Home arrow Message Boards
 

Forum List General Boards Ask the Pro Staff and Field Staff
inlines or otter boats
dcso 
 		    03/06/2007 17:58
Brown
Posts: 40
 

what way should i go?
The administrator has disabled public write access.

Re:inlines or otter boats
playinhooky 
 		  Home: DePere , wi   03/06/2007 18:49
Coho
Posts: 182
 

What do you want to use them for, what do you want to use on them? I prefer inlines and I use them for Brown in close, flat lines, lead lines, and copper out deaper, and for walleyes. For me inlines work best. Some guys use some pretty big boards for all of this and add divers, and # balls to them to. Either one works good, you just need to figure out what you are going to use them for and then figure out which one works better for you.
Kyle
The administrator has disabled public write access.

Re:inlines or otter boats
Verdict 
 		  Port: Ludington, Michigan   03/06/2007 18:54
Coho
Posts: 197
 

I would respond that it depends on what you plan to do with them. I know many walleye guys use the big boards or Otter Boats on Erie, however, inline boards are much more popular with those of us that chase salmon.

From my perspective as someone that fishes for salmon exclusively I run a combination of different inline boards depending on the application. For leadcores of varying length I run Church boards and for a surface program I run Willie boards. The nice thing about inline boards is that they allow you to reset your baits back into the same position in the spread where they triggered a strike. In certain instances that may not matter, however, when running varying lengths of leadcore it is required to ensure the longest/deepest cores are closest to the boat, while the shorter/shallower sets are further away. To accomplish this with big boards, it would potentially require you to reset several rods particularly as you run 3 or 4 leadcores per side.

I also find the inline boards are easier to store and deploy.

The big boards are nice since you do not have to fight a fish and a board, but due to the reasons I noted above I stick with the inlines.

Hope that helps.

Tim
The administrator has disabled public write access.

Re:inlines or otter boats
LittleDandy 
 		  Port: LaSalle,MI   03/07/2007 04:23
King
Posts: 466
 

There is very good insight in prior replies to your question. Did you happen to catch the article here this month on big boards? There's some good information on their application to walleye fishing.
http://www.educatedangler.com/content/view/973/1/
The administrator has disabled public write access.

Forum List General Boards Ask the Pro Staff and Field Staff
Action Fly Trolling Flies
Team Verdict Tournament Fishing
Gnat Outdoors Cook Book

Current Activity

1756 Total Pictures

1119 Total Stories
1135661 Stories Read
17617 Total Posts
1754026 Post Views

Nobody is chatting

Member's Gallery

Login
(C) 2004 - 2008 Educated Angler - Great Lakes Fishing Resource  Educated Angler Sitemap   Links
 
Mission Statement : Educated Angler will continue to be the premiere Great Lakes Fishing Resource, including fishing message boards, fishing reports covering Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake St. Clair, Lake Superior and tributaries, fishing chat, Great Lakes fisheries news, fishing links, and Great Lakes webcams. Membership will remain free and offer photo galleries, homepages, and a passionate community of salmon, steelhead, lake trout, walleye, bass, perch, pike, and muskie anglers.

The Fishing Site Top SIte List The Experience Outdoors Network