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How do you use your sonar/graphs?
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02/18/16 01:01 AM
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spooncg
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If you are fishing a different body of water for the first time, how do you use your graphs? I just upgraded this spring to quality graphs and wanted to know the best way to use these new "tools". I mainly fish for bass and have always been a bank beater bc of my cheaper graphs, but now I would actually like to use the new stuff to it's capabilities.
So how do you guys use them, and does it differ for crappie as for when fishing for bass?
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Re: How do you use your sonar/graphs?
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02/18/16 01:10 AM
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Wayne P.
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I find fish and try to catch them--- works occasionally:
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Re: How do you use your sonar/graphs?
[Re: spooncg]
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02/18/16 01:43 AM
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44 Diesel
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Wayne, you throwing them big lead weights at people when they get too close
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Re: How do you use your sonar/graphs?
[Re: 44 Diesel]
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02/18/16 01:50 AM
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Wayne P.
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Wayne, you throwing them big lead weights at people when they get too close LOL, those are my blade bait knocker loosers.
Helix 12 CHIRP MEGA SI+ GPS G3N and G4N, 1198c SI, SOLIX 10 SI G3, Helix 8 MEGA SI+ GPS G4N, SOLIX 12 SI and G3, MEGA 360, MEGA LIVE TL, RC-1
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Re: How do you use your sonar/graphs?
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02/18/16 02:53 AM
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Rickmb
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They are tools to find fish or find places that might hold fish. First thing is the map. I will use the Navionics site to identify areas that look "interesting". Points, drop offs, large flats, etc.. I also use Google Earth to identify grass beds or docks or other features visible in the water. I create way points and import them into my Humminbirds. When I hit the water I check those spots out with side imaging to see what is there. Weed lines, brush piles, rocks piles, etc. are all visible with side imaging. I look for fish on these spots. Then I fish. That's where the advice ends.....sometimes the best laid plans go awry when the bait hits the water. Some days the ignorance of pre-electronics was at least an excuse. It can be frustrating to see all of those fish and none are biting. I only fish for bass so I'm not sure how different it is for crappie. I have been tempted to try the huge stripers I see in 60 ft of water. I just don't have the gear to take on a 30 lber.
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Re: How do you use your sonar/graphs?
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02/18/16 09:38 PM
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TxRanger1
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Ditto Rickmb. I do exactly the same thing. Some times it pays off and sometimes the fish just don't bite.
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Re: How do you use your sonar/graphs?
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02/19/16 02:17 PM
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ezbassin
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I use the graphs the same on every lake. If you are going to a new lake or one you have never been on, then it is good to study a map of the lake before you get there to choose the best areas you want to fish, then use your electronics to find the fish.
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