Another secret

Have you lads ever heard of the auto board :wink:

Would you be talking about the 'otter board' by any chance?

does it matter about the name :roll:

does it matter about the name :roll:

well apparently so.. cos i havent got a clue what you are on about..

i have a fair idea what otter boards do .. not a clue about auto boards :? :?

How does anyone expect to get an answer to a question with a reply like gravel has used? :shock: :roll: :? Maybe your reply was supposed to be of the humerous type?

gravel, I hope I don't sound picky here, but, to get an answer to your question I would try 'google' first. If your question comes back stating they are unsure of what your looking for then it's obvious the spelling/name is incorrect. Google might even give you a few options to try as well to make it a bit easier for you to get your answer.

Hope this helps? :wink:

Steve

Down this way the otter board came under 2 codes. Trout angling it ment a lump of polly-foam, attached to you line, and floated out onto a lake , wind assisted, with an assortment of flies attached to it and your line. To a sea angler it was a piece of ply 5"X3" ( approx ) weighted down in the front with a piece of sheet lead and attached to your rod causing the board to dive, attached to the end would be about 10/15 feet of line with an artificial eel attached and trolled at slow speed from a boat mainly to catch pollack in 10/30 ft of water. The object of this was when a fish hit the lure the strain on the board would change the angle causing the board to rise to the top making it easy to reel in the fish. Delta make them now in plastic and are more refined too late at night to rembember what their called.

Hi lads i posted qestion on after having a few to many drinks
(worse for ware this morning) but yes donnal, your bang on, they use this method around malin head, on the boats but the board is operated with 4 lines atttached to it with a rubber eel trailing behind it, the lines are attached in away, so you can operate the board to fish at different dephs etc, and yes its deadly ive seen huge pollock caught using this method.
cant wait im there in a few weeks time.
(bit of fun) :wink:

Sounds a cracking bit of craic gravel. :lol: :lol: 8)

When you eventually get around to trying it would you mind updating us on your success rates? good or bad. It sounds as if it would be worth giving it a go. :shock: 8)

Steve

we have used them down here quite a bit, have seen a 17lb pollack caught on one on a handline by a fella, only 200yards off shore.the delta one was a para vane i think