How to modify church walleye boards - pinch pad?

[vetting]

I lost probably the biggest fish of my life last year due to the front clip of the board coming loose and going down to the swivel last year.  Seems like every big fish ends up popping the board loose when it sinks the board.  Is there a different kind of clip that you can put on the front to actually pinch the line?  Im not a fan of wrapping the line around multiple times. 

[zackblain]

http://www.offshoretackle.com/OR18.html

 

you could maybe try and put these on somehow

[Sk8man]

With both my Church 44's and Walleye boards I set the line as far back in the release as possible and I have the jaws tightened as much as possible (have to be careful not to tighten too much though or they could break). They are usually run on braid or 30 lb mono and I've only had it release once with a fish and huge gob of grass combined.

[FleetTracker]

Use big boards. More fish boated, less lost that keep you up at night. Problem solved.

[Miss em]

The OR-18s do the trick.

[momay4000]

Vetting -

 

Half hitch a rubber band to your main line and then wrap the loop of the rubber band around the clip a few times. When a fish hits, the board won't slide and you just reel down to the board, snap the rubber band and remove the board.

 

It works pretty well - about 95% of the time.

 

Good luck,

 

Chris

[bigblue]

Not of fan of inlines but the rubber band as stated in the previous post works well.

[flywasher]

I switched all my walleye boards over to off shore or-18's. great success, you can lock for it to

release the line or lock it behind the pin for no release. on my tx 44 boards I switched to churchs'

lock jaw clip. much easier to swing release then lifting the or-18.

[vetting]

Aren't the or18 around 15 bucks a piece - sick switching over 6 boards at that cost.

[flywasher]

hi vetting, I see you're in Milwaukee, I'm in racine. I've got bunch of the or-18's if your interested

$10.00 ea with stainless bolts and nuts ready to put on the boards.

contact me by email; [email protected] lee

[bloodrun]

Even with OR-18's or Lock Jaws..eventually line will slip, particularly braid.   We switched over to metal pins in the back of all our Church's and now when we put the line behind the pin, we spin the entire board around two or three times before we put the line in the release.

 

In the event the line comes out of the release, the board stays on the same place on the line.   Additionally, the board will never again slip down the line because of the line slipping through the release.    The "spin on the pin" keeps it stationary.

 

Won't work on stock pins as the line will cut a groove in the plastic and you cannot pull the pin up when you are bringing a board in.

 

Have heard good things about the Offshore Snapper Adjustable tension release, but again, any line will eventually cut through the rubber pads and your line will no longer hold inside the release.

[Yankee Troller]

Never had the TX22 or Walleye Boards do this. Tighten that screw on the pinch pad down, and make sure that your line is buried in the back of it. I run the religiously for staging Salmon. If anything is going to pop them free those guys will, and they never have. You can also turn the clip around, but again no need to if you tighten up that tension screw.

[Sk8man]

And there you have it .... the simplest solution is often the best one    If it works for Rick and all the use he gives the boards I'd "take it to the bank".

Edited December 9, 2014 by Sk8man

[justtracytrolling]

Ditto what rick said....Ive caught some pretty big tigers and if the rubber pads arent worn out it wont release even when they take the board under.  If you run braid you will wear out the pinch pad though.  I use rubber shrink tubing to replace them, but this season late I didnt have any tubing on me so I put 1 wrap on and it worked great.  I still prefer big boards, but there are plenty of applications where they wont do the job and my walleye boards do the job and well!

[Sk8man]

If you tighten down the release tension enough it should prevent the "sawing" action of the braid which damages the pinch pad. I've used it with the TX44's for a few seasons and so far there is no detectable wear. I locate the line as far back in the pad as possible too.

[flywasher]

to prevent the braid problems  I've spliced in a 10' section of mono where I put the line into any of my boards.

[justtracytrolling]

If you pull hard pulling lures like reef runner deep divers, and especially if you get in weeds and structure you will wear out the rubber pads with braid. Snags really wear out the pads! In open water though they should last many seasons.

[Sk8man]

Justin you make a very good point in that many of us are fishing very different than you in the open waters environment and although the tightening does work there your example is a good one to keep in mind when fishing differently (e.g. for fishing structure for eyes instead of open water trolling for salmon and trout.

[justtracytrolling]

I happened to be Gander mtn today and its hard to believe how expensive inlines are....you can get 2 diawa spinning combos for the price of 1 walleye board! Just a flag kit is 10 bucks!

[Sk8man]

Yep...I made my own with some stiff thin ss wire I had and some fluorescent orange plastic material for the walleye boards and Yellowbirds the TX44's came with flags. It is a racket.

[Patriot]

Build your own out of Cedar. Not sure how they'd work for salmon as I use them for walleye & trout

Edited January 1, 2015 by Patriot