I do a lot of jighing and pulling harnesses and want to get better at trolling cranks for walleye. My plan is to run 2 mono rods and 2 leadcore rods at once with no planner boards as i dont like to deal with them. Question is, should my longer mono lines be the inside or outside 2 lines? Thanks
I do a lot of jighing and pulling harnesses and want to get better at trolling cranks for walleye. My plan is to run 2 mono rods and 2 leadcore rods at once with no planner boards as i dont like to deal with them. Question is, should my longer mono lines be the inside or outside 2 lines? Thanks
There are a lot of ways to skin this cat. I personally like all 4 of my rods to be running the same line and be calibrated so they are presenting the same baits at the same depth. It takes a lot of the guessing game out of things.
This is my method:
Deepest Baits & Shortest Amount of Line = closest to the boat. This is total amount of line out, so if you start using boards then it would be how far back your are running your bait behind the board plus any additional line let out to get the board away from the boat.
In your situation, I’d have the leadcore inside the the mono. Or I’d run mono on one side of the boat and leadcore on the other.
I put my deepest lines out the back and my shallower lines out the side. The longer your set backs the wider your turns need to be.
This video does a great job on how and why you put the leadcore on the inside and the mono rods on the outside. If only we could use 2 rods in MN.
This is my method:
Deepest Baits & Shortest Amount of Line = closest to the boat.
I said this once on WC and got crucified by one of the mods. I’ve been running this way for 40 years and has been proven to be a great rule of thumb. There are always exceptions (i.e. running a bait in the prop wash).
The thing to remember is when you get a fish on, it will usually go back and up so you want to try to keep that path clear.
put lead on inside. I would utilize boards they are easy to run it will greatly help you spread lines and eliminate tangle and also contact more fish. There is a small learning curve but worth it. When you say you don’t like to deal with boards seems that you just need more time in learning the trick to make it easy. I can put a person who doesn’t fish and one day they are masters at boards.
Mike, inline boards suck for fighting fish no matter how proficient one is with deploying them or removing them. Mast boards are the only way to go if they are the only way to catch fish on a given body of water. If a guy was strictly a catch and release guy, inline boards just make no sense at all. Like sex and multiple rubbers.
Mike, inline boards suck for fighting fish no matter how proficient one is with deploying them or removing them. Mast boards are the only way to go if they are the only way to catch fish on a given body of water. If a guy was strictly a catch and release guy, inline boards just make no sense at all. Like sex and multiple rubbers.
Big mast boards are fine if your running all similar high lines, but they suck if you want to run different weighted lines (like a 2 color and a 300′ copper).
I’ll take inlines over mast boards nine days out of ten.
Also if you’re strictly catch-and-release, trolling is the worst option to choose.
B-man, that’s why they make this stuff, everyone has a preference. Personally, I’ll fish 4 downriggers before even thinking about boards at all. On the topic of boards altogether, I’m with the OP.
This video does a great job on how and why you put the leadcore on the inside and the mono rods on the outside. If only we could use 2 rods in MN.
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This video does a nice job of illustrating things and the pros of running lead and mono simultaneously. However, I plan to run x4 leadcore rods at a time this summer on the river (I used to only run X3 with one out each side, and one in the prop wash) I do get that tangles may happen. With 12′ rods on the outside and 4′ shorties on the inside, I’m hoping that issue is rare. The ability to exactly replicate a pattern consistently over multiple rods is just so beneficial IF you can establish a pattern.
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