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onths ago, when ice started to form on our lakes and winter was setting in, it was hard to believe that we would actually get to be in a boat again. I love ice fishing but winter just always seems so long, especially back in December. Well, another open water season is upon us and we get to enjoy warm weather, great fishing and being back in the boat for the next several months. Let’s make the most of it.
Anglers must be careful not to exploit crappie populations with sonar technology.
Getting the most out of your electronics
It seems like I’ve been writing about electronics a lot over Electronics the past few years. There has setup on the been a lot of advancement with front of my boat. forward facing sonar, improved mapping and the use of bigger uths screens. There has also been Suspended smallmo Mega Live. some negativity around this new technology with some worried that we are going to “fish out” our lakes and that it’s not available properly gives your electronics the best chance to work the way that they should. to everybody because of the cost. The cost of keeping up with the latest in fishing technology is brutal for sure, it’s not a cheap activity. The reality is, you don’t need any of this stuff to head out and catch a few fish. I make my living by catching fish, in tournament competition and guiding, so I need to have every tool available to me, to stay competitive and relevant. If I choose not to adapt to the new technology, I’ll be left behind. For the first ten years of fishing professionally, my boats were all rigged up in my garage, with the help of some friends. We always got everything done and functioning but with the use of bigger screens today and transducers requiring more power, rigging the boat Electronics play an important role in fishing today.
This year I mounted the trolling motor and Talons on my boat before I headed south but I decided to leave the electronics to the experts. On my way to Florida prior to the start of the 2023 season, I brought my boat to Hennessey Outdoors in Dayton, Tennessee to have my electronics rigged up. They used some of their special wire harnesses to power my units and added on/off power switches at both of my X2 group 31 batteries that I use for cranking the big motor and powering On/Off switch at battery.
Clean rigging on my 2023 Lund Pro-V Bass Boat
all of the accessories on my boat. It was a nice treat to have these guys rig this stuff up nice and neat.
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The final result is that my electronics are working better than they ever have. I have four screens on my boat this year, two at the (Continued on page 18.)
Spring 2023