Sometimes the fish are located on small structure and you must present your bait in a small spot on a windy day. Anchoring is the best way to do this because you don’t have to control the boat, you can just fish. The problem is how to anchor your boat for fishing in the right location in wind. You must use a long rope to anchor the boat, the wind can switch a little which moves the boat away and it is difficult to get the boat in the right spot. I found out at my last tournament that the new Minn Kota i-Pilot performs in adverse conditions.
I did not get the Minn Kota i-Pilot this year but I read reviews and product information and I want one for my style of fishing. I hope it works as well as I think it will as this is a great idea. I will post my review after I have tested it thoroughly. My order is in!
Why is boat control so important for walleyes?
Walleyes are very creative in how they adapt to different water systems so you must learn how to use boat control to catch walleyes. You can catch them suspended in large schools like salmon, hiding behind logs and weeds like a bass, and hugging the bottom like catfish. Walleye can be caught from one foot of water to 100 feet of water.
Technologically, fishing has come a long way. So, why should you be using GPS trails for fishing? That was my question for years of experimenting with the technologies available to learn.
Here are step by step instructions on how to save or transfer your waypoints with Lowrance Sonar
There are new choices when you save your waypoints from your Lowrance HDS GPS. This is an option on the LCX/LMS models and if you have updated previous models. You will notice you have a choice of saving them as Version 2 or Version 3. Version 2 is the same format as you have saved them in the past. Version 3 saves the depth when you saved the waypoint.
A common question at my classes is “Can I drive to a waypoint and find a small spot?”
I get many questions on how far is that fish or hump on the sonar screen behind the boat? This is difficult because it depends on chart speed and/or boat speed. I found an easy way using the sonar cursor to measure distance behind a boat.
Navionics downloadable improvements for their map chips and the Community Layer contains all edits made by Navionics users
Everybody wants to know what a fish looks like with their sonar. The next question is, what do baitfish look like on sonar a.k.a. bait balls?
