Scott F

Whoever buys the card gets the points.

Turn on the Bluetooth speaker at the volume you would use. Leave it on the dock and move off across the lake. See how far you can travel when you stop hearing it.

I fish a lot of off shore shallow structure so the gps is important to me to help me find those submerged humps. These are also natural lakes so the underwater structure and cover is rocks and weeds. My 2D sonar shows these well enough and shows fish better than DI and at faster speeds. For ME, I don't know what your needs are, gps beats DI.

I don't know how your music affects the fishing but I do know sound travels very well over water so everyone else is entertained by your tunes whether they want to be or not. I prefer not to listen to music while I'm fishing, mine or yours. If you like to listen, consider those around you and use headphones.

I did very well with Shadow Raps. Caught everything from crappies to smallmouth to pike & muskies on them.

Lucky Craft Pointer size 65, 78, 100

Lucky Craft Pointer 78 Chartreuse Shad

I'm taking Friday off to make sure I get a 73sv at Bass Pro before they sell out. Isn't the panoptix transducer $1,500 by itself?

Peyton Manning is the one who is going to be rattled. He's going to show his age and throw a few picks before he gets replaced by Brock Osweiler. It will not be very close. Panthers win.

The rivers I fish are considered shallow as most people either wade or float in a kayak. Nearly all of my fish come out of four feet of water or less. I do feel that the odds of getting bigger fish goes up when you are fishing near to deeper water.

I fish pre-spawn smallmouth and they like the 78s. I've had a couple of years where the 65s were the only thing they'd hit. Then last year, the 110s in the Shadow Raps did well. Keep a selection and let the fish decide.

In the Southwest suburbs, I paid $1.38.9. The range of prices across the Chicago area is something I don't understand.

He probably pulled the structure because people were complaining about getting snagged!

Ever tried Charlie Brewer slider heads? The bullet shaped jigs come through rocks much, much better than most other jigs. The offset hook makes rigging plastics seedless easier too.

When I am working a jerkbait, I want my bait to move when I twitch my rod so I do not like lines that stretch. Nothing but braid for my jerkbait fishing.

Missouri (and other states) have a good number of jets boats running in rivers too shallow for propeller driven motors. The wake from these boats is causing the damage. Nobody said the wake from prop boats don't do damage. The jet boats are going where no power boats ever went before.

Do you know anyone who is currently making a living doing what you want to do? Take them out to dinner and have a long talk with them.

There were a lot fewer motors of any kind on the rivers back in the day. Jet boats don't just cause problems during the spawn. The wake they kick up when traveling at speed cause bank erosion. It makes the rivers wider and shallower than they once were. That extra dirt and sediment in the water causes extra layers of silt to collect in the eddies and covers up the gravel and bedding areas where bass want to spawn. The wakes also make it difficult for aquatic vegetation to grow. The destruction of the habitat lowers the amount of fish the river can support

The units that are going on sale are last years models without Chirp

The rep told me only the echoMap 73di and 73sv will be on sale. $399 & $499

I usually do a lot of shopping online too. But, while I was at the Schaumburg show working my fishing clubs booth, I stopped at the Garmin booth. I'm looking for a depth finder and was not even considering a Garmin, until I saw what they had and the rep told me about a sale that Bass Pro would be having. Glad I was there.

One of the lakes I fish is a 6 hour drive away. There are a few web cams in that area that are pointed at neighboring lakes. I keep a watch to see when the ice goes out, I then wait at least another week to 10 days for the water to warm up enough to get the fish active before I drive all that way.

What other map chips are out there that have more than 17,000 lakes and are free?

.....And he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a silly hat. Show me pictures of your silly hat. Here's one of mine. Looks silly, but it kept the sun off my neck.

Suspending jerkbaits in the spring during prespawn in lakes. Senkos all year long in lakes and rivers. Walk the dog topwaters and poppers, spinnerbaits, and in-line spinners during summer on rivers.