ethan-333

might have to give invizx another shot

i was using 17lb seaguar red label for the last few years never had a problem. now they dont carry 17lb in the red label line. wondering another good fluoro line in 17lb. i tried invisx before and i hated it. i dont know happen what but my left kept breaking on hooksets and i frequently check my line. i bought a couple spools of abrasix to try. just wonder what you guys are partial to.. tried to search the forums didnt have much luck.. thanks

id be looking for banks being hit by the sun especially if the bank has rock on it

i can get it for 7500. i think i might have to pull the trigger for the shape it is in and i know how the owner kept it

how much would you pay for this boat. a 1988 ranger 390v. has been completely restored. no rips or tears. no soft spots in the floor. always covered in garage. hull is in excellent condition new trolling motor. 3 new batteries. atlas jackplate. every thing works like it should. motor runs good. winterized every year and regular maitenance as needed. bunks on trailer were replaced. owner is talking about selling and ive fished out of it many times and he takes good care of it and it runs good.. what would be a fair price. only has a older lowrance with a chart and sonar on it. but i have an hds 9 touch to put on it.. beautiful boat for the age

i use 1 o ring and havent seen a differnce with my hookup ratio but i dont use nearly as many worms.

thanks for the help hopefully i get out there soon and do some learning

hds 9 touch at the console. just a regular sonar at the front. might get an elite for the front tho.

1 foot cone for every 3 feet of depth on 2d correct? and about 1 to 1 on downscan?

thanks for the help. i will definitely give them a look. only 1 way to learn. ill keep this in mind as well. i noticed when switching from sonar to navionics and back and forth some of the depths of areas had a difference in 15 feet

thanks for the replies everyone. yes i know a couple guys that fish egypt and theyve gave me a couple spots to look at as well.. might be selling my boat and upgrading here real soon so not sure when ill be able to get out next. but yes the spots i have marked im going to run over with the graph just to see if there is any shad hanging around or any bottom cover. thanks again

how did i miss that

https://webapp.navionics.com/?lang=en#boating@10&key=ekldFfeu}O the contours are worse but it does have channels marked better

yep

yes thats the lake. trying to find another map of it but not having any luck. and the pink highlights are areas i think could hold fish based off the structure i see and i how im interpreting it. hopefully next week wednesday ill be able to get out there for a few hours and try it out. thanks

walmart has the best price ive found. vs twh. bass pro etc. can get the plano 3731 for 6.11 on walmart.com

for me flipping and pitching i try to keep it simple. usually either a beaver style bait (ugly otters) or a craw style (netbait or gambler burner craw).. for colors i use either green pumpkin or a variant of it (green pumpkin red, purple, etc...) black and blue, or sun perch. i flip these with usually 3/16 to 1/2 oz weight on a 3/0 or 4/0 straight shank hook. hang on when you get bit. my favorite type of fising especially when theyre in the bushes.

i would agree the channel is hard to pick out farther south on the map or so it seems

if i color in the whole map pink.. does that count????

also. havent really paid much attention to the south end yet. as being winter i feel the better fishing will be up near the dam to the north where the warm water discharge is

this is the north half of the lake. im trying to find better maps but not having any luck. this has 5 foot contour intervals... just not a fan of the hotspot locations pre-marked. tho some of them look to be good areas (i think).. the green is the channel. the pink is areas i want to check. and the black is no access zones.. mainly ive marked main lake points. roadbeds in the channel. a couple humps. and some rock banks near a channel swing. if the weather stays nice might make a trip out here next weekend.. and this is the first time ive ever really marked. so criticism is highly appreciated thanks in advance

when you are breaking down a map how msny spots will you mark? is it dependant on lake size or what you think will hold fish? i typically dont use topo maps as there is only a few spots to fish deep (15+) on the 2 lakes close to me and ive fished the lakes numerous times... but the lake im looking at is a powerplant lake ive never fished of about 2500 acres with an average depth of 18 and max depth around 45... ive started breaking the map down by main lake, and each arm and coves. i have about 30 spots marked that i would like to check out over time as i fish it... also ive searched and read multiple forums and watched videos about breaking them down. any good videos youd recommend?? thanks

i wish they would bring back 17lb red label!! that was my go to line for flipping jigs. will be trying abrazx this year

yep. best way ive found. can get more in 1 box than i could probably get in 3 3700s if i take them out of the package