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Old 03-06-2019, 02:13 PM
dirtwheelsfl dirtwheelsfl is offline
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Originally Posted by bumpdraft View Post
A long time ago, my neighbor, a commercial King fisherman, gave me one of his planers. I rigged it with a release clip and tied it off to a cleat, a sort of poor man's downrigger. That setup was usually the first to get hit. Downside was bringing it up by hand, which was always the first thing to do when a fish was on.
Handlining is the upside! Planer gets tripped, just pull it in. No rod n reel required
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