Quote Originally Posted by Dr.Ed View Post
I don't fish on holiday weekends (I don't like crowds and the inherent friction) but that doesn't stop me from trying to help my fellow fishermen put more fish in the freezer. The last two trips have been extremely successful and much fun by going back to a basic approach I've used for years. I'm running flat lines (12 lb Trilene XT) on light spinning tackle about 80'- 100' back pulling the deep diving Bandits with unbelievable success. No boards, no snap-ons, no Dipseys, Jet Divers or TruTrips. It doesn't get much easier than that. Don't knock it till you try it. I spent half of my morning cleaning fish for myself and my friends.
Question Dr., could you say where you were? Also I'm curious as to how many lines you had longlining out the back, maybe two and two on the sides? When I longlining back in early 80's I drove and held one rod out to the side of the16' boat and catch them that way, sore arm. I was way tougher then.