I'll duplicate my post here that I made on Matt's forum:

I think they should completely reverse the proposal. Two rods in the salt and only one in the fresh. That makes much more sense as there is 100 times less pressure on the salt. Likewise if you're just trolling you're not messing anyone up but yourself if you have too many lines out.

I rarely fail to get my limit when I fish the salt, be it bouy 10, neah bay, seiku, the puget sound etc. I don't see two rods increasing the catch by all that much. Two rods just gives me more freedom to experiment. It's kind of like when you go out to eat. Quite often you find yourself getting something that you know is good and you take a chance on something that could be even better. I'd have a lot more fun if I could apply the tried and true technique on one pole and play Mad Doctor on the other. I get excited just thinking about all the gear I could be switching up on...

Sigh... Unfortunately the proposal is for the fresh. I'm against it unless they want to limit it to fishing from a boat. The logic being that you're less likely to ruin it for others. I suppose it could be a problem for those that fish the hog lines, but you usually have the option of not joining the line.

-Jim