Thanks for all the info. yall, I am hoping the wind isn't as bad as what they are calling for and I can give it a shot this weekend. All of yall have given me some great advice and things to keep in mind, but like most of you have said trial and error is the best way to figure it out, it is different for everyone. I feel like I have most of the equipment to do it with, but will have to make some minor adjustments. I don't have a remote control trolling motor, but we did get a new minn kota 55 lb variable speed foot controlled one last summer, it has a tension screw that can be adjusted so that it keeps a straight path when you take your foot off of it. It may be a little aggravating, but going to have to make it work.

Ink and Southern Young Gun, yall hit the nail on the head as to why I am going to learn how to do this. My favorite method will always be one pole jigging, but for tournament fishing on the lakes in SC it just seems like long-lining is the way to go most of the time and especially this time of year. I saw it first hand 2 weeks ago when we were tightlining an area and had been for about 3 hours, I knew the fish were in the creek we were in and we were catching fish just not the size we needed for the tournament. With 30 minutes left the boat that finished second pulled up to the opposite side of the creek and caught 3 good ones to end the day. My partner and I had just been discussing the fact that we needed to try the other side, even though from the day before I had marked more fish on the side we were on. We never tried the other side because we knew we didn't have time to tightline all the way across the creek and it's not the easiest to move with only an hour left. This taught me a lesson that the trolling maybe the way to go when you don't exactly know where the big ones are, but know they are in the area. Mainly for the fact that so much more ground can be covered. Like Southern Young Gun said I also agree that the bigger fish will be in open water away for other stuff. Even jigging you catch your bigger fish around an isolated log, brush pile, or other piece of structure. Very rarely do you catch a big one mixed in with a bunch of little fish. I won't totally change what I do, but I do believe this is something I need to add to the arsenal. One of the biggest keys to being successful in anything, including fishing is being versatile in my opinion.