The other big problem with running your gear back 100 feet is getting tangled up with other boats in the fleet.

I prefer to run all my stuff in pretty tight that way when Joe Blow with a 30 foot Grady doesn't pay attention and runs over my stern I don't lose half my chit.
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When I grow up I want to be,
One of the harvesters of the sea.
I think before my days are done,
I want to be a fisherman.