Proper use of electronics really cuts down time wasted in unproductive areas. On lakes I don't fish very often they are invaluable.
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Proper use of electronics really cuts down time wasted in unproductive areas. On lakes I don't fish very often they are invaluable.
I guess I"m gonna be the odd duck. I wouldn't give two squirts of pee for another fish finder. I've had mine for three years, and had two others before this one, and I don't know what the heck good it does me. I like seeing the water temperature and knowing the depth without having to stick my pole in the water. LOL, but honestly, most places I fish are less than 8 foot deep, usually 2-6 and a fishfinder don't do much good at those depths. Plus, I ain't smart enough to learn how to read one. I've seen fish on them things and try for a day and a half to catch him, and when I do finally catch a fish, I wonder why the humminbird didn't beep. So I'll take a jig pole over a fish finder anyday.
Come fish Lake Ouachita when the water temps are south of 50 degrees and the fish are holding on structure in 40 feet of water and you would change you mind. I'll have to agree though; when the fish are holding shallow my fish finder doesn't do me a whole lot of good other than knowing the depth and water temp.Quote:
Originally Posted by dblevens
I like my GPS/Depth Finder to mark, relocate, and stay on cover and along drop offs first and foremost when im fishing deeper than 5 feet deep, I like it better when im marking fish in the area. Sometimes tho I fish a spot of cover and not see a fish in the graph but i catch fish out of the brush pile, this tells me they are buried in the cover and this most often occurrs in the middle of the sunny days I fish. Allot of times i can tell there are crappie in a area cos I have learned to identify the marks on my graph and the pattern they present on the cover im looking at. This pattern will look like a bunch of dots similar to a shot gun pattern in a medium/small size fish picture on my sonar and if that pattern is around a brush pile or along a drop off I really get excited cos allot of times I feel an immeadiate THUMP!!! when i drop my bait down. And you Know you have FOUND THEM!!! I always have a bouy marker out to help me stay oriented to a brush pile or drop off im fishing when verticle jigging and sometimes even spider rigging. Always throw your bouy marker just far enough to stay out of your way as ur working a piece of cover but close enough to be a help and keep you oriented to the cover your fishing. Verticle Jigging 101...LOL
My primary methods/styles of fishing right now are longlining and dock shooting. Been spending more time doing DS than LL but that's true with any new "thing" you're learning. Time will tell on which side of the fence I fall on, or if I fall to one side at all. DF/FF are more important when LL in this style to me as I can see what's below the boat and make adjustments accordingly. For DS, I think you need the SI to be "productive" as some have said. SI can help in the productivy when LL as well because you can find the fish quicker, when they are 50 feet to the left or right. Guess I will find out if the SI/SS will help in either of my styles right now as the "install" begins. :biggrin
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If productivity does not increase, well, I've got another toy to play with when the fish ain't bitin' or I can't find 'em. LOL
I wish I didn't have to depend on them so much, Have just recently started taking pics(screen capture on Lowrance), and downloading them to sd card for later use. Didn't have much use for sidescan at first, but it sure is easy to mark with cursor at 40 ft to one side and make w/p to check out later, or go by a good stump, fence row etc. and save them. I need all the help I can get.
I use a HB 898 di si. The thing that I like is that you can mark waypoints from any screen and you dont have to be over it. Take cuts down on a lot of search time
Jimp I are gonna love that unit. I don't use bouys just use the wypt. Bouys get hung up in my lines too easy. Now with the spot lock it makes fishing a wypt very easy.
I haven't used mine at all on 2 lakes this year, but I know the depths and they are under 6 ft deep in the deepest holes, but I sure have pulled a bunh of crappie and bluegills out of those 2 lakes. The fish stay near the smae cover all year long there. No need for a depth finder on these lakes. Otherwise, I only use mine to check depth. Not a great DF, but good enough to tell me its 9.6 fow and structure is 3' high.
i am old school i learned to fish before all these electronics came out so i dont depend on them to catch fish!!!!!