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Originally Posted by JFigliuolo
Good lord! Jack plate???? you fish in puddle water as it is!!!!  |
yup..should have done it years ago.. running some of the flats I fish the fish are there as soon as they can swim in it( I've seen them swimming there with their back out of the water)... now I can scoot the bars early without kicking up a ton of silt and clams.. also.. the plum Island river has filled in tremendously from what it was when I started fishing almost 50 years ago... I used to be able to navigate it an hour either side of mean low tide... now I'm pushing it and hour and a half either side of high... so instead of running around the outside ( ocean front which is not feasible when the mouth is cranking) I can raise the engine and scoot across the shallow spots like I did in the tin boat days...I added a power tech 4 blade prop to aid in the higher engine height..I added a water pressure gauge and height indicator to keep from cooking the motor...