Here's a typical set-up we use pullin' live blue-back herring around...elec motor easin' boat along just enough to keep 4 free-lines out behind boat...2 down-lines in middle rod-holders...dependin' on where we're markin' fish, they can be between 8' and 40'...the 2 front free-lines are on side-planer-boards to hold 'em OUT ...I call 'em the ''reach-out-and-TOUCH" lines ;D ...