Sorry,don't mean to hijack this thread,but
Rod,
You'd be arrested in New York waters of Lake Ontario and Canada with 15 rods out(unless you had 8 people on board ).Unfortunately,in NY we are only allowed 2 rods per person.
I usually I keep my crew at 3( occasionally 4).There have been times on Erie and with more guys when we have fished 12.
Counted the rod & reel setups the other day,I was surprised to see that we have 27 on board.I thought it was 20.
There is a bill in NY now to allow 3 rods per person,but not sure if it will pass.
Here's a nice king that Scott Truman got out of his boat in front of Olcott last week 33.5 lbs.
Fishing had been insane, most guys limiting out on nice kings by 8:00am