Quote Originally Posted by mrdux View Post
I wasn't taking it as or meant my reply to be putting anybody down, Russ. Treat me like I would treat you and we both will be fine is my on-water motto. I agree with Justin on the speed and wake. My issue is I spend way more time than most trolling channels and after having a dozen KVD wannabees running less than 50 feet away in a channel that is 300 yards wide in 10 minutes does get old. One mistake and they take me and mine out--probably permanently.

I longline and pull cranks 90% of my time on the water and there is no "dead water area" behind me.
I pull from both sides of the boat, so I mean the 10ft area behind my boat that has no lines in it.