If someone hooks a fish get out of their way!
What we try to do is follow in the general direction of the fish and try to stay more or less on top of it. If the guy next to you hooks a fish, pull your gear in, get away and drop back down, up or to the side.
To me this is part of the fun of trolling in situations like this. You really have to be on top of your game! After you do it a few times it get to be an adiction!
We hooked a nice fish last week at the Jaws in Nehalem and this joker in a brand new sled wanted to get a look so he comes trolling up about 10 feet from our boat to get a gander. We started yelling at him but he did not have a clue :hoboy:
so we just turned the bow of my boat toward his and started working our way closer... he got the message :shrug:
If you do get your line tangled in someones that is fighting a fish just free spool it and hope you get your stuff back and that the guy fighting the fish lands it.
Grants right, do what he said. :grin: Grant sometimes those Coho can rip you up too! :tongue: