Here's a chart to really confuse you......
http://www.pyacht.com/lure_depth.htm
But if you have limited equip. then braid/weight is the way to go. We succesfully trolled 6 rods in the Ch. Bay using various weights......until we hit the crab pot area! People doen there troll 16 rods off of 20' cc's for stripers, but they don't have to turn much.