i second what vmky said but another way is to use the floats that have the release to get the bait farther back from the boat. what i do is i run 3 planers out each side of my boat and then drop one of those floats back behind my last set of boards. I very rarely every get fish tangled up in any of my lines because i have the rods spread out and always take the rod right to the back of the boat to fight the fish. i do also fish the way vmky does but i think i do better when i get the float back some.