Everyone is entitled to their opinion but I am guessing yours will be quite unpopular here.I remember running trotlines with my dad too to catch fish to eat. I doubt most people running trotlines now are depending on them to survive. I think they should be outlawed completely just on general principle. If you want to catch fish use a fishing pole. I fish all over in my boat, in a canoe, kayak, and a jet ski on the river. I have not gotten caught in a line yet but I have cut many a rusty hook off limb lines all over the river. Got hung up while casting on lines everywhere. Trotlines were a subsistence type fishing tool that is outdated as dynamite. IMO but that's all we got to go on is opinions.