Deep Thinking 🤔

[CrappieChan]

Hello Fellow Crappie Lovers-

Newbie banker here.

So many of you anglers are lucky to have boats equipped with sonars to help with your fishing, but for me, I was thinking of purchasing a portable fishing sonar called the Deeper to better my chances at fishing.

Have any of you anglers used it or something similar, I would like to know your thoughts.

Or am I just overthinking and ruining the whole experience of having fun fishing?

Thanks for reading and mass thanks for replying.

Fish On!

Deeper Pro Sonar | iCast2023 - YouTube

[SuperDave336]

Would be pretty cool if bank fishing but it in kayak or boat I’d look at a regular type unit. I had a little Lucky brand portable sonar and it worked but much better options with better accuracy.

[Ketchn]

Seen some bank versions of Sonar that did a so so job on fish locations
Sounds complicated to me

[Fishinglarry]

I bought a vexilar T pod and hooked it behind a remote control boat and it works great. You can use it with a fishing pole but needs to be heavy action to cast it. I fish mostly small lakes or pond. It was really worth the money. I’ll post a pic sometime. Thing I like about the T pod it’s wifi not Bluetooth so less drain on the phone battery.

[CrappieChan]

Vexilar T Pod being pulled by RC boat. What a great idea. But did it spook the fishes to scatter giving you a false bottom reading?

Never heard of a Vexilar T Pod but I will look into it.

Thanks for chiming in Fishinglarry.

Fish On!

[Fishinglarry]

It actually gives me better readings than my helix 5 on my pontoon boat. A lot of time I will drive it to an area and just let it drift. Once again most water I fish is between 5 to 25 feet deep. I’m working on putting a variable speed control on the boat so it will steadily cruise slower. Most of the cheap boats are full speed or off. I’m really happy with the T pod. I’ve found the brush piles I’ve been losing all my jigs on. Now I can tell how deep to set my bobber.

[BuckeyeCrappie]

Interesting concept shared. For me if I’m bank fishing I try to carry as little as possible and just enjoy the relaxing experience. JM2c