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Hi there,

I'd like to have some suggestion for fish finder. Usually I rent a boat and fish for bass using bait like worm. The problem is I don't know where I can find the right fishing spot.

Is the fish finder helpful?

TIA

Mike

A fishfider is like any other tool. It's only useful if you know how to use it.

I personally only use mine for depth control and structure locating. Others use it for marking fish, temp readings, speed, thermoclines. All very very good information, but if you don't know how to inturpret the data..it's useless.

For bass fishing, I think you'd be fine without one if you're just planning on casting shore line or drifting. I only pay attention to my finder when I'm downrigging or trying to hold a certain depth or locating structure.

I'm starting to question how useful a finder would be for lmb as let's face it mostly you're working very close to the shoreline... i can see it's benefits for smb fishing where you may be looking for humps and structure in deeper 20-30ft water.

For someone who trolls a good finder should be high on the list.

As marcus points out it's jsut another tool and it shouldn't be seen as something that's automatically going to mean you catch more fish.

GRRRRRRRRRRRR And I thought Markus had just gave away his secret

Jk M, T.L F.F

thanks!

usually I look for bass near shore in the early morning. But during the day time, it seems I cannot find them any more. Sometimes I can catch one in the afternoon in the depth around 3-4 feet.

BTW, I never use any lures other than worm. I just bought several big O last week, is it good for bass fishing?

Markus wrote:A fishfider is like any other tool. It's only useful if you know how to use it.

I personally only use mine for depth control and structure locating. Others use it for marking fish, temp readings, speed, thermoclines. All very very good information, but if you don't know how to inturpret the data..it's useless.

For bass fishing, I think you'd be fine without one if you're just planning on casting shore line or drifting. I only pay attention to my finder when I'm downrigging or trying to hold a certain depth or locating structure.

Big O's are great. Bass are pretty aggresive, so you'll find that spinner baits, spinners, tubes, twisters, topwater lures will all work. It doesn't hurt to have a couple of each to play with. Some days it seems they'll take one over the other and that can change completely the next day.....that's fishing!

I think the biggest key to succes with bass'n would be look for obvious signs of cover. log...lilly pads..docks. And the big-O seems to work farely well for me .. Good luck

Bass aren't just shallow.

I have caught many a bass in the middle of the lake with the aid of the depth finder. Both largemouth and smallmouth. This is an untapped resource and you usually don't have to share you spot with anyone.

Check it out one day. Look for drop offs, weed edges, under water point and humps. These aren't just smallmouth spots.

Cheers,

Mike

Good tip probassing... i'd have to assume that it's not so much the depth of water but the structure that's there.... on a shoreline with little or no structure a drop off further out may be a place to start and a finder would be important in locating that structure.

You know what I think finders are good to have for any type of fishing because you know what is under you. You can spot structure better and you know if there are fish in the area too....

Is Ketchup good on fries.... for some yes.

I am putting a new finder on the front of my Nitro with a transducer on the bowmounted electric... the finder I am hoping to put in incorporates sidefinder technology that looks out sideways in shallow water.... so for some this might say that I will know that there are a lot of weeds somewhere but I have seen another pro use these finders and pick up bass way off from his boat. Hey I can learn from that because I have learned a lot from fishing with guys and gals who have been doing this for years before I ever thought of fishing bass the way I do now. When it comes to finishing in the top ten in tourneys.... you better have everything you can put in the boat to help you catch fish in my own humble opinion.