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 Re: No Electronics?
[Re: Flip-n-go]
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06/01/19 10:26 AM
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John175☮
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I have limited time on the water and use my electronics to limit wasting that time. Can I find fish without electronics? Yeah but I find reading the land keeps you fishing the obvious stuff everyone fishes.
Stress less, relax more. Go fishing.
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Re: No Electronics?
[Re: Flip-n-go]
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06/01/19 10:32 AM
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ChanceHuiet
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I fished for years without a graph at all. I used navionics app on my phone with the GPS. Caught some really big bags doing it too. A DD22 was my depth/structure finder.
I can backlash toilet paper.
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Re: No Electronics?
[Re: Mike@972]
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06/01/19 11:38 AM
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teeitup
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After having a boat most of my adult life, I sold my Skeeter and bought a couple Hobie kayaks for me and my son about two years ago. I now fish with very basic electronics and limited gear. I love the simplicity of it all.
Catching a 8lb bass out of a 21' boat is awesome (my personal best) . Catching a 6lb bass out of a kayak (my personal best out of a kayak) was even better!
There are times that I miss the Skeeter and I might get another one some day... but at the moment I'm really enjoying the more simple approach.
I know what you mean Mike, I have both boat and kayak; you feel more in touch with the kayak and the satisfaction level is increased. That being said the boat gets you to more places. Great to have both
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Re: No Electronics?
[Re: Flip-n-go]
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06/01/19 12:39 PM
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Douglas J
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I fish all the time without taking the covers off my graphs, especially on a lake I know well and have a milk run.
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Re: No Electronics?
[Re: Frank the Tank]
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06/01/19 02:10 PM
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Dubee
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In other words bank beating. Because you effectively arent fishing deep without electronics. Not bank beating at all. I like to fish docks and marinas, standing timber, bridge pilings. All kinds of stuff you can fish without a graph and never cast at the bank
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Re: No Electronics?
[Re: Flip-n-go]
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06/01/19 03:32 PM
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Joined: Mar 2017
Posts: 467
over the hill @PK
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I am 70 years old and came up bassin the way he wants to fish ,my 1st depth finder was a weight and string .I was the 1st in my town to get a real depth finder {the old portable } I can also say that I never want to go backward .The game is more challgening today than ever .it now takes mussel between your ears to win and a lot of time on the water proving what you have found
Butch Farmer
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Re: No Electronics?
[Re: teeitup]
#13172991
06/01/19 03:35 PM
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over the hill @PK
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wait til you get a big fish in a 2 man boat I did a 13 /10 and it was a battle I want forget
Butch Farmer
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Re: No Electronics?
[Re: Flip-n-go]
#13173020
06/01/19 04:29 PM
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Posts: 428
1bassdaddy
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As someone else has stated I could easily do it on my home lakes. Often times I have them on and rarely look at them as I'm running through a milk run. On new water it would be much more difficult...I'm sure I'd be craving them.
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Re: No Electronics?
[Re: John175☮]
#13173052
06/01/19 05:25 PM
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Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,269
M. Alexander
Extreme Angler
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I have limited time on the water and use my electronics to limit wasting that time. Can I find fish without electronics? Yeah but I find reading the land keeps you fishing the obvious stuff everyone fishes.
Mark
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Re: No Electronics?
[Re: Flip-n-go]
#13173680
06/02/19 01:48 PM
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Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 6,888
slim 285
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What little time I am able to get on the water I am still trying to get better with the electronics. I fished lots of years without electronics.
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Re: No Electronics?
[Re: Frank the Tank]
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06/02/19 02:19 PM
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txmasterpo
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In other words bank beating. Because you effectively arent fishing deep without electronics. I fish many east Texas lakes, including fork, without turning on my electronics....40 years of being on the water there and studying maps got me that ability. I can show you that constant electronic use is teaching the fish! I fish my spots the way I want to fish them and always do well.
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Re: No Electronics?
[Re: txmasterpo]
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06/02/19 02:28 PM
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Frank the Tank
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In other words bank beating. Because you effectively arent fishing deep without electronics. I fish many east Texas lakes, including fork, without turning on my electronics....40 years of being on the water there and studying maps got me that ability. I can show you that constant electronic use is teaching the fish! I fish my spots the way I want to fish them and always do well. I get it. I see what you guys are talking about now.
Jesus loves all of us
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Re: No Electronics?
[Re: Flip-n-go]
#13174256
06/03/19 01:13 AM
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ezbassin
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Buck Perry had a system called Spoonplugging.
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Re: No Electronics?
[Re: Flip-n-go]
#13174267
06/03/19 01:21 AM
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mossyback75
Pro Angler
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@#$&^% all that. I'm utilizing every advantage I can get. Kudos to those who wing it but technology exist for a reason.
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Re: No Electronics?
[Re: Flip-n-go]
#13174280
06/03/19 01:31 AM
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Joined: May 2014
Posts: 7,737
GIG'EM AGGIES
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Right on bro. I'm thinking 'bout getting me one of those underwater cameras. Go big or go home. 
I am a Senager. (Senior teenager) I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 50 years later. I get an allowance every month. I have PU truck and a bass boat, I am blessed.
Conscience never acquits, it either accuses or excuses.
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