02-23-2022, 04:17 PM
Sounds good on your fine tuning... The home built planer I have is one of the double boards so it's not going to fit in any storage bins on my boat... Well unless I find a better spot for life jackets... I'm thinking I needed a bigger boat so there was some storage in it... I think the year model I got was before they figured out how to make storage lockers everywhere... and it really doesn't have much... Too bad those new ones look like they would be great for having a spot for all your gear.... But the $40 k savings is probably worth a little less storage space...
Since it's all new to me, I don't know how much the bow space being tied up with the mast and lines will effect me yet, but I like your idea of the smaller seat post socket at the point of the bow... Not having the bow electric motor yet, I'll be a little careful using any real-estate up there till I know what i'll need for more important items...
But it was great to hear that this clip method is working for you... I know the little bit I used it on my personal pontoon I really liked it, but it was such a hassle to set up on that toon, that I didn't try it very often because to the time factor involved... plus it was hard to reach behind me to hook the clips on the line, but after that point it seemed to fish really well and I caught fish out to the side... Sure seems like this will be a lot easier to do from the boat, so I'm looking forward to trying it...
One other question, the YouTube videos claim the surging of the board makes for better fish catching, did you notice a difference from your line closest to the planer board and those that were maybe midway out the line? I kind of wonder if the board cutting the water might scare fish away also but maybe when your lines are back a hundred feet it won't matter as much... I'll probably be using shorter line fall backs due to shallow water, lot of variables to work through... Looking forward to figuring things out... Hope it's not like farming where the questions are always the same, but the answers are different from year to year... Later Jeff
Since it's all new to me, I don't know how much the bow space being tied up with the mast and lines will effect me yet, but I like your idea of the smaller seat post socket at the point of the bow... Not having the bow electric motor yet, I'll be a little careful using any real-estate up there till I know what i'll need for more important items...
But it was great to hear that this clip method is working for you... I know the little bit I used it on my personal pontoon I really liked it, but it was such a hassle to set up on that toon, that I didn't try it very often because to the time factor involved... plus it was hard to reach behind me to hook the clips on the line, but after that point it seemed to fish really well and I caught fish out to the side... Sure seems like this will be a lot easier to do from the boat, so I'm looking forward to trying it...
One other question, the YouTube videos claim the surging of the board makes for better fish catching, did you notice a difference from your line closest to the planer board and those that were maybe midway out the line? I kind of wonder if the board cutting the water might scare fish away also but maybe when your lines are back a hundred feet it won't matter as much... I'll probably be using shorter line fall backs due to shallow water, lot of variables to work through... Looking forward to figuring things out... Hope it's not like farming where the questions are always the same, but the answers are different from year to year... Later Jeff
When things get stressful think I'll go fish'en and worry about it tomorrow!