copper and planer boards

[wishinfishin]

Hi Guys,

 New to great lakes trolling and trying to improve . I have caught fish on slide divers ,and flat lining with mono and different weights.

 I have some copper now on some older ,slow retrieve reels, I have them and dont have cash for better reels right now,but wanted

to give it a try.

 

I have 100,150 200 250, 300 feet ,thought I would run longer ones out the back ,shorter ones on boards,In addition to

divers and weighted braid , I have an 18 foot john boat and no riggers.

Lets say im catching fish on the 200 ,but only have the one set up. If I mark the copper with shrink tube (which seems to slide )

every fifty feet , I could use the the longer copper and set it shorter on the board, but worried about slipping or damaging

the copper where I connect it. Any Ideas or is this ???

 

Btw Im using blood run 32 lb copper

 

Thanks ,

Chuck

[Legacy]

Spray paint works great too.

[Paul Czarnecki]

Clipping copper into any kind of release will break it. Always clip to your backing.

You could run a "shortened" copper straight off the back however.

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[Sea-IV]

This is a good description of what could be done also

[wishinfishin]

When you run a shortened copper off the back, no board, Is it ok to use the twilly tip because of the copper.

So there is no copper damage .

 

It seems there is no good way to run the shortened copper of a board without damaging it???

 

I could be over thinking the what ifs.

 

And thank you for the diagram , a picture is worth a thousand words.

[Sk8man]

There is not truly a need for a twilli tip with copper it is a soft metal unlike stainless steel or titanium.

[wishinfishin]

thinking about it now, I guess if it were that simple everyone would spool up 400' or so of copper on everything

and just deploy whatever the spread dictated , and attach to the board.

[wishinfishin]

spray paint, why didnt I think of that , great suggestion

[Sk8man]

or permanent black marker

[BAZOOKAJOE]

I run them some of the way out all the time with no twilli. It could help...or a roller tip. I know that's what Blood Run suggests. But I just keep my drag really loose. Never had a problem.

[wishinfishin]

Keep drag loose so when a fish hits the copper doesnt sit at the tip and rub,  ???

[BAZOOKAJOE]

The initial shock of a big hit with the drag tight could definitely break your copper off at the rod tip. Loose drag and it just peels line.

[BAZOOKAJOE]

I'll keep it just loose enough I can pull line off the reel one-handed as it sits in the rod holder. Not so loose it will bird nest.

[kingpossible]

Instead of "shorter" coppers, think "longer".  What I mean is, if the 200 is taking fish - use a system like torpedo weights or snap weights on the 100 and the 150 copper.  You can do this by attatching a weight just after the copper is deployed and then letting another 50 to 100 feet of line out before attaching your planer board.

 

I've done this with my leadcore (10-color) and my 150 copper when the 300 copper is firing.

[wishinfishin]

thanks for the advice king possible, another good idea.