| I've used yellow bird sideplanners in Mass. and they work well under these
conditions:
- clear water and not to choppy
- fish that are boat shy eg. browns and to a lesser extent bows
- trolling close to ice where lunkers lurk
Planners are great for separating the lines and covering more territory
kinda like a poormans outrigger that you'd use for tuna or sailfish.
The problems I've had are detecting hits from smaller fish and a good
hook set. Either you set the planner to come off with quick tug or
pull close to the boat where you take it off and then play the fish.
I'd say they would effective for striper if you intend to fish the top
20 feet of water. If you want the same separation but deeper use a
pink lady which planes down and away from the boat. BTW, I've lost
more than a couple of these while hanging up and never have caught any
fish.
Be sure to use heavier test >15 lb to the planner and I use 6 lb
terminal test to weighted rapala.
Been thinking about using planners close to the floating bridges out
here in Seattle. Bet some lunkers lurk under the shade of this struc-
ture.
I'd invest in line attachable sideplanners before buying the larger
ones that have similar releases as downriggers.
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