Obald, it is really 82ft of nightmare and like making an elephant walk a tight rope. Just trying to make a point and hope I did not sound like a snob in the post.

Peter P and MDog have both given some very good advise on this thread, MDog has seen more Blues than most so speaks with good experience. 

For me smart team work is critical at the hook up all the gear does not need to be clear to start chasing or backing up on a fish, a good team in the pit and Skipper will recognize whats need to be cleared first so you can start attacking sooner to stop loosing line, every second counts, have a good plan before you start fishing.

Running smart angles is important when chasing a fish, some people follow the line when sometimes its better to follow the fish and have the angler pump the rod and pull the belly out of the line.

Switch and tease is quick and clean, on a lot of cases the side you have teased the fish is 90% cleared when you have hooked up so you can start chasing a lot quicker.

I think it is all about being efficient, confident and smart, Peter P had a good phrase "Fear Fight" sums it up perfectly, if you have a scared fish and a scared skipper its all going to turn to ****. For me it is all about the angles we run and were we put the boat, I run a 82ft Sport fisher so the angles we drive are very important as we can not spin on a dime as some of the smaller boats. I have seen Skippers sit down with small objects on a table and and try and work out what angle they would drive when hooked up on doubles and triples, sound stupid but how else can you learn, killing a fish is really not acceptable in my eyes if you are trying to release them. You would not walk into a cage with a tiger without having a plan.