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I Just Wanted To Ad That When Your Taking Your Boat That Good Electronics Are A Major Plus, But In The Spring When Your Fishing Anywhere From 8-20 Feet You Won't Alway's Mark Fish On The Bottom, Especially When Your Fishing East Of Maumee Bay. You May Just See All The Humps On The Bottom And Say To Yourself, I'm Not Marking Any Fish But The Bottom Will Be Stacked With Gators On The Bottom. Make Sure To Use Stinger's It Will Really Help Your Hook Up Ratio, And Troll Very Slow To Keep It Vertical. If There Is Wind And Your Have Problem's Staying On Your Mark, Use The Wind To Your Advantage And Use It To Drift Fish. One You Will Cover More Water, But The Presentation Should Match The Conditions Your In. If You Are Using The Wind To Drift Fish Over Those Humps Make You Marking Points With Depth And Mark It On You Electronics That Way You Can Drift Over It Again And Again. I Recommend Using A Tight Line With A Lift And Drop Of 6-12 Inches Off The Bottom And Lifting The Rod To 12 O'clock And Dropping To No More Than 8 O'clock It Reall Is Just Preference. But For Me The Fish More Than Not Will Hit It On The Drop, And In The Spring The Water Clarity Is Very Poor Depending On The Wind So They Have To See It To Hit It. But Use A Tight Line To Feel Every Single Little Thing That Way You Can Make A Pattern Of What Is On The Bottom And You Can Feel The Out Of The Ordinary That Usually Is A Gator. I Hope This Helped And Great Fishing To Everybody.