Striped marlin are one of the fastest fish and you troll for them at 6 to 8 knots. I think I read the drug boats travel at 35 to 40 knots. So they weren't trolling. No chairs on board. No rods. Sides about knee height so the fisherman would be dragged overboard if a big fish hit..

Does the idiot making these claims come from a land locked state because he has assuredly never laid eyes on a deep sea fishing boat. And never read Old Man and the Sea.