04-10-2015, 03:28 PM
Planer boards are a pain to fish with and are only necessary when one is fishing shallow water. They are designed to get your lure away from your boat to the side and they are not designed to fish the lure deeply. Planer boards work best at places like Willard Bay. Also, you are asking for trouble using planer boards at either Jordanelle or Deer Creek. At both reservoirs, back in the day when I often trolled, I had my tackle cut off numerous times, from boats cutting too close behind my boat, at both of those reservoirs. I lost four rigs, in one day, at Jordanelle. If you used planer boards you would just increase the number of times you are cut off.
Downriggers are designed to take your lure as deep as you want to take it, to a controlled depth, and without the necessity of using additional weight or a Dipsy Diver or similar to do so. They work well, but also can be a lot of work; especially, until you get the hang of it. They would be a much better option at Deer Creek and Jordanelle, but I would suggest first try fishing them without either one and go from there.
Another option for the two places you mentioned is a rod rigged with leaded line.
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Downriggers are designed to take your lure as deep as you want to take it, to a controlled depth, and without the necessity of using additional weight or a Dipsy Diver or similar to do so. They work well, but also can be a lot of work; especially, until you get the hang of it. They would be a much better option at Deer Creek and Jordanelle, but I would suggest first try fishing them without either one and go from there.
Another option for the two places you mentioned is a rod rigged with leaded line.
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