Great observation and suggestion!

I set my pots more "in the middle" of the pack, rather than on the outside. And I had taken along some leftover herring and shrimp oil that I was going to add to the mix but I forgot to.

Tomorrow will be another experiment. I'm going to set my pots early, and then not go back until after noon, and check them hourly until I have to head to home.

Thanks for the advice!

The one thing I was happy with, I had bought a 16 gallon plastic tub with handles to wind my lines into. I cut holes in the side so I could keep track of the beginning and end of each line, and even stuck an old orange pylon to center the lines as I wound them. It went smoothly and I felt even better when I was a boatload of three people take 25 minutes to untangle one line from the bottom of their boat. Much better than a couple years ago when I decided to buy a garden hose reel in a plastic housing... it was a disaster!