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Look at your boat
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06/05/18 02:56 AM
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WackySenko
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And realize how shallow 20' really is. Good reminder for moving into summer
"Its not an addiction...its a disease! and I LIKE it! keeps my sanity in this cruel world!"
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Re: Look at your boat
[Re: WackySenko]
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06/05/18 03:35 AM
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WackySenko
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I guess for some context I was out in 26' this past week after coming off a river system where the water is still much cooler and felt like i was fishing in the middle of the ocean. I know i was around good structure and a place i have caught many fish in the past, just a good visual reference to remind myself that it isn't that far down.
"Its not an addiction...its a disease! and I LIKE it! keeps my sanity in this cruel world!"
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Re: Look at your boat
[Re: WackySenko]
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06/05/18 05:43 AM
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NickHasty
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Never been a bank beater. 20 is my comfort zone.
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Re: Look at your boat
[Re: WackySenko]
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06/05/18 12:39 PM
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Hog Jaw
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Been looking deep another world all together , bad thing too many other guys watching me .
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Re: Look at your boat
[Re: WackySenko]
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06/05/18 01:38 PM
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stringwise
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Im lost. 20 makes you nervous so you use your boat length to reassure you that 20 isnt really that deep?
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Re: Look at your boat
[Re: WackySenko]
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06/05/18 04:56 PM
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Evan O'Brien
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Some anglers are intimidated by fishing deep water. Deep water is a relative term depending on where you fish. In North Texas we dont fish much of 50+ water. But we do fish a lot of 15-35. So telling someone who is intimidated or unfamiliar fishing off shore to look at the boat around here is really just giving them a visual reference and something to relate to. Its a simple way to put it that really does seem to help anglers get over that initial intimidation quickly.
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Re: Look at your boat
[Re: WackySenko]
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06/05/18 06:46 PM
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SteezMacQueen
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DONT look at my boat! It is scratched up and the Ultrex prop is beat up and the US2 looks like it drags pavement. It' drafts around 11-12", but you can obviously see I try to go shallower. Haha. You'd think I was scared of fishing deeper than waste high.
It is getting close to time to venture out a little deeper though.
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Re: Look at your boat
[Re: WackySenko]
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06/05/18 07:04 PM
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aggieangler03
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Used to fish 50-60 at Amistad with regularity. Of course 20' may be deep on some lakes. It's all relative.
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Re: Look at your boat
[Re: stringwise]
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06/05/18 07:28 PM
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WackySenko
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Im lost. 20 makes you nervous so you use your boat length to reassure you that 20 isnt really that deep? Hell I don't know i was sitting in the boat rigging up and drinking some beers think the sun may have got to me . Deep water doesn't bother me Just coming off a specific body where you can catch them <10' year round it takes me a second to adjust. So yes giving myself a physical thing to reference helps with that. Start approaching 50 and i might get a little uneasy.
"Its not an addiction...its a disease! and I LIKE it! keeps my sanity in this cruel world!"
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Re: Look at your boat
[Re: Hog Jaw]
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06/05/18 09:32 PM
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the skipper
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Been looking deep another world all together , bad thing too many other guys watching me . Get used to it. Somebody sees you idling, much less fishing you can bet it's a new waypoint these days. It sucks but you can't fish the best stuff when people are around. Sometimes i just mark fish and keep going like I never saw anything and go back later.
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Re: Look at your boat
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06/06/18 02:45 AM
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Flooringit
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I can be 5 ft from shore and it be 20ft deep here. I fish 20 all the time 30 a bit. Prolly start hitting 50 in the deep trout lakes
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