I've had a lot of time to think about and reflect on how the boat is set up with it being the offseason and all.
I'm curious if there are any downsides to lowering my sticks more. All I've found by searching and reading is that you don't want them too low that they are in danger of dipping in the water if the wind kicks up, and you don't want to make them sit too low that it's difficult to retrieve and raise the sticks.
My sticks are definitely nowhere close to touching the water, and pulling them up is easy, the ease of pulling up May depend on the angle of the tip line, from tower to tip. I can see a negative angle may make it more difficult to retrieve.
I'd like to lower them a little bit to spread my floppers out a little more and gain more stability, and gain a little bit more spread between my heavies.
I included a picture for reference. You can also see the tattle line I put on it at the advice of salty, although I didn't remove my springs and the tattle line is made of elastic cord, but it does the job superbly, bites are very easy to see.