinner rig at 1.2-1.5 mph??? Do I need to adjust the weight on the bottom of the board if I go slower?
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
May 2, 2012 at 3:09 pm
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