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 Re: Electronics, Who only uses a depth finder and not fancy electronics?
[Re: Tatorbones]
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04/12/16 05:25 PM
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rtfishn
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Is the flasher to ping for fish pretty much? Flashes when something swims by? just so I know how deep of water I'm in.
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Re: Electronics, Who only uses a depth finder and not fancy electronics?
[Re: Tatorbones]
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04/12/16 05:33 PM
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Ban-D
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I have an old depth finder think it's a hummingbird tx 300 or something. Does it tell depth and water temperature? Yes. However it's outdated and for $500 I can get the unit on eBay "garmin striker 7 with chirp and side vu". To me that's fancy and will do everything I need it to do. If you don't need it then don't get it. If you're going to fish tournaments or just want a better understanding of what you're fishing then get some "fancy electronics".
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Re: Electronics, Who only uses a depth finder and not fancy electronics?
[Re: Tatorbones]
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04/12/16 05:37 PM
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Huckleberry
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Does a fancy one that I only use to look at the depth count?
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Re: Electronics, Who only uses a depth finder and not fancy electronics?
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04/12/16 06:34 PM
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Tatorbones
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I would think that it depends what you are using it for. Most boats you buy now come with fairly good electronics stock. When in the past all it really was is a depth finder.
Huckleberry you are like me. My Grandpa would always say that wasn't really fishing if you used technology to find the fish. He would just pick a bank or where he saw structure coming out of the water, read the bank, or what he could see on a clear day to catch fish. Along with that he would not allow a net in the boat. He figured it was part of the fight to get them in the boat, and if they popped the hook he would say that is fishing.
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Re: Electronics, Who only uses a depth finder and not fancy electronics?
[Re: Tatorbones]
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04/12/16 08:36 PM
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HARD WORKN HAROLD
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Stick and a string!! 
DON'T LET THE CLOTHES FOOL YA
Life is too short to fish with a dead cricket!
PB: wife of 40 years
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Re: Electronics, Who only uses a depth finder and not fancy electronics?
[Re: HARD WORKN HAROLD]
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04/12/16 08:41 PM
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Lowly Net Boy
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Stick and a string!! Lol ur something else my friend
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Re: Electronics, Who only uses a depth finder and not fancy electronics?
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04/12/16 10:20 PM
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grout-scout
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I would think that it depends what you are using it for. Most boats you buy now come with fairly good electronics stock. When in the past all it really was is a depth finder.
Huckleberry you are like me. My Grandpa would always say that wasn't really fishing if you used technology to find the fish. He would just pick a bank or where he saw structure coming out of the water, read the bank, or what he could see on a clear day to catch fish. Along with that he would not allow a net in the boat. He figured it was part of the fight to get them in the boat, and if they popped the hook he would say that is fishing. What brand of graph catches the fish for you?
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Re: Electronics, Who only uses a depth finder and not fancy electronics?
[Re: HARD WORKN HAROLD]
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04/12/16 11:00 PM
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Bobby Milam
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Stick and a string!! And an earth worm. If you are afraid of technology, the invention of rods, reels and lures should count too along with the outboard and trolling motor.
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Re: Electronics, Who only uses a depth finder and not fancy electronics?
[Re: grout-scout]
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04/12/16 11:08 PM
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Tatorbones
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I do not have any working electronics. Just try to look around and see what is around, whether it is rock shoreline, branches coming out of the water, lay downs, cover, use my pole and line to check water depth.
What I do would be referred as a opportunist fisherman rather then a idealistic fisherman. In other words I fish when I can get on the water and do not have time to worry about the weather.
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Re: Electronics, Who only uses a depth finder and not fancy electronics?
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04/12/16 11:13 PM
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MV
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still have the same graph from 2000. Main thing on one has the temp. on it. Someday maybe color screen 
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Re: Electronics, Who only uses a depth finder and not fancy electronics?
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04/12/16 11:19 PM
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Peepaw on Fork
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Nothing fancy here but do have GPS to get me back to my brush piles.
H. Burns
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Re: Electronics, Who only uses a depth finder and not fancy electronics?
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04/13/16 12:32 PM
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Transplant
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Re: Electronics, Who only uses a depth finder and not fancy electronics?
[Re: MV]
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04/13/16 01:15 PM
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grout-scout
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still have the same graph from 2000. Main thing on one has the temp. on it. Someday maybe color screen I thought the color screen was just a new gimmick, then I bought one and I was wrong. That was a great advancement in graphing.
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Re: Electronics, Who only uses a depth finder and not fancy electronics?
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04/13/16 01:17 PM
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grout-scout
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I do not have any working electronics. Just try to look around and see what is around, whether it is rock shoreline, branches coming out of the water, lay downs, cover, use my pole and line to check water depth.
What I do would be referred as a opportunist fisherman rather then a idealistic fisherman. In other words I fish when I can get on the water and do not have time to worry about the weather. Beating the banks is fine in the spring; but it doesn't work at all lakes when the temp starts to heat up.
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