TraceRegan
2/17/2011 7:33:00 AMWhat kind of fish finder do you have? I'm in the market for one and want to know a good one. thx!
Mcfisherson13
2/17/2011 8:46:00 AMTraceRegan,
I have an Eagle 300, basically a Lawrance. It's several years old but seems to work great. I just use my hand held GPS to mark things and speed control in the lake since there really isn't any current to worry about. When Im in the river I use the Lurh Jensen speed meter with the rope and red ball over the side. I would look for a depth finder in the mid range of cost if you have a limited budget. You definitely get what you pay for on this kind of stuff, and fishing in the lake and deep waters, it is very much needed to have a higher end unit, makes all the difference in the world. I would look at spending no less then 300 dollars. They are still simple to use and have a good quality picture. If you spend much more than that, they can get over complicated and for like me I like to keep it simple, if you buy a big fancy model with all kinds of bells and whistles and cant figure out how to use it, you just wasted a bunch of money if you don't use all the features. I use all the features on my unit, and can adjust it and fine tune it for features fisheries I fish.
Good luck and stay Safe.
Danm-
Get after it but don't get discouraged easy, You can look at the guides and wonder how they catch so many, and do everything they tell you and still skunk it up. They guide for a reason! Just like any other kind of fishing, you have got to put your time in. Like I said in my report, I'v been out there for three going on four years now, and I'm still not consistant. I still have zero to one fish days. Keep after it and you just need to put your time in and figure your own nacks out.
I have an Eagle 300, basically a Lawrance. It's several years old but seems to work great. I just use my hand held GPS to mark things and speed control in the lake since there really isn't any current to worry about. When Im in the river I use the Lurh Jensen speed meter with the rope and red ball over the side. I would look for a depth finder in the mid range of cost if you have a limited budget. You definitely get what you pay for on this kind of stuff, and fishing in the lake and deep waters, it is very much needed to have a higher end unit, makes all the difference in the world. I would look at spending no less then 300 dollars. They are still simple to use and have a good quality picture. If you spend much more than that, they can get over complicated and for like me I like to keep it simple, if you buy a big fancy model with all kinds of bells and whistles and cant figure out how to use it, you just wasted a bunch of money if you don't use all the features. I use all the features on my unit, and can adjust it and fine tune it for features fisheries I fish.
Good luck and stay Safe.
Danm-
Get after it but don't get discouraged easy, You can look at the guides and wonder how they catch so many, and do everything they tell you and still skunk it up. They guide for a reason! Just like any other kind of fishing, you have got to put your time in. Like I said in my report, I'v been out there for three going on four years now, and I'm still not consistant. I still have zero to one fish days. Keep after it and you just need to put your time in and figure your own nacks out.
Lundegard
2/17/2011 5:38:00 PMAt least you're honest about your reports. The guides up at Chelan rate the day a 5, even if they only catch 5 fish. Great report! Do they taste like walleye, only different?!
TomD
2/18/2011 1:11:00 PMActually in Chelan they spend a lot of time eating the mysis shrimp, so their meat is nice red/orange and they taste more like salmon than the usual trout... We did start cutting the skin off before we cook it instead of leaving it on like salmon... If you fish in the summer, be sure to take lots of ice so you can bleed them and get them cold fast! Makes a huge difference in the taste.
Mcfisherson13
2/18/2011 1:26:00 PMLundeguard- Anything tastes like a Walleye if your looking through the binoculars! LOL