This article is intended as a primer to fishing big planer boards.  While the article is specifically aimed at the shallow waters of the Western Lake Erie and the fabulous walleye fishery there, most of the concepts can be applied to other waters and species.  Anglers who have not used this method or anglers that may have tried it and had problems should find it useful.

What are planer boards?
Planer boards or trolling boards are a method of getting trolled baits away from the ba...
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Early “fishing line” that could be even referred to as line was often made from silk or horse hair, with leaders made typically from sheep or goat intestines.  As the second industrial revolution began in the early 1850s, mass manufactured fishing line was born.  This early line was fashioned from linen and silk predominantly, sometimes combined with a waterproofing additive.  Less frequently cotton or flax would be used.  Luckily the development of fishing line...
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