We anchored on the halibut opener for Area 6. We fished one tide two days in a row (roughly 5 hours each day). The first day we got 3, which was the best we heard from any boat. We did the same thing the next day in the same location on the same tide and got 0. Seems like a fair amount of luck involved, both good and bad.
It sure seems to me like drifting would be better to cover ground, but that doesn't seem to be the consensus. Seems like nobody is sure if one is better than the other. What do others thing?
Also, we used some crab rope I have for pulling elk out and it worked great with the EZ Mariner puller.