Tennessee Boy

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I only use corn free. I add Stabil.

I have a feeling they will be back to Knoxville soon. The location has great facilities, an interesting fishery, and Knoxville is the home of BASS's parent company.

GO OTT GO!! Gotta be nice sleeping in your own bed with the lead in the Bass Master Classic.

I for one am not criticizing you. This comes up about every week and I enjoy jumping in every time. Hopefully one day these hand switchers will realize the error of their ways. ? I do admire these guys that can cast with either hand. If I tried to cast with my left hand I think I would probably end up throwing the rod in the lake.

I’m surprised this topic has never come up before. ?

The OP ask about Kentucky/Tennesse. The answer is 1. Lipless 2. Jerkbait - because that’s what they’re hitting right now 3. T-rig. - because you should always have a t-rig tied on.

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I'm impressed!

So you caught fish on 40% of your cast and big ones on 10%. I agree with your assessment, not a bad morning. ? My favorite place to go when the wind reaches hurricane levels is the boat ramp parking lot.

I haven’t seen a Venus in the wild but I’m excited about them. If I was looking for a new boat, their aluminum line would be the first place I would look.

Speed will be an issue with any depth finder. Some claim to work at speeds up to 70 MPH. I’ve never gone that fast so I can’t confirm. My boat came with a low end Lowrance Hook with a skimmer transducer design for higher speeds. I used it once while I was doing the break in. It worked up to about 35MPH. If your concern is safety, you should never rely on a depth finder to determine if you’re in safe water. It will not tell you how deep the water is in front of you which is all that matters. The depth can go from 40ft to 6in in a second.

The key thing to understand when buying a fish finder is that higher resolution gives you more detail to help you interpret what you’re seeing on the screen. Larger screen size makes it easier to see the screen at a distance. When comparing different models and brands, they do not all have the same screen resolution. Where you’re putting the unit and to some extent the size of the boat should be considered. If all fish finders were free, I’d have two Solix 10s at the console and a Solix 12 and 15 on the bow of my boat.

Yes I do understand fractions. When I view down imaging at full screen on my solix I'm looking at 1280 x 800 of detail of what's in the water column. When I view down imaging on one quarter of the screen I'm looking at 640 x 400 of detail of what's in the water column. That's considerably less detail than I would get from a Helix 5. Same math on a Solix 15 as a Solix 10. Yes that's exactly what I'm saying. Putting a 75" TV is a small apartment where you are sitting 5 ft from the screen is a waste of money. Once you get close enough to differentiate between the pixels on a screen, making them bigger just makes the image blocky.

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Yeah, seeing it changes things. He moved off the spot and they took it. He came back and they let him have it. I think that was cool. A pro typically doesn't move off a spot if he's on fish. Personally, I'm not sure fishing behind a pro is a good strategy but to each his own.

Your console unit will be connected to a transducer on the transom. You will use your bow unit when fishing and it will be connected to the transducer on the trolling motor. Sonar will not work when the transducer is out of the water but the GPS will. If the two units are networked together, then you can view sonar data from either on both units. I don't think a high speed transducer is critical. I don't have one. I loose depth readings when I reach about 25MPH. I use GPS and maps to make sure I'm running in safe water and slow down if the water is questionable.

There are two ways that you can connect a trolling motor to a fish finder. You can connect the FF to a transducer thats built into the trolling motor. I checked the Minn Kota web site and I didn't see any Riptide models that have built in transducers. You can also connect most higher end Humminbird FFs to some Minn Kota TM using i-Pilot Link. Do not confuse i-Pilot with i-Pilot link. The trolling motor must be i-Pilot Link to link with a Humminbird FF. I-Pilot link gives you a number of navigation feature like being able to select a waypoint on the fishing finder for the trolling motor to navigate to. i-Pilot (non link) gives you most of these features but you must use a hand held remote instead of a fish finder.

Riptide is not a specific trolling motor. It designates their saltwater trolling motor line. Do you know which specific Riptide you are getting?

No I haven’t seen any articles on the tournament at all but I haven’t been looking either. This thread is getting a lot of attention. These types of incedents always do on this forum. In last years FLW tournament on KY Lake, the Jason Lambert/Randy Haynes incident got a lot more attention than Lambert 100lbs winning weight.

Just my observation. B. Lat’s confrontation with these teenagers is getting a lot more attention than the fact that he won the tournament. People love controversy. FLW and the pros that fish their tour need publicity. Maybe these teens did them a favor.

I use Shimano Stradic CI4+ spinning reels that cost around $230. Last year I bought a Shimano Syncopate which cost $30 just to see how much difference I would notice. The Syncopate was noticeably heaver. 37% heavier to be exact. It was also noticeably harder to turn. However, I would not say the Syncopate was too heavy or too hard to turn. The Stradic cost seven times more than the Syncopate. Is it worth it? I would have to say no. I have no doubt that I could catch just as many fish with the Syncopate. I would hope and expect the Stradic to last longer but probably not long enough to justify the difference in price. That said I will continue using Stradics as my go to spinning reels. Why? Fishing is my passion, I spend a lot of time fishing, and I think that justifies using quality equipment as long as I can afford it.

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