Glad to hear it made sense to you and you got a few fish.
Perhaps one day a formula will be worked out to determine lure depth but until then - old school tricks still work.
It can get tricky in the bay due to the different density of water.
Water at 38* is the most dense - learned this from a speed boat racer.
He carried 5-6 props -each to match how dense or thin the water was.
They needed every mile an hour they could get and told me there could be as much as 2-3 MPH difference on a prop when water was warm ( 80* ) vs cold ( 40* ).
Same thing sorta comes into play with lure depth. Other factor - some times we get two different direction currents in the bay.
Upper water to say 25 feet might be outgoing - then below that can be incoming. This can cause an S in the line.
Seen chum baits flow behind the boat to a point - then start coming back once it sinks into opposing current.
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