Wille Side-Liner Planer Boards?

[Todd in NY]

Has anyone used or owned a set of these inline planer boards? What are your thoughts on them? It looks like the line "release" is different than on newer boards. Do they track well with deep diving baits? Are the comparable to Church Walleye board or Off-Shore boards?

[Paul Czarnecki]

Has anyone used or owned a set of these inline planer boards? What are your thoughts on them? It looks like the line "release" is different than on newer boards. Do they track well with deep diving baits? Are the comparable to Church Walleye board or Off-Shore boards?

Willy boards are dinosaurs compared to the newer Church or Offshore boards. However, they track very well pulling "brown trout sticks" or "buckshot rigs" and I run them every spring.
Not big enough for anything more than a 2 color core though but they are great boards.


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[Todd in NY]

Thanks for the info Paul! I found a pair of them new in package so I was curious about their quality. I know Wille made some good equipment back in it's day, so I had a feeling they we're decent boards for walleye and brown trout.

[Tyee II]

I use Wille sideliners for pulling short cores. They work well. They have BB rattles in them also. I believe Big Jon makes these same planer boards now.

Edited April 25, 2018 by Tyee II

[Todd in NY]

6 minutes ago, Tyee II said:

I use Wille sideliners for pulling short cores. They work well. They have BB rattles in them also. I believe Big Jon makes these same planer boards now.

 

Thanks for the reply. Come to think of it, I think Big Jon took over Wille planer board reels.

[Todd in NY]

Tyee, I just checked the Big Jon web site and sure enough, there they are, still being made with the BB rattles in the boards. They are priced much better than other inline boards too!

 

https://www.bigjon.com/product/side-liner-w--offshore-release