Long lining can be productive year round, it's a method that usually does not get a limit in 1-2 hrs. When the fish are scattered long lining will speed up the process of finding the fish due to the speed (.7 on up to 1.2 or so) as you are covering lots of water. You also have to find the right speed, color of lure, etc., etc., when long lining. there are a several threads on LL'g on this forum, just search for 'em here or google it for some good how to articles.