Tip: use
two or more fish finders
Fish Finder
If you’ve ever
used fish finders, either on your fishing boat or using a handheld
version, you know how effective they can be. No sense wasting your
time casting lures out into empty water if you can use this nifty
angling gadget to improve your odds, right? Well here’s a little tip
to put the advantage even more squarely into your court: use a couple
of fish finders in your fishing boat to increase the area scanned.
Tips on using
multiple fish finders at the front and rear of your fishing boat
First, it really
does pay off not to skimp on fish finders. Get a couple of really
high quality models that offer wide, detailed scanning areas. When
you position them properly at the front of your fishing boat, with
little overlap, you’ll end up scanning a much larger area.
Next, a good
strategy is to set one of the fish finders for depth and the other for
range. I recommend this if you’ve got your fishing boat cruising
within 100 feet or so of a shoreline. Out on open water, it’s not
important.
Some game fish
tend to group together in large schools. If you’re using fish finders
on your fishing boat to track schooling species (crappie, panfish,
some bass), you’ll want to set them to high detail mode.
Finally, if you
troll a lot in coves or along banks, consider adding more fish finders
to the back of your fishing boat. Some species that are less skittish
(catfish, perch) will backfill places you’ve gone over as they
scavenge along the shoreline.
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