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A good rule of thumb is to make the distance between the hooks at least twice the length of the dropper loops

A good live-bait rig consists of a 3-ft long piece of monofilament with a small terminal treble hook and a sliding single hook above it

Best for a Tournament Boat System: Lowrance Boat in a Box Elite FS 10 Pros A lot of bang for the buck Preloaded with thousands of lake maps Links with trolling motors and Power Pole shallow water anchors Cons Needs more parts for ActiveTarget 2 Live Sonar Key Features Two Elite FS10 Units Includes ActiveImaging 3-in-1 transducer Touchscreen control Price: $3,500 Its easy to get out of control on spending if youre setting up a new boat or retrofitting an old one, but this boxed package which would have been the industrys best a decade or so ago provides a ton of features without having to shop piecemeal

It gives you casting distance for spooky fish and enough backbone to turn one out of grass or away from oyster

You can cast a soft plastic and expect just about anything with scales to attack it