Thread: Turning off electronics

Originally Posted by "G"

I leave my electronics running, live well running, and usually a air pump running....so lots of noises and vibrations from my boat. I still catch fish....have not scared them all off yet , lol

I do too MOST of the time, until my battery croaks.
My guide friend turns EVERYTHING off when the fish are shallow and spooky.

I don't turn mine off even when the troller is dragging mud

I trust my source on this one. He and his partner have won a many a tourney in their careers. They're doin something Right.

Originally Posted by Rees Guide

Something I have learned about all fishing, if you are confident in it do it, works most of the the time, if you dont have any confidence in it you wont be near as successful.

Exactly. I've sat in spots and caught limits w/o moving and banged my boat, threw fish in the cooler, everything else making noise. I think it depends a lot on the time of year and why the fish are there. If spawning, they aren't going anywhere. Doesn't matter what the next guy thinks. You have to have confidence in what YOU do.

Ah Bologna that tick tick tick sound. Sounds like craw fish I leave mine on all the time , catch walleye and crappies in less than a foot of water 10 feet from the boat no problems. JMHO.

Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

I leave mine on most of the time too if I'm fishing a narrow creek channel, cover, or tight ledges or structure. I turn it off on shallow flats and lakes without much structure, and go with the wind if there is any. No scientific data to prove wether it works or not, but I believe it helps.

My sonar tells me a lot about an area, and if the fish are there, but I don't think it helps me understand why I'm catching fish or not. I've seen fish tons of times on the sonar and they wouldn't bite. Heck, I still don't understand why they didn't.

To each their own!!!! Do it like You like it.

The reason i say "why" is before i had any electronics on my boat I would waste at least an hour every trip finding where fish are. Like during the summer if I'm fishing deep water and ledges and can't catch anything so I start experimenting with depth the all the sudden you find out its not that the fish were not there its that you were fishing 5 ft too shallow. A sonar will tell you that way before you can experiment and waste time.

Originally Posted by macpappy

The reason i say "why" is before i had any electronics on my boat I would waste at least an hour every trip finding where fish are. Like during the summer if I'm fishing deep water and ledges and can't catch anything so I start experimenting with depth the all the sudden you find out its not that the fish were not there its that you were fishing 5 ft too shallow. A sonar will tell you that way before you can experiment and waste time.

But once you learn that info, you can turn off the unit until the bite changes.

Like James Brown said in a song---"It's yo thang, Do what ya wanna do".

Can you, with a gps/fishfinder combo turn off just the sonar????