Quote Originally Posted by Spoonminnow View Post
Alpha, do you fish from a boat?
Do you fish different bodies of water - especially those 15' or less?
Do the waters you fish, if more than one, have different structure (fish magnet areas)? Do you use sonar to find them in order to lock into a pattern?
What lures have you fished most to find and then catch fish in an area. (Note: sonar has it's limitations when finding fish you catch -IE especially those below the transducer; that's what the lure is for)?
To answer your questions. Yes I fish from a boat........and I also have some bank spots. I put around 40,000 miles a year on a vehicle fishing. I fish multiple bodies of water in Tennessee. The lure I use is Trout Magnet....it has served me well...extremely well. I have hundreds of spots in a dozen or so different bodies of water that have produced for me over 3 decades. I use my electronics very much. I am aware that at times one may miss fish on a sonar.....however I have to tell you with the new HB Mega units you aren't go to miss much on di. It will literally pick up bluegill inches from the bottom....see image from today. All of those bluegill however were only 6-7 inches......not what I am looking for. It has not been a good year for bluegill fisherman in middle TN. That is not to say no one has caught fish...they have, but many have had same experience as me. We had a year like this about 10 years back. It has been an odd year with other specie also. For the past 7 weeks I have caught a ton of KY bass. Usually the fall of the year....winter......and early spring is best for them. Yet in the heat of summer I have been catching sometimes 40-50 fish in a four hour period on many days. So it has been an unexpected good thing to tie into those with the UL.......have never caught Spots in summer like this before. So I guess I lose out on one specie but make up for it with another. I will look for the Gills for the fall bite.........but in about 3 more weeks....or less, I will be targeting crappie pretty heavy. I am sure I will get on the Gills again come spring.

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