Abstract: A trolling board for fishing designed to tow a bait behind and to the side of a moving boat, including a generally flat, elongated, float member having a front end generally tapered from one side to another and rearwardly, and having a weight on one side edge, which is thereby caused to be heavier than the other, a fishing line engaging device preferrably of a type which will squeeze the line between a stationary member and an eccentric rotatable member having a spring which is pivoted over center when the fishing line is engaged, and a trip lever engaging the rotatable device, said lever being adapted to rotate said device and release said line from the trolling device when a fish strikes the baited end of the line.