Various planer boards are disclosed that include a body having a taperedleading end, a guidingassembly located at a trailing end of the body, and a gripping assemblyextending away from afront surface of the body. The planer boards may be securely attached to afishing line via theguiding assembly and the gripping assembly in order to bias the line to oneside when the planerboard is moved through water. To allow a user quickly and easily attach/removea fishing line, theplaner board may include a single-release actuator that opens only thegripping assembly and adual-release actuator that simultaneously releases both the guiding assemblyand the grippingassembly.