When we fished with Pooh Bear charter,he had big boards.He does not calculate the release is above the water when he determines the lead for that rod.Usually,what happens,is that we get a bite on a rod that is further from the boat.When we reel that line in with a fish or not,we move all the closer lines out further.To take the place of the line we just brought in.Then we reset the line we brought in and clip it to the cord and that line is now closest to boat.