birthday boys

If you’re looking at Off Shore boards, get the tatlle flags, the tattles also come with the stiffer releases. Sure do like mine. BTW, welcome to IDO.

thanks for the welcome, im glade a fellow member told me about this place, TONS of great info.

jason

I run off-shores, some with the flags (most useful for pulling spinners, IMHO) and some without.

Get yourself two things to go with those boards:
(1) a pair of OR-18 snapper releases. Much better at holding braided line than the factory red or black releases.
(2) a copy of “precision trolling”. With boards, that book (LOTS of great info in the first section, before all the dive charts), and a box full of cranks you should be good to go.

There are alt of different ways of manuvering outside boards when bit. There is a real good article in walleye in-sider this month from Mark Martin, check it out. That is a good way and when running 2 boards or three you can release your boards without fish and rotate if you put in extra rod holders. When I take my family out on the lake in the summer i can run 4 boards on each side and lead out the back its a blast with no time to do anything. That keeps the kids busy choosing different color and style lures.

some with the flags (most useful for pulling spinners, IMHO) and some without

Jason are you refering to the “tattle tale flags”? What color are the OR-18 releases?

Yes, the tattle-tail flags….I think those are more useful for slower presentations (crawler harnesses) than for fast crank presentations. Normally, when I get bit on a crank behind the board, there’s NO DOUBT that a fish is on, and I don’t need a little flag tipping down to tell me.

The OR-18’s are black. They are large clips that hold the line between two padded “plates”, about the size of a postage stamp.

What about the releases that have the little dimple in the middle so the line can’t slide out?

I have these boards… Church boards. I have used the off-shores wth friends and they work great. However I can not figure mine out. When trying to pull cranks the boards pulls extremely hard. The boards chug along really hard and often dive under the water for no reason. I keep thinking I put them together wrong…but I dont see how I could have. Anyone have any ideas. I keep thinking it is something stupid, but I have had em for 2 summers now and they dont see any use.

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What about the releases that have the little dimple in the middle so the line can’t slide out?

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Those are perfectly servicable for mono. I tend to use a braided line in many of my trolling applications, and under those circumstances, the OR-18 is the way to go.

Off Shore is from what I have found to be the best inline board.I have tried 3 other brands & none compare.#1 you get a set of black releases with the boards.They have a spring for tension adjustment, adjust front clip to heavy setting.#2 To keep board from coming off line you can wrap line around front release 1 time,mono or braid will work.It can be a bit hard on mono I primarily use braid also.#3 I usually set spring on rear release to light setting.Meaning you can slide spring in release toward rubber clip for more tension & back for less.#4 Put a loop in your line before you clip it in the rear release.Makes it pull out easier.These are just a few basics.Most are in literature that come with the Off Shore boards.As Jason has stated you really dont need tattle flags for pullin cranks.They work best for harnesses or weed choked lakes to know when you have fouled cranks.You should keep an eye on your boards & when you get a fish on your board just moves out of sync.The only time I have seen a board get pulled under is when fighting bigger fish,when they want your lure they will bury the board under.Getting hung up on submerged tree.4’+ waves rolling board over.Learning this just takes time on the water.Best of luck on Board Fishin 101. WHITE TIP

Although I loved my off-shore planers before this past year, I went out an bough a new tattle flag system from Church boards last year, which allows you to adjustfor different lures and speeds by simply clicking the adjustment lever up or down for increased/decrease spring sensitivity. I found these to work great!

I also bought 2 sets of Church TX-6 Mini Boards, which worked great for pulling spinners over shallow weeds, cranks in shallows, or any presenation for that matter in shallow/calm water. The best part about these boards is that they are very small and easy to handle even if your fishing by yourself.

Jason is right on in regard to using OR-18 clips (especially when using braided line). In bigger waves, sometimes you will still end up double wrapping your line around the clip.

TipUpsOnly – here’s a picture of the church boards – match yours up to make sure you assembled them properly. Remember to adjust the lead weight in rougher water so your board will not go under the waves. And I’m assuming you understand that there are two different boards (starboard and port).

johnksully – I’m not a big fan of the clips that have a center dimple. They work but I find them much harder to clip off than the OR-18 clips.

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When trying to pull cranks the boards pulls extremely hard. The boards chug along really hard and often dive under the water for no reason. I keep thinking I put them together wrong…

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If you Off Shore boards are pulling hard there are a couple things that can be happening, first your line is slipping out of the back release.

Second, the weight in the board is loose and catching water. Off Shore boards have weights in the back and these need to be tightened in by a screw. If the weight is loose, is will rotate slightly and act as a drag on the board.

The other thing you need to consider is the type of crank you are running and at what speed. If you run large Reef Runners at over 2 MPH, your boards are doing to sag and dig really hard. They should not be diving though.

If your boards dive, my guess is your line is coming out of your back release.

Brian Peterson 34

Prieser 37

happy b-day guys

ya happy b-day brian
and prieser

Hope you had a good one boys!

Hope it was a good one!

Here’s a late toast to wish you both Happy Birthday!

Thanks all It was a blast.

Happy belated to you both

Sorry I missed it, hope it was a good one!

Joel