Just swing the rod behind the stern and finish it off in fine style
This is dependent on how much room you have to store the net and how likely you are to catch something massive
You can rig them either Texas or wacky, cast them out (unweighted if fishing shallower, and with a small weight if fishing deeper) and just let them sink
Was there a connection between them
I passed this Night as the former, ruminating on my present unhappy Condition, not yet being able to dive into, or fathom their Designs, or what they intended to do with me, and often thinking on what the three Men told me, as also on what the Company said, but in a more particular manner, of what Russel told me concerning my Mate, till Sleep overpowered my Senses, and gave me a short Recess from my Troubles
Not as a native Central New Yorker