Reducing hooks or poles does nothing to reduce pressure, not taking fish out of the lake is the only way to reduce pressure. Slo trolling it is very rare to gill hook a fish, does happen pulling cranks, so the vast majority of fish released live to bite another day.
How any trollers load and unload anywhere other than a public ramp?? I would like to know to who the most over the limit citations is written to, trollers or single-polers. What does more damage, catching fish year round or only fishing when they are on the beds and inerupting the spawn??
Also, on the hook thing, I know alot of folks that use 2 jigs under a cork casting so it wont just effect trollers.