Reconcile one completed trolling segment's ground-track distance, elapsed time, and reported mean SOG without inventing lure or safety advice.
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One de-identified completed operator, analyst or reviewed trolling-segment record; responsible record/revision/date/reviewer; exact vessel/load/propulsion/trim/steering configuration; operating area and timing window; accepted track, turns, stops and exclusions; GNSS receiver/antenna/firmware/log source and fix-quality evidence; completed distance, elapsed-time and reported mean-SOG sources and averaging; explicit SOG/STW/lure-relative reference boundary; current, lure/spread, manufacturer/test, depth/equipment, weather/traffic/water-state, navigation, safe-operation, regulation/wildlife, emergency, uncertainty and retention records; completed track distance in nautical miles; aligned elapsed minutes; completed reported mean SOG; a user-owned knot tolerance; and an optional independent same-segment source plus mean SOG
Reproduced completed mean speed over ground in knots, mph, km/h and m/s, completed-report-minus-reproduced signed difference, plus optional independent-minus-reproduced signed difference
Validate every provenance field and positive bounded distance, elapsed time and speed; reproduce one completed ground-referenced mean as accepted track nautical miles divided by aligned elapsed hours; convert descriptively with NIST speed factors; compare the completed report inside the user-owned knot tolerance; require optional independent source and mean together and compare only on the same segment, track-filter, interval and SOG basis; normalize only mathematical zero
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Reproduce one completed ground-referenced trolling-segment mean speed from its accepted track distance and aligned elapsed time, then reconcile its completed report and optional independent same-segment mean without inventing lure, depth, species, navigation or safe-speed advice.
Verify one recorded mean SOG without turning a past segment into a future operating target.
Freeze the completed vessel/configuration, accepted track, elapsed interval, GNSS source and report averaging, then reconcile distance divided by time with the controlled report.
Gets traceable ground-speed arithmetic and signed report differences while route, conditions and safe operation remain external.
Retain the exact segment speed context without receiving a generic species band, lure-action promise or depth instruction.
Record the lure/spread and conditions only as context, reproduce the completed SOG average, and keep action/depth claims with exact product or controlled test evidence.
Can preserve a non-prescriptive trial record without converting it into a motor, weight, setback, lure or fishing recommendation.
Detect mismatched track filters, timing, receiver quality, pause rules and SOG/STW reference frames.
Review fix quality, accepted points, synchronized distance/time, report basis, current limitations, tolerance and retained evidence before accepting the record.
Gets deterministic record gates and an explicit escalation boundary instead of a universal GPS-accuracy or safe-speed claim.
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Retain the exact vessel configuration, de-identified segment, clock window, accepted track points, turns, pauses, exclusions, GNSS source, quality evidence, distance method, elapsed-time method, report averaging, conditions and responsible reviewer.
Divide completed accepted ground-track nautical miles by aligned elapsed hours. Convert the same mean descriptively to mph, km/h and m/s with NIST factors, then compare the completed report inside the user-owned knot tolerance.
reproduced mean SOG (kn) = completed accepted track distance (nm) ÷ completed elapsed time (h)GNSS SOG is ground referenced. Speed through water and lure-relative water velocity need aligned water-current, sensor and configuration evidence; they cannot be inferred from this scalar average.
The record does not recommend lure action, running depth, setback, weight, line, motor setting, heading, route or speed. Current navigation rules, charts, notices, weather, traffic, vessel limits, lookout and operator judgment control safe operation.
Updated: August 2026
Reproduce a 1.25 nautical-mile accepted track over an aligned 30-minute interval and reconcile the completed 2.50-knot mean-SOG report without creating an operating target.
Retain the exact lure, spread and completed conditions as context while keeping action, depth, fish response and any next-run adjustment with manufacturer evidence and responsible on-water observation.
Check receiver quality, accepted points, time synchronization, pause semantics, SOG/STW reference frame, current limitations, report tolerance and retained evidence before accepting the arithmetic record.
Label the result as completed mean SOG and retain current, water-speed sensor and lure-flow evidence separately. Do not silently transfer reference frames.
Use the same accepted segment, turns, pauses, exclusions and clock boundaries for both quantities and the compared report.
Use exact product instructions or controlled trials for lure behavior, and current rules, conditions, vessel limits and operator judgment for safe operation.
Keep lure depth, equipment, heading, route, collision avoidance, fishing legality, wildlife handling and departure authority outside this record check.
Reproduce one completed segment's mean speed over ground from its accepted GNSS track distance and aligned elapsed time. Compare the controlled report without treating SOG as speed through water, lure-relative velocity, an ideal species band, or a safe operating speed.