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Boat equipment that has changed fishing!
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08/29/21 02:33 AM
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Joined: Sep 2003
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Coolarrow
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Guys I’ve been fishing my whole life.. I’m almost 55 and I seen lots of things come and go that we’re supposed to change fishing. Lures, lines, tackle, graphs, trolling motors, ect. But I bit the bullet and put and Ultrex on my old 1996 bass boat. I coupled it with a mega Di Hummingbird G4 and I will say.. this changes fishing!! I haven’t even been in a boat with the Garmin live scope or the mega live so I’m not even talking about that stuff. Just the spot lock and di view and the ability to jog 5’ in any direction with the push of a button on your graph. It’s crazy! Just fish, no fighting the boat, the wind nothing. I love it! The best money I have ever spent for fishing! Hands down! I know that guys have been using this stuff but I’m new to it and it’s amazing. Would be hard to go back to a regular trolling motor! Lol
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Re: Boat equipment that has changed fishing!
[Re: Coolarrow]
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08/29/21 03:55 AM
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Joined: Sep 2006
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JIM SR.
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Spotlock and Livescope,..fishing off the back porch in a rain barrel !!
Last edited by JIM SR.; 08/29/21 03:57 AM.
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Re: Boat equipment that has changed fishing!
[Re: JIM SR.]
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08/29/21 10:57 AM
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SenkoSam
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Re: Boat equipment that has changed fishing!
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08/29/21 01:40 PM
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Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 7,192
Fishbonz
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HE aka Fishbonz
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Re: Boat equipment that has changed fishing!
[Re: SenkoSam]
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08/29/21 05:57 PM
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Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 117
MuglyFish
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Outdoorsman
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That would be nice while fishing with my kids!!
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Re: Boat equipment that has changed fishing!
[Re: MuglyFish]
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08/29/21 06:04 PM
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 736
n_fish
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Pro Angler
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Re: Boat equipment that has changed fishing!
[Re: Coolarrow]
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08/29/21 09:04 PM
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Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 12,528
JIM SR.
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wife
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Re: Boat equipment that has changed fishing!
[Re: Coolarrow]
#14112730
08/29/21 09:45 PM
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Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 1,697
Lazy Ike
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yes some of the tech is amazin & will spoil ya. Iam a few yrs older & tryto stay on a budget. sometimes tuff when you like fishing & hunting,lolStill savin nickels for spot lock tm, soon [ i hoping] goog luck on catchin!!
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Re: Boat equipment that has changed fishing!
[Re: Coolarrow]
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08/30/21 02:09 AM
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Posts: 4,610
Slewfoot
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
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I remember life crappie fishing without spotlock and using 2D. I still have my black bouys somewhere!
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Re: Boat equipment that has changed fishing!
[Re: Coolarrow]
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08/30/21 04:57 PM
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Joined: Oct 2001
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Mo
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Best things to happen to crappie fishing,
Side Imaging for finding brush piles spot lock anchoring trolling motors integrated with fishfinder Live scope.
MO
MY BACKYARD , 20,000 ACRES , NO MOWING
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Re: Boat equipment that has changed fishing!
[Re: Coolarrow]
#14113822
08/30/21 07:17 PM
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Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 12,213
shut-up-and-fish
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I would come home from fishing all day with my (manual) Fortrex trolling motor. I would be tired and fatigued. When I would walk in the door the wife would be full of energy saying hop in the shower we are going out. I would open the cupboard and hand her a plate and say I am going to take a shower and when I get out I hope there will be some food on that plate. I was tired. She said dang, all you did was fish today. Staying in total boat control all day with the foot pedal will flat wear ya out. Now I have the Ultrex w/anchor mode. It is like I hired someone to handle the trolling motor and all I do is fish. Now when I get home from fishing all day I tell the wife when I walk in the door that I am going to hop in the shower and when I get out we are going out. She says "wait a minute, where have you been all day". That anchor mode "spot lock" has changed the game. Get Livescope and your wife will introduce you to her new boyfriend Larry whenever you get home...
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Re: Boat equipment that has changed fishing!
[Re: JIM SR.]
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08/30/21 07:48 PM
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Tiltman
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TFF Guru
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wife easy there , your wife is cooler than you are Mr
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Re: Boat equipment that has changed fishing!
[Re: Coolarrow]
#14114011
08/30/21 09:13 PM
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Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 12,528
JIM SR.
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hey Chris,..and she out fish me all day,...new setup is amazing. If my grandpa could see me now...he used a 16 foot alum Vhull with 4 of us in it,..and a metal minnow bucket hanging in he water. He would not believe what we do now..
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Re: Boat equipment that has changed fishing!
[Re: Mo]
#14114017
08/30/21 09:18 PM
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Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 5,897
Minner Bucket
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Best things to happen to crappie fishing,
Side Imaging for finding brush piles spot lock anchoring trolling motors integrated with fishfinder Live scope.
MO +1
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Re: Boat equipment that has changed fishing!
[Re: Mo]
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08/31/21 04:01 PM
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Joined: Jul 2020
Posts: 285
TryHard
Angler
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Angler
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Best things to happen to crappie fishing,
Side Imaging for finding brush piles spot lock anchoring trolling motors integrated with fishfinder Live scope.
MO 💯. The majority of my success has come using this exact process, but I do not have CheatScope. Side imaging to find the cover, drop a waypoint, “spot lock at cursor,” sonar view when I’m spot locked. This is my first year with an Ultrex and linked graph up front. My next purchase will be a h-bird graph for the console. Right now I have a Lowrance at the wheel and my h-bird up front.
Last edited by TryHard; 08/31/21 04:03 PM.
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