05-24-2016, 05:39 PM
For small lures and lining catfish bait out away from my tube I have been using these.
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Not a ton of extra equipment and can be switched to run on either side with minimal effort.
Another thing that I like it that you can set you hook as far back as you want and once the fish is hooked the little wire arm will pop loose and the planner will slide down out of the way.
One day at Utah Lake I was fishing over a spot that still had the root system on the bottom from their prag removal program. I ended up feeding out just enough line to keep the bait from getting snagged up. Then used the planner to pull it out to the side and it worked like a charm.
I have used them on rivers also to get the lure into spots without spooking fish in shallow areas. Almost like trolling in reverse.
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[url "http://www.rapala.com/luhr-jensen/trolling-accessories/hot-shotandreg-side-planer/5640-000-0625.html"]http://www.rapala.com/luhr-jensen/trolling-accessories/hot-shotandreg-side-planer/5640-000-0625.html[/url]
Not a ton of extra equipment and can be switched to run on either side with minimal effort.
Another thing that I like it that you can set you hook as far back as you want and once the fish is hooked the little wire arm will pop loose and the planner will slide down out of the way.
One day at Utah Lake I was fishing over a spot that still had the root system on the bottom from their prag removal program. I ended up feeding out just enough line to keep the bait from getting snagged up. Then used the planner to pull it out to the side and it worked like a charm.
I have used them on rivers also to get the lure into spots without spooking fish in shallow areas. Almost like trolling in reverse.
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