Listen to what Bill wrote. Read it as many times as needed to understand EVERYTHING that he's saying. In waters where the majority of LMB aren't over 22"-24" what he said in his last paragraph is what I've observed too.

Up here, I've seen g. shad cause more problems than solutions.

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