Drifting with Boards
Original Post:
http://www.blogsmonroe.com/fishing/2008/05/18/drifting-with-boards/
As I write, I am waiting for the end of a bid on a pair of Church Tackle TX-6inline boards, then hopefully I will be able to swoop in with a last minute bid.
You don’t see a lot of folks drifting with planer boards, the TX-6’s aren’t your normal sized board either. These boards are 5 and 1/4 inch in length, and when moving with the wind, or in extreme shallow conditions will outproduce the larger boards. You can also use slightly different rods than you would with the bigger trolling rods. Normally I use my 8′ St Croix Premier Glass trolling rods with the Daiwa SC 27 LCA linecounter trolling reels. With these smaller rods I can use my smaller lineup of 7′10″ medium action trolling rods with the Daiwa SG 17 LCA reels. These reels are roughly the size of a 5500 C3 Ambassaduer, or 5600 C4.
Ok, the bidding just ended, and oopsy. When I first saw the item, it was going for $14.99 for the pair. From 9 minutes left until 1 min and some change the bidding was kept changing. I was the leader for a while there with a bid of $20.51. I refreshed with 30 seconds to go, and I was outbid by a buck. I don’t mind that too much. I have four already, and I can get the boards at Frank’s for $12.99 each anyway. The hook was the shipping price, at 10 bucks it was more than what Frank’s would charge me, so I tried to balance the shipping with the cost of the boards themselves. At $21.51 plus $10 for shipping, it wouldn’t have done me any good to continue bidding. Specially since I plan on ordering some more harness blades from the Linwood store soon.
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