DIY Planer Boards 

I drilled a couple holes and used "Zip strips" to attach my noodle. Then when the noodle wears out in a year or two I can just cut it off and put on new ones very easily.

Watched your video then went shopping lol time to build now. Love others ideas also like glow stick and the beveled leading edge on noodle. I cant wait. Im sure a person could bend leading edge of aluminum to make it drift wider yet.

I never thought of using a pool noodle! Amazing idea!

Awesome. I will be giving this a try. Thanks for showing us how easy this could be.

I experimented a fair bit using acrylic sheet, and found 1/8" works well at about 11" x 7". Also 1/16 solid laminate is great but you need to reinforce it at the holes using washers. For the crocodile clip, I couldn't find any cheap ones, so I used various styles of clip from the dollar store- mini clothes pins work very well. I should emphasize that I fish from the bank in a very fast moving river, and a modified planer board based on your design is the only way to get my lines out where even the boats can't! Caught some nice smallmouth bass, a catfish and a pike with the help of this. I even made a mount in the pool noodle for a glowstick, which helps a lot in late or early fishing excursions! When I video the boards in action this season, I'll post a link

I think a lot of people will benefit from this video. Every major brand of planer board on the market is ridiculously expensive for no more than it costs to actually make them.

*These are easy to use and highly visible **enjoyable.fishing** recommend they are extremely valuable for going from a dead drift set up to a float setup. They save time and you don't have to re-tie everything to add a float to your presentation.*

Definitely something to think about doing when the one I bought wear out because there not cheap when you buy them.

I had a couple expired aluminum license plates laying around for the plates, easy to cut with tin snips. The store bought ones are way expensive for no more than what they are and the fish aren't into aesthetics LOL

Even though I know nothing about planer boards, this looks like an awesome DIY project to save some cash that can be better spent on beer.

Just wanted to say Thank You for making the video. I'm having some old-age wrist/arthritis issues so I will be doing more trolling in my 17 ft tinny. I have used WalMart Cutting boards for many projects. They are about $1.00 for a 12x 8 (approx) so I think I will experiment with one of those first. Your explanation was great, although the audio turned garbled for the last half of the tape. I turned CC on and that worked for me. Heading out to my shop right now! Thanks again.

easy n fast i like your planer boards reasonable cost

Nice video guy , love the DIY stuff

Made a set of 4 (two (6x9) & two (6x12) with a single pool noodle and piece of scrape plexi-glass (vs. sheet metal) found in my shed. along with a ($10) trip to Menards for eye bolts, lock washers, key rings, battery connectors (vs. alligator clips) and some electrical tape to make a pad around the teeth on the battery connectors. and some strips of metal for some extra weight (to balance off the weight of the ring bolts) I can't wait to test them against a real Off Shore side planner that my brother let me borrow. I'm now working on how to add a reverse tell tail flag without a spring to my newest toy. I'm pretty sure using a slit in the top of the pool noodle will be enough tension (vs. using a string). I'm planning on designing it so the flag pops up when there's a fish on the hook vs. having the flag flip down when there's a fish.

Thanks and very informative. I used some elec wire insulation as the plastic tube on the clamp. You need to match the diameter of the screws with the electrical terminal diameter. E.g. 3/16”. I’m yet to trial fishing. I agree that from a kayak might be awkward. Cheers Phil

great design. I made some wood ones and they work great. but this is some great thinking. well done.

Damn brilliant! Will be doing it, don’t want to pay $120/ 4.

Nice video. Thanks for passing your idea on and saving some bucks . I see the video is around 4 years old , have you made any improvements or discovered any problems after using them ?

Can’t wait to make these. Thanks

I like it. going to make a few

Cool! Im with you on the usefulness in a yak. I have a sit-in and it doesn't have much room to put those. Maybe you can cut the front edge of the pool noodle at an angle on each side to MAYBE help it cut the water better. I don't know anything about planer boards.

Great idea but i wonder if u could use the heat shrink on the gator clams as well

Good video, but please edit out the non-essentials! Thank you, I will definitely be trying this.

Nice video... Must give it a try.... Because like you said to darn much to buy...

Great video! Just subscribed!

Need a better close up on your video. Good idea. Just cant see your hardware you are using

cheap and easy, I like it!!!

Also a hair dryer will shrink the tube.

Just saying, most of the planer boards have pointed fronts and backs. I would try gluing the ends together and once they're well stuck, cut the front and back like a boat bow. I think it would track better and have less resistance being pulled.

fill the space in the tube with great stuff foam...it will hold it together also.

I kept falling asleep

SMART !!

How does it perform though? Would bending the from help it plane/dart out more away from the boat or into the current if using from shore?

Would be better if yoj show them working.

I just made a couple of boards based on some the Russian on youtube made. The rear clip you are using where did you buy them, I mean what type of shop. The clips you use for the front, are they strong enough to hold the line so that it doesn't slip out? I've noticed the bought ones have a pin to stop the line escaping. What are your thoughts.

COOL LIKE THIS

What size sheet metal.

Vid of you using them up?

Very cool. Try hot glue...faster and ready to go in a minute.

didn't show if it worked

What? I can't hear you. What?

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Those clips will not hold line

Where'd ya get the metal squares? They aluminum? What size? C'mon man...need to be more thorough!!!! I'd expect more from a RU-vid champion...