what a great fishing weekend

[fishin2]

You hit zero at the rod tip always, keeps it simple. Mike

[rsfrail]

everybody does it slightly different, I myself go off the water (parellel with tow line so it give you a somewhat accurate idea). If you zero at tip, id add 3-4 feet to lead to account for distance towline is off water....BUT what I found out is....when something works, keep going with it no matter what the boat or your buddy is doing next to you. We all share leads to get us in ball park- But scatter your leads +/- 2' to dial your personal boat in.
3mph may have been fast...How in the heck did you keep your releases on going that fast with 3-4' waves? lol. Be out this weekend- r

[jsh62]

You hit zero at the rod tip always, keeps it simple. Mike

learned from a popular skipper on this site to zero with rod parallel with water and T.T. at surface, this keeps rookies from reeling snap into rod tip and damaging rod tip and eventually line causing breakoffs. Jeff

[Eyezcrazy]

I think it makes a difference if you are using inline boards or big boards. Inlines zero at the rod tip and big boards you allow for the distance from the snap to the water.