Did a little survey yesterday. Trolled with planer boards, apparently to some thats not too sporty, caught several fish, and I timed how long it took to get the fish to the boat. Now some fish were caught 100 feet back and 150 out on board, every fish was boated within 1-2 minutes from the time the angler started reeling. The gear was 20-50 class 5' stand-up rods with 30 mono. (not broom sticks like many use)
All fish were 37-40" and there was no effort to get the fish to the boat quickly to reduce catch time.
If that stresses fish than we need to all use electric motors too!
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