Good luck this fall season and here's hoping you land a boatload of largemouth bass by following these five timely tips
And adding rattles and a little weight can make for much more effective mat fishing

Support for ActiveTarget Scout and Ghost Trolling Motor 360 chart overlay views Large programmable keys Touchscreen control of Power-Pole anchors, Ghost Trolling Motor, Autopilot, and Lowrance Outboard Pilot NMEA 2000, wireless and Bluetooth, connectivity plus smartphone notifications Display: Backlight Color: Pure white LED Display Resolution: 1280 x 800 Viewing Angles: 80 top/bottom, 80 left/right Connectivity: Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth 4.0 with support for Bluetooth Classic Ethernet Ports: 2 x 100 Mbit, 6 max MFDs on a network Connectivity WiFi: Internal 802.11b/g/n and compatible with WiFi-1 Module NMEA 2000 Connectivity: 1x Micro-C SD Card Storage: 2 micro SD cards up to 32GB Electrical: Power Consumption Max: 3.6A @ 13VDC with full backlight, sonar on Power Consumption Minimum: 2.3A @ 13VDC with full backlight, sonar on Power Consumption Typical: 2.3A @ 13VDC with full backlight, sonar on Recommended Fuse Rating: 5A Supply Voltage: 12V DC (10.8-17VDC) Environment: Operating Temperature Range: 5F to 131F (-15C to 55C ) Storage Temperature Range: 4F to 140F (-20C to 60C ) GPS: GPS Receiver Channels: 16 Update rate: 10 Hz MFD (Multi-Function Display): Cartography included: C-MAP Discover OnBoard (AMER models) Internal Storage: 8.0 GB Internal Waypoints, Routes, Tracks: 3000 Waypoints, 100 Routes, and 100 Trails with up to 10,000 points per trail *Sidescan Fish Reveal requires S3100 module and a compatible transducer Active Imaging 3-in-1 Transom Mount Transducer See structure and cover with a level of refined detail and at a range unmatched by any other structure imaging technology with Active Imaging 3-in-1 sonar featuring CHIRP, SideScan, and DownScan with FishReveal

In lakes, ponds, and large rivers, this underwater vegetation is usually located in shallow, flat-bottomed bays at depths of 4 to 10 feet
And, also like a tube bait, they mimic an injured or dying baitfish