Sea Striker HS8-KIT High Speed Planer Kit

My new secret weapon! I live in Hawaii and started out using this on reefs in the 40-60 ft range to get my lures deeper when I troll. I used to use a deep diving Rapala, but it never got down very deep and it put a lot of strain on the rod and line due to the resistance of the big lip. This planer gets my lures down a good 15 feet or more and all the strain is on the rope that attaches to a cleat, instead of your equipment. When a fish hits, the rubber band breaks, the line separates from the planer, and you're free to fight the fish. The only drawback is it takes a little work to deploy, and if you're fighting a bigger fish, you definitely want to have someone pull in the planer so the fish doesn't wrap around it. The big advantage is that you'll catch more fish. When I troll I run two surface lines and a deep one using the planer. The deep line accounts for about two-thirds of the fish I catch. A few weeks ago I caught a 40 lb Ono (Wahoo) on it, so lately I've been using it on the 40 fathom ledge as well. I troll faster with heavier equipment out on the ledge (7-8 mph) and the planer has worked well despite the higher speed, producing several more Ono. However, I've found anything larger than a 7 inch jet head results in the rubber band breaking prematurely. All in all I'm really happy with it. The planer has more than paid for itself with all the fish I've caught using it.

simple and easy to use. been catching much more fish. working out the line release on strike rig is a bit of experimentation. check out some on-line videos for hints.

I didn't read all the information on this before I bought it. I thought the hi speed planner would be good for high speed trolling (7-9kts) but it ran close to the surface and wrapped the line off the rod. After ward when I look at the specs for it is said to troll up to 6 kts. My fault for not reading it before. When I slowed down it ran much better and got a couple of strikes.

Product was not assembled properly. The crimp on the line was never crimped. I put it in the water for the first time and the planer immediately fell off to the bottom of the sea. I notified the seller and never heard back from them.

it seen well made already try it did't catch a fish yet but it work how is suppose to do

Haven't used it yet but can't weight to it looks awesome. I'm curious to what speeds this thing can handle.

Works well. Easy to deploy. Sometimes a little tricky to get planer stabilized in water flow, but keeps bait below surface.

Best Planer in the market. Don't know why they call it the poor man's Downrigger, have caught more wahoos off this device than my Cannon !!