Madd Lunacy

Friends are usually friends because of shared interest. Did you ever think maybe you are friends BECAUSE you fish together and you just happen to be the one with the boat? Maybe him asking when the two of you are going fishing IS his way of keeping in touch? I know a lot of people who have "golfing partners" who only get together on the course. That's why they're friends. Of course I have no idea of your actual situation, but it's just something to consider. Exactly my thinking. It sounds like he might not be very fond of this person to begin with.

There's a walking trail that goes all the way around the lake I fish...Me and my dad were fishing in our boat and I happened to look up on the walking trail and I see this guy with a camera taking pictures of us. I thought I would help him out with some good shots, so I decided to pose and give him the good ole' California howdy. I don't think that was a bird he was planning on taking a picture of that day, cause once he focused in I think he could see what I thought of him taking pictures of us and he quickly pulled his camera away from his face and walked away. Lol.

The first one looks like submerged vegetation, it has the classic cotton ball look that vegetation has on the SI. The 4th one looks like vegetation. The 5th one looks like a channel or possible road bed maybe? Thanks for sharing.

I bought one of the Buster bass boats with the trailer. I've had it for 2 years...so far so good.

Roger's for sure. Their rod and reel prices are very low.

www.busterboats.com Bought one last year and love it.

Getting snagged in other peoples broken fishing line and the wind.

Getting snagged in other peoples broken fishing line and the wind.

Getting snagged in other peoples broken fishing line and the wind.

So, if you don't mind me asking, what were you using? I'm going to Blue Springs lake tomorrow and any inside info would be much appreciated.

Ha. I just figured it was called a Ted Williams 400 cause he was the last player to hit .400...well .406 to be exact.

Shimano Cumara 6'8" MH Shimano Core 50mg 12lb Yozuri Is there really any reason to explain why? 8-)

That's one thing I haven't messed with too much is the colors. I have been leaving it on Amber 2 most of the time. I will definitely give this a try. Thanks! Here's an example of the images I'm getting with the DI. This is an snapshot I took when I first got mine. I'm only getting bits and pieces of what's actually down there. Very frustrating. :-/

I messed with the settings on mine off and on for about an hour on Saturday and still can't get it to work right. If I turn the sensitivity all the way up the image is a little better, but nothing even close to the images you've been posting. Hopefully I'll get it figured out at some point. And believe me, I already feel dumb enough making the "useless" statement after seeing your pics. ;D

Didn't mean to hurt your feelings Wayne. : I was just giving my opinion, which if I read the thread starters post right that is what he was looking for. I was just going off of my experience with my unit and what I have read from other people saying the same thing about their 798 not getting a very good picture with the DI feature. I look forward to your posts about the 798 when ever the subject comes up because you seem to be very knowledgeable and experienced with it, and I try to soak in whatever info you're willing to provide. I was quick to retract my "useless" statement in my previous post once I saw your images, because you have the photographic proof that the DI for the 798 is in fact not useless. All hail Wayne P.... The King of the 798!

I'm gonna have to do some tinkering then because I don't get an image even half as good as that. I have read about others having the same complaint as I do. I'll have to mess with it to find out what I'm doing wrong. Kurlee, I retract my statement about the DI being useless because Wayne has obviously proved me very wrong

Wayne, you were able to get that image with the 798? If so, what are your settings? Are you using the HD ducer? Thanks

I have the 798 and imo the down imaging on the 798 is fairly useless, but the side imaging is a must. I've never used the 788, but I would definitely go with the 798 because of the SI. If the down imaging is your deciding factor and you're not worried about the SI then you should probably get the 788.

Core

That's pretty sweet! I found myself trying to guess what he was gonna add next. MP3 speakers??!! Crazy

I also say you should go with the cumara. I love my cumara mhf/core50 set up and I use mine for soft plastics as well. I would go with the mh imo its a more versatile rod for all around use than a m rod would be. I don't have any experience with the falcon.

Thanks!

I also have one of the Buster boats. Mine is very easy to unload/load with just one person. I have a 36lb minnkota and a 3.5hp merc. on it. I've only had it out a handful of times, but so far I love it.

My frog reel is a Chronarch 100d7 7.0:1 with 50lb power pro.

I kept it between 5 and 7