"How do you like that walleye? The guy in the picture is Willy Billings from Ludington, MI. He is the painter for Dreamweaver and he used to be part owner of Yeck Lures. The spoon hanging out of the fishes mouth is a dreamweaver super slim green muffin. As you can see, it is green with pink dots. The belly is all hot yellow. I never ran this spoon before because I thought it was too ugly. When Willy got on the boat, he told me that the guys in Erie Pa were doing good on it. Obviously, the walleyes really liked it because it was real consistent the rest of the year. If you look just to the left of Willy's right shoulder you can see the board and you can see the releases in the upper right hand corner."

"Did you ever see a Lake Trout that big? I didn't get a chance to weigh him because we wanted to release him. It fought for a long time and was really tired. He did swim away though. It was caught on a dreamweaver super slim (Andy's walleye slapper)."

"All these fish, 20 of them, (and there was a lot more in the cooler) were caught all on Dreamweaver spoons. A lot come off the boards with #40 jet divers and dreamweaver spoons. Most of the fish were 60-70 down, 90-120 ft. of water off of Van Buren Point which is just west of Dunkirk."

Once again those #0 dipseys (orange with white ring) off the boards paid off...160' of 20# Power Pro. Aproximately 75% of these salmon came off the boards with these dipseys.

Derryl Dennis and friends from Cuba NY...most taken on DW SS grape pickers and blue glows

Jeff Davis and friends from Cowdersport, PA...also most taken on DW SS grape pickers and blue glows

Carl Mason from Rochester, NY caught this big eye on a DW SS blue glow on 6/22/08

We placed a couple of 9 oz. and 11 oz. spinning reels in the above photo for size comparison (U.S. Reel and Bass Pro Qualifer).

Our Comment: We've used these boards for years and like them for several reasons...small size, but they sure do the job. A bonus for us is being able to use them down on Hemlock and Canadice Lakes with our 14' Starcraft. No mast, just a couple of dipsey rods placed in vertical rod holders. We strongly advise using bungee cords on them (GLT has them). In rough water, these enable you to pull your spoons/sticks (or whatever) on a steady troll without them being jerked around. The dipsey rod also absorbs much of that erratic action caused by gnarly waves. BTW, our favorite tow line is hi-vis yellow Power Pro braid.

We don't know who originated these trolling devices many years ago, but we do know that Capt. Paul Dreher of Fortune Charters is now spending the off season in his woodworking shop producing them. BTW, Capt. Paul is considered to be one of the top charters on Lake Erie. Paul's Planers will be available online soon at Great Lakes Tackle...or you can call them at 716-662-7513.

Added March 20, 2008...Narby's now has them in stock.