planer boards info needed

Hi, we want to try to troll using planer boards, I know there are many
factors that effect the depth of the lure. Such as: line size/type, weight
of lure, sinker weight, how much line is out ahead of the lure, speed of the
boat and most likely more that I have not thought of. My question: Is there
some kind of chart/book that one can use to help figure out how much weight
vs. amount of line out will equal a certain depth in the water at different
trolling speeds? We will mainly be fishing on medium/large sized fresh water
lakes for walleye, lakers & stripers. The trolling speed we plan to fish at
will be 1-1/2 to 2. Thanks for any advice, we have never tried this before
so we can use all the help we can get.
Greg



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On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:50:43 GMT, "Pensrock"
wrote:

Hi, we want to try to troll using planer boards, I know there are many
factors that effect the depth of the lure. Such as: line size/type, weight
of lure, sinker weight, how much line is out ahead of the lure, speed of the
boat and most likely more that I have not thought of. My question: Is there
some kind of chart/book that one can use to help figure out how much weight
vs. amount of line out will equal a certain depth in the water at different
trolling speeds? We will mainly be fishing on medium/large sized fresh water
lakes for walleye, lakers & stripers. The trolling speed we plan to fish at
will be 1-1/2 to 2. Thanks for any advice, we have never tried this before
so we can use all the help we can get.
Greg

Try, Precision Trolling by Crankbaits in Depth
800-353-6598

Big sporting outlets in your area may carry it too.



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On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:50:43 GMT, "Pensrock"
wrote (with possible editing):

Hi, we want to try to troll using planer boards, I know there are many
factors that effect the depth of the lure. Such as: line size/type, weight
of lure, sinker weight, how much line is out ahead of the lure, speed of the
boat and most likely more that I have not thought of. My question: Is there
some kind of chart/book that one can use to help figure out how much weight
vs. amount of line out will equal a certain depth in the water at different
trolling speeds? We will mainly be fishing on medium/large sized fresh water
lakes for walleye, lakers & stripers. The trolling speed we plan to fish at
will be 1-1/2 to 2. Thanks for any advice, we have never tried this before
so we can use all the help we can get.
Greg

Cabelas also has a chart book called "Precision Trolling" by Dr.
Steven Holt, Mark Romanack, and Tom Irwin listing line length, etc. I
think it's in the 8th edition.
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"Pensrock" wrote in
news:79gLg.3641$%k5.145@trnddc08:

Hi, we want to try to troll using planer boards, I know there are many
factors that effect the depth of the lure. Such as: line size/type,
weight of lure, sinker weight, how much line is out ahead of the lure,
speed of the boat and most likely more that I have not thought of. My
question: Is there some kind of chart/book that one can use to help
figure out how much weight vs. amount of line out will equal a certain
depth in the water at different trolling speeds? We will mainly be
fishing on medium/large sized fresh water lakes for walleye, lakers &
stripers. The trolling speed we plan to fish at will be 1-1/2 to 2.
Thanks for any advice, we have never tried this before so we can use
all the help we can get. Greg




I think what you are talking about is what we call divers. Planer boards
go out to the sides, divers go down. I have yet to see a good resource
for accurately calculating where your hook is at. Problem is that there
are so many variables, such as trolling speed, type of diver, and line
diameter.

Obviouly the faster you are going and the larger diameter line you are
using, the more blowback you are going to get. We troll Puget Sound over
here on the West Coast and have no problems hitting 50-60 feet with them.
Much deeper than that and you really should go to downriggers.

About the only thing you can do is some trial and error. Of course if
you are sneaky, you can run it down tight to your boat and see where it
shows up on your sonar!

Cliff

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