E-rude dude

Big expensive electronics are like shiny new lures. They catch more fishermen than fish. Ive started buying used electronics off of eBay. (Beware of “head unit only sales”). I currently have 2)899 & 2)898 at console and bow. Which cost me less than $2000. When I find a non-mega 360 I may buy that if the price is right. Electronics prices have gotten way to out of control. The pairing of TM’s with electronics has made them even more expensive. When I up graded my TM I bought the MG Tour pro because in the future I can put any transducer on it I wish without a problem. Maybe I’ll upgrade to mega when the next guy decides he can’t live without the latest greatest and drops several thousands of dollars to get it. But that’s just me. I like shined new lures more?

I mostly fish the 12’ and under depths. 4-12 is great square bill crank bait fishing for me any bluegill color I can find.

My Smoker Craft 16’ deep v with a 20” transom was the best little boat for everything. 20” transom meant I could fish skinny water. Deep V meant I could close the walk thru window and fight big waves. The only sacrifice and why I got rid of it was tackle storage. if you can find a similar type boat that is what I believe your looking for. I had mine for 14 year. I sold mine in 2014 for $3000. Look on boats.com and other sites you will find lots of 16’ deep v’s. If you want to not use a ramp the kayak is the way to go.

I think the biggest issue when topics like this are discussed is lake location. We all have our lakes that we fish with the methods that we use. Then a general topic like this about bass behavior or catching methods comes up and everyone applies their experiences to the discussion. You may catch a 100 fish in a day on your lake at mid depth with a drop shot. I may try the exact same method on my lake and get skunked. weW all have to remember that shared experiences is knowledge and no one fisherman is 100% correct about everything 100% of the time there are to many variables. Hence my reply of “my experience in WI”.

My experience here in WI makes me believe this is in fact the case. Shallow water structure/cover, 2’ and less, tends to hold single fish. Not including spawn. I can catch single fish every year off the same spots like clockwork. In gin clear water it’s pretty easy to verify one fish. Medium water structure, 4-12’ tends to hold smaller groups of fish mostly panfish. Which is the main forage up here for bass. Deep water structure, over 12’ tends to hold larger schools of varying types of fish. Do these fish move in and out of these different environments, very possible but I have no factual knowledge to say either way.

Some of you fellers need a girl friend?

d**n it spell check. I thought I fixed it fast enough????

I think what the OP means is the spot will consistently hold a fish. Catch one today and next week there is another in it’s place. I have so many waypoints marked for this exact pattern. Especially mid to late summer docks. One and done, run and gun on to the next.

Plastics tossed overboard then consumed by fish ?

When it looks like a football you’ve successfully caught the big un

I would be asking one of the engineers on here how much floatation you need to add so you don’t sink if swamped. It happens. I rebuilt a 16’ smokercraft deep v once. I had to sacrifice the bow battery compartment to fill with foam to compensate for the added weight of a slightly extended deck and epoxy covered wood decks.

See them almost everyday and they are still awe inspiring

Anchor pole at the stern. Tie to dock by bow line. I’ll never parallel a dock again with bumpers that just don’t work. Navigate into position using the trolling motor. My boat has virtually no dock scars.

For me SI A lot of guys idle around and watch the SI at the console for spots. I do this some. But mostly I’m at the bow casting, slow trolling and watching the SI at the bow. SI at the bow is very helpful for circling a possible target while casting to it also. I don’t have 360 imaging. Just hard for me to drop 1200$ on a transducer with NO head unit.

I know, just wish I had seen that thread.

No Sturgeon Bay, WI ??????? ☹️

It’s real easy to do your self. All wires to back go through one tube. Fish tape works great. You can remove the drink holder for extra guidance. the bow has a fuse block under the recess trolling motor pedal already installed. Drill a hole in the recess tray or bow dash area to run wires. Put a pass thru grommet to cover the hole. easy to do I even have an extra grommet if you want it. I mounted the head units on ram 2” ball mounts, but there are others too

This thread is just nuts ?

It can also be used like a crank bait. Which explains a lot why my setup is much lighter. In Northern lakes by summer time the weeds have taken over the bottom. Cranking a Chatter bait across the top ticking the weeds has become my preferred way to fish it. The biggest mistake people make when fishing it this way is to jerk the rod to free it from weeds. This causes missed strikes and bad hook sets because the hook is no longer facing up it is now fluttering sideways. If you just keep cranking the reel but crank just a little faster when you feel it hang up in weeds the lure pops out in the correct position ready for a strike. Which usually happens after it pops loose. The hook set when fishing it this way is a sideways sweep or lean just like a crank bait.

Sales person telling fibs again? Tracker still uses wood decks but not in transom. Most manufacturers have ditched wood entirely. There are too many plastics, composites, fiberglass hybrids, and aluminum available.

Since you had put seafoam in the tank ......... and it now seems to be running a little better, I’m more apt to believe your motor just needs a good de-carb. A maybe a few very small carb adjustments. Did you check the gap on the new plugs? Are the old plugs gapped to spec? interesting that the new plugs are not performing better.

When guys start adding front decks and sealed compartments to boats like this, I always wonder if it will sink like a rock if swamped.

I see Crestliners everywhere up here. Guys love them. Lunds are nice boats but far from “the perfect boat”. They have their quality issues just like every other boat company.

We had mice in the house we bought 2 years ago. Pest company put a bait station outside the house. No more mice. I had my doubts that mice would leave the house to eat poison bait but they did. May be worth checking out. The mice eat the bait and take the poison with them.

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Curly_Tail_Worms/catpage-CTW.html https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Paddle_Tail_Worms/catpage-PADWORM.html I prefer the paddle tail style but both work.