Quote Originally Posted by gabowman View Post
As you mentioned.....lakes can become very dangerous to your equipment. IMO nothing replaces time spent on the water "learning" the areas you are fishing in. A good depth finder with maps is CRUTIAL marking underwater obstacles. In my lakes the red and green markers mark the river channels (green is Ga/red is SC). The creek channels are also marked in creeks full of submerged timber.
You mean a depthfinder with map built in correct? I've been looking at upgrading to a side scan Garmin 7 or 8 but for another $100 bucks I can get the map version. Certainly cheaper than a prop, or worse, a lower unit. I guess at either Santee lake, it's just a good idea to raise the motor any time you're in water less than 10 feet deep. Although I've not yet been in Moultrie, my understanding is, unlike Marion, Moultrie WAS mostly logged before flooding. I need to go to Santee sometime and forget fishing, just find some safe passages to places I want to fish, like you said. Hard to drive 4 hours and not fish though!!! Thanks for the help!