Body baits

[Nofish]

Does anybody run rrf's off planer boards with inline weights? I've run taildancers with a 3 oz inline weight 50' in front of lure with some luck but wondering about rrf's and how much weight?

 

[lazywave]

Works well I did it with the poor man’s downriggers and banana weights anywhere from 2oz to 6oz all depending on how deep the fish are. I only ran about 10 feet infront of the lure but I’m sure longer distances would be even better. Ran both ripplins and spoons off this method. Although I have switched to all leadcore now as I like how it takes the guesswork off of how deep your lure is as the fish move

 

[ccr]

I have, run 50-50-50. That's 50' from the bait is the weight, 50' from the weight is the board and the board is 50' from the boat.

 

[Steellee]

Lots of charts out there to use for snap weight line out and size. Ripplins run pretty much neutral for depth, i would think you would need like an 8 oz snap using the above 50/50 method to get in that 40' zone that common this time of year

 

[GPS]

I've switched from 2 oz to 3 oz banana or cressant weights now that the fish are deeper. I use harnesses or RRF or spoons.
With a 3 oz back 90 feet puts me down 39' at 1.5 mph. 100 feet back gets it to 41' Board goes on after that.

 

[scrimmy]

rrf on and then 50 feet back goes a 5 oz snap weight and then 100 feet of line and then the clip to the big board. I find this is where the fish are now at 40 to 45 feet down. With a tail dancer just 2 oz snap weight and with a bandit 3 oz snap weight

 

[Deleted member 7631]

I've used the poor mans down rigger in Algonquin and northern remote lakes we kayak / canoe. The old 2lb ball attached with para cord on a divers (or kite spool) with clip release. Yakers put these on a small anchor winch. Great for remote deep water fishing. Not recommend on boats with motors. To light and easy to catch in the prop.