Hey Bob, we have since come up with alternate ideas for the triler hook ine, you kinda neeed a leadhead to act like a keel to keep the bait swimming right. Speed wise like Pete said Its very difficult to get my 24ft cc with a 225hp outboard to go slow, we drag two 5 gallon buckets and the slowest I can go is 2.1 knots and with the wind we were doing 2.4 knots or somewhere around 3mph! but we never had an issue getting bit! distance wise I was setting my two rods back 60-75ft...Larry