gotta get the #7 flickers deeper, more line out and 8lb max, we get ours down to around 20 with 300' out running at 1.7 mph. ....Its a pain in the butt but it works. . Those big motors scatter the fish, farther out the better in my opinion. Last time i talked to you when we were on Stockton our best color was Tennessee shad. They sell it at cabelas. i go by a cabelas about once evrey two weeks if you ever need some and dont want to pay shipping