Quinte Fishing

hello are the yellow bird planer boards any good please help never fished boards before would like to start

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Charlie

Hi Charlie,

I don't know about the Yellowbird. I have Off Shore and they are dear. I don't know if one works better that the other.

My thing is parts and I know you can get Off Shore parts. The releases rubber pads have to be replaced occasionally. Bronson and Bronson in Kingston ordered me some. Much cheaper than buying releases.

Pro Tackle in Belleville has a good selection of Off Shore. They're fall hours are Thurs-Fri-Sat.

With my boards, I find that the flag stays part way down with deep diving lures pulling on them. They also run tail down with the weight. I'm not sure the flags are worth the extra money.

Once you see how the boards run with and without a fish on you'll be able to tell. Exception is small fish, but they really don't pull the flag anyway.

For me, learning to use the board was trial and error. If your by yourself, it's challenging to manage two boards. The wind will push you into your leeward board. I use Power Pro braided line without a problem. If your fishing around other boats you need lots of room and need to plan where you going well ahead.

When I turn with one board, I turn away from the board to keep tension on the line and make a wide turns. It's takes more power to pull planer boards with an electric trolling motor. I use my gas motor and a drift bag to adjust my speed if needed.

I use my planer boards only in the fall and that's occasionally. I've caught fish both with and without them.

It's a mystery to me why you can catch walleye going directly over them in 8 ft of water, but you can't catch them in 30 ft of water unless you use a planer board.

I started using Dipsy Divers last spring for lake trout. Worked well. Going to give them a try for walleye.

There's other guy's that have way more experience than I do, so hopefully they'll have more info.

Good luck.