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Well, my experience has been that long lining is frowned upon at the gorge as if kokes in area there will be some concentration of boats.  Best to keep the riggers short drop back.

Frowning upon another man’s way of fishing is looked down upon. You fish the way you want fish and I’ll fish the way I want to fish. 
Lastly, please explain the difference of a steel line coming off of a downrigger going down 90 feet and a steel line coming off of a fishing rod going down to 90 feet.

Hey, I didn't say I had an issue with long lining.  However, there is indeed a big difference in how far from the boat a 90' deep long line carries away from boat vs a 90 foot deep downrigger ball with say 20' drop back to lure.  In any concentration of boats it can get problematic to keep your boat , or ensure others keep, far enough from the end of the long line that is at least a couple three hundred feet away.  In any case, I especially find irritating those single person boats on auto pilot that rely on everyone else getting out of their way. I will admit that although never caught up with another, I am likely guilty of cutting too close behind anyone that may have been long lining, and my apologies to them  

Also, Willard is a good example where long lining and side planers are widely used and i find that people generally allow more distance betweenn boats than at FG.