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#11729997 - 07/19/16 07:45 AM
Marking fish out deep
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 04/06/15
Posts: 74
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When graphing fish do you guys typically mark them with your GPS or use a marker buoy? What method do you find easier to stay on them?
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#11730016 - 07/19/16 07:54 AM
Re: Marking fish out deep
[Re: Motomax]
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TFF Celebrity
Registered: 10/05/10
Posts: 9666
Loc: Sanger, Tx/ Chatham, La
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Marker Buoy and gps, personally like using the buoy for a reference and mark the spot on my gps if I need to come back later I can get on the spot where the fish were located earlier. They might have moved some, but will still get you close.
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#11730044 - 07/19/16 08:14 AM
Re: Marking fish out deep
[Re: Motomax]
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TFF Guru
Registered: 04/08/08
Posts: 14607
Loc: Dallas, TX
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GPS initially. I like marker buoys if there are no trees around; trying to get buoy line and weight out of deep timber is no fun.
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#11730094 - 07/19/16 08:41 AM
Re: Marking fish out deep
[Re: Motomax]
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Angler
Registered: 10/19/08
Posts: 383
Loc: Bremond, TX
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Paint your marker black or dark green, that bright orange is a dead ringer for what you are doing.
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#11730136 - 07/19/16 09:04 AM
Re: Marking fish out deep
[Re: Motomax]
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Registered: 03/20/15
Posts: 85
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GPS first so you can come back later. Then I like to mark them with a painted buoy, I paint mine black. Some times I will loose track of it my self and takes me a minute to find it, but well worth it because they are boat magnets. I normally place mine upwind of the fish then drift back and start fishing. If they are spread out I will orient the buoy in a manner that helps me see what I am fishing. The tip of the point, the crown of the point, the edge of the channel, just some thing that helps me visualize what is down there.
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#11730152 - 07/19/16 09:15 AM
Re: Marking fish out deep
[Re: Motomax]
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Registered: 04/06/15
Posts: 74
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Outstanding info gents.
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#11730242 - 07/19/16 09:57 AM
Re: Marking fish out deep
[Re: Motomax]
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TFF Guru
Registered: 01/15/04
Posts: 13104
Loc: Mansfield, Tx.
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Most of the time I just mark them on the graph although a marker buoy in the water helps with a visual so you can see where to cast if it is windy and the boat drifts off the area.
Edited by ezbassin (07/19/16 09:58 AM)
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#11730583 - 07/19/16 12:39 PM
Re: Marking fish out deep
[Re: Motomax]
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Registered: 10/22/10
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Loc: Big Sandy, TX
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#11730605 - 07/19/16 12:48 PM
Re: Marking fish out deep
[Re: Motomax]
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Registered: 03/10/09
Posts: 296
Loc: Little Elm, Texas
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Drop the anchor, I don't understand why people won't do this anymore.
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#11730616 - 07/19/16 12:56 PM
Re: Marking fish out deep
[Re: ChumBag]
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Registered: 11/02/14
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Drop the anchor, I don't understand why people won't do this anymore. I do it all the time.
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#11730672 - 07/19/16 01:25 PM
Re: Marking fish out deep
[Re: Motomax]
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Pro Angler
Registered: 04/06/09
Posts: 592
Loc: Hemphill,Texas, USA
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I throw out the buoy and if I catch something then I GPS. I like to throw the buoy away from where I see the fish. Preferably downwind so I am holding the boat into the wind. Didn't think of painting them black, but I think a boat sitting in 15-20 foot of water with someone on the bow fishing is pretty much enough of a giveaway without them seeing a buoy. I have been known to throw out a second decoy buoy away from where I marked the school nd watch people slide in on it to fish.
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#11738883 - 07/23/16 10:40 PM
Re: Marking fish out deep
[Re: Motomax]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 06/09/08
Posts: 2448
Loc: The Great State of Texas
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GPS first , if I expand the area then buoy , will start painting them black also .
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#11738896 - 07/23/16 10:47 PM
Re: Marking fish out deep
[Re: Bigron119]
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Pro Angler
Registered: 09/30/12
Posts: 592
Loc: Granbury, TX
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Marker Bouy! That way all the other boats can also "Help" you fish them! A floating marker bouy is a Magnet for other boats like Birds over schooling fish! If that ain't the truth...
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