If a body of water is deep enough to float a fish, you can put a trot line on it. If you don't mind eating catfish or carp, it's an effective way to put food on the table - or feed your pets, if you don't care for eating suckers. I've not used one for years, because the kids are gone and I just don't care all that much for catfish, or for trot line thieves which are becoming more and more common these days. I usually ended up catching more gar than anything else anyway.

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