Quinte Fishing

Been meaning task this for awhile .

Is it better to troll with the boards running off the back or close to the back of the boat?

I usually troll with my rods about 3/4 way towards the bow so the boards end up basically even with the back of the boat. Sometimes just ahead of the back or just behind depending on speed/ distance etc.

Is it easier to make turns when boards are running behind the boat?
Does it help prevent tangling on when changing direction?

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technically the further up your boat you run your boards, the better they will 'track'.

i have down easters on my boat, 3 per side.

the rods furthers towards my bow are the outside boards, and generally track out to the side much better than my inside most boards, which are ran out of the back corners of my boat.

Great thanks Steve.

I will move them even further up next time

Is it common practice to pull everything in to turn around or just make big wide turns?

When I turn it usually takes me the width of the channel at Keith's to make a turn, I find it hard not to make to sharp of a turn in a tiller so I always make big big wide turns.

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Game fish are too valuable to be caught only once.

If you tighten up your spread on the inside of your turn it will help you make a tighter turn. I will often bring my inside board right up to the boat when running an 8 rod spread and making a tight turn. As long as you don't completely stall the inside boards or let them lay over, you are generally ok. Keep the outside boards on your turn fairly spread out as they will tend to collapse into closer to a straight line than a wide fan. Just try to visualize the length of your leads behind the boards and what your spread is doing under the water as you make the turn to try to keep the lines separated.

I hope this helps,
Jeff

jeff is dead on.

when we make a turn, we reel in our inside lines as tight as I can keep 'em to keep them from stalling, then i slightly decrease my drag on my outsides to allow them to spread further apart....once I'm straight I let the insides back out and tight up my outsides.

Great thanks! I will do this next time I'm out. Hopefully we get
a warm spell and I can get out 1 more time

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Game fish are too valuable to be caught only once.