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I'm running a 2 1\2" Proformance Tunnel but with Nauticus Smart Tabs SX instead of a jack plate. The hole shot is about the same as a jack plate which is what you want. The motor is mounted higher on the transom.

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Look at the hook eye in relationship to the hook point, it almost like a Texas Rig, straight in line. The head is wider than it is tall so it doesn't fall over when sitting on the bottom. Terry Oldham's Eye Max or Trailer Hitch Hackney's Flourcarbon Jig Seibert's Supreme Grass Jig

Creature bait huh!

If I'm catching em on a redbug worm as the sun sets, guess what I'm gonna be throwing after it sets? Neither a bass or their food source morph into a new creature just because the sun set.

Put the Speed Craw on the jig ?

Finesse Jig, Swimming worm, Rage Bug, Ultravibe Speed Craw

Exactly @Dwight Hottle They will also use the same structure when moving. If 10% of the water holds 90% of the fish, I'm pretty certain they use the same structure more than once.

I get that occasionally ?

“If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you frustrate him for a lifetime.”

Wind and weather - does it affect your decisions? Wind & weather changes are usually associated with frontal conditions. Frontal conditions during February affect bass more than frontal conditions in July.

What time of year y'all talking?

Yes & no! That depends on how many Cajuns I'm feeding. On many occasions I've made gumbo in the huge pot I boil crawfish in.

I'd eat that! ?

Yes sir ? I cook rice-n-gravy, Jambalaya, or pot roast in cast iron but not gumbo or dirty rice. Those have special pots!

Been accused of being a Semi Pro, whatever that is? Probably a 7 ?

54 yrs on Toledo Bend I still spend hrs on map study & out graphing. When I catch fish in an area & before I leave, I idle over the area graphing it.

In Louisiana you're not considered a Chef unless you use cast iron. I own 10-12 of various sizes, can't think of anything I don't cook in them. Everyone laughs when I say I have a gas stove, gas heaters, & gas water heater. After back to back hurricanes & a historical ice storm...I'm the one laughing.

The sound of a treble hook lure coming towards you in the dark! The crack of a .22 when your line breaks The click, click, click of a dead battery ?

Another consideration should be how is the rear end geared.

Eye witness accounts are not real evidence? Hurricanes mostly effect coastal inhabitants, guess thar means its less real?