I tell ya one thing....adding a basketball inside your jackplate is NOT considered Bling!!

In all honesty, (and it'll sound like a sales pitch) but a Skeeter is designed to do the things you mentioned. It already sits level in the water, it already has a hole shot that keeps the bow from raising up so high you don't lose sight of the horizon.

What those guys are doing with a basketball, Skeeter has done with the rear sponsons.