[5] [17] One retrieval initiative in Southwest Nova Scotia in Canada conducted 60 retrieval trips, searched ~1523 square kilometers of the seafloor and removed 7064 kg of abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) (comprising 66% lobster traps and 22% dragger cable)
We have also successfully used large soft plastics on nannygai and snapper, including one Berkley fish that was bitten in half
There are also three-speed saltwater reels that fight as hard as the toughest fish
Years ago, I would have missed that small schooling window because it would have taken me five minutes to wrangle a rod out of the locker
Long-line trolling at 1.5 to 1.8 mph, using staggered rod lengths and a line-counter reel, efficiently covers main-lake humps, submerged creek channels, and bridge structure where summer crappie concentrate