S. Yonker

I went with a nylock nut as I had the standard nut back off while trolling.

When you upgrade to countersunk screws I'll be first in line to buy a copy of this from you. Neat idea & professional grade construction!

I own a half dozen Offshore inline boards & a pair of Otter Boats. My use is based on how many lines I want away from the boat. If it's just a single line on each side, I'll use inline boards, but if I need multiple lines away from the boat, I go with my Otter Boats. I grew frustrated with false releases when I rigged my inline boards to release & slide when a fish hit, so I went with an OR18 snapper adjustable tension release for the front & an OR16 snap weight release in the rear. This has worked great for me when I salmon fish, but it was a disaster when I had 6 lines out trolling for steelhead/browns in the spring/fall skinny water as I was dropping fish trying to unclip the board. This is the precise reason why I use Otter Boats for spring/fall shallow water trolling as I can fight the fish cleanly. Oddly, I don't seem to experience any dropped fish as others have when using big boards/tether line/mast set-ups.

I'm using a pieces of surgical tubing for the line stops as well as a replacement for the spring/vinyl tubing up on the release arm. Most decent bait shops carry the surgical tubing to insert lead into for a river snagless sinker set-up.