Moving the tank that far forward means trim will change as fuel level changes. Moving the console forward doesn't do that as much. I have a 1975 MA with the ginormous console from a 23 footer. With a bracket, if you fish it offshore, I'd push the console forward to get weight forward and omit any serious concession to a forward facing bench seat forward of the console. Then you will have some room back there to fish. Mine came with a leaning post and it was pretty tight between it and the transom. You will be a bit more forward, so heave or really the vertical acceleration from pitch will be a bit more noticeable, but the console and T-Top and people standing at the console while underway will help flatten out the boat a bit.
Then you can move the tank forward and the change in trim won't be quite as bad. It is a hassle, but consider two smaller tanks so that the free surface "slosh" doesn't put the fuel as far sternward when you try to climb on plane. You can even empty the middle tank and keep the forward one full until you need the last bit. I fish offshore. I think a notch and a splashwell gate or insert is a pretty viable alternative to a bracket, especially if you have to look at the powerhead or prop offshore. Like when you wind leader around the prop fighting a fish.
Composite deck and hatch cores might not be a bad idea. Especially sternward.
Or ditch the bracket. I presume you read Bushwacker's excellent treatise on brackets? It's a sticky.
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