What Mrdux said. I was fixing to tell you the same thing but he beat me to it. John I long line 80% of the time and have found I have less tangles if I cut down the on the number of rods I pull, especially in the wind. On Weiss, my home lake there is a three pole limit per angler so the law makes it easy for me. I run two 12 ft poles off the front and four 7 foot rods out the back. I use this same set up when I have three of us in the boat. Trust me you will catch just as many fish and enjoy your day a lot more. I've found this out the hard way when I've fished Guntersville and other lakes with no pole limit. Glad your picking this up. I always wondered if long lining would work on big 4.