No reason for my question. Just northern winter cabin fever.
What is your favorite marker type?
Dumbell
"H"
Stand up
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No reason for my question. Just northern winter cabin fever.
What is your favorite marker type?
Dumbell
"H"
Stand up
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The H type
I have some H style buoy markers, but don't think I've ever used them. The other style I have are "bowtie" shaped, probably close to 50yrs old, and I did use them back in the day (when 2d sonar was "the" thing). Probably haven't used a buoy marker more than one or two times in the last 30+ years, but there's always a couple of them in the boat ... just in case they're needed.
H
Dumbell type unwinds in wind and waves.
With the addition of livescope I haven’t used mine either but I keep them in my kayak. Used to use them all the time to mark the structure I was fishing. I still prefer the H kind over the others. I painted mine to hide the bright orange which was like a beacon to anyone on the lake….lol.
I don’t think I’ve seen the stand up one but I have the H style. Got it at academy for cheaper than dumbbell style haha
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I used the stand up kind sold by Blue Fox for decades. Then, when the ethics of fishermen changed I switched to H style. I got tired of being an unpaid guide for the fleet that surrounded me.
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H painted black
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Originally Posted by Opie1
DITTO!
The only times I have used mine since livescope is when I'm building brush piles. Typically we will put out the buoy , hit a waypoint, then drop
bundles of brush on the 4 compass points around the buoy. we try to keep them tight , sometimes we succeed and other times we don't get
them as close as we would like.
but as to the original question , prefer the H shape.
MO
Throw out a duck decoy and confuse all those that are looking :Rofl
H shape myself. Got the dumbbell type but theyre big and I dont keep them in my boat.
H painted od green, seldom use them these days.
H and Buoy for me.
Black Sharpie for me. :Rofl
The H type for me too. Dumbbells keep rolling in rough water
Other peoples! They always seem to be right on top of something I can find later. :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by silverside
JK - I wouldn't say favorite but only kind I've ever used is the H kind. Never used much and hardly ever now with the scope. It was just a reference point for boat position for me and not really even right on top of what I was fishing.
My father was a guide, he used small flat pieces of drift wood. As it was deployed it would flop till the weight hit bottom then sit still. Onlookers couldn't see that it was actually a marker, but I agree with the post above, if I see someone repeatedly on the same spot I always give it a look myself.