I've been making good use of the sonar on my cheap little metal boat. Wow, a great analogy Lenny! Thanks for your contribution. I have more questions than answers at this point.none of which convince me of a rational reason to buy a boat.įor now, I'm just going to buy a bigger keepnet when I hit L50. That said what is that finder really telling us? If I need to drop a line straight down and just jig my life away to make use of it, it seems kind of limited.įurthermore my understanding of the game functionally was that fish spawn based on your gear and throw location thousands of fish don't just spawn throughout the whole lake and sit there waiting for you to find them. Now to the topic of the fish finders do they really help?Ī typical fish finder has a "cone" view which is mostly below the boat and might reach a few feet in front of it. Originally posted by Lenny Rat:Good thread, and truthfully, the whole idea of the boats and fish finders now comes into question.Īs noted, the top of the line boats appear overpowered and oversized for where they can be used. Just my obseravtions and my personal opinion. It seems to me something like a portable sonar unit would be much easier and more accurate than what we have now: I could tell he was trolling however, he never caught a single fish during the entire time I filled my 661 lb net. Croix and a short distance away was someone in the same bass boat I purchased. In any event, here is an official video showing the sonar in action however, it falls short of showing the sonar screen when the boat is stopped and it also falls short on showing how the sonar screen was used to actually locate the fish so the rod could be casted in the proper area.įor what it is worth, I was fishing off the floating dock for catrfish St. And those two half moons keep swimming by (right to left) periodically. Now I do see a few half moons swim by but the terrain seems to move as well. However, they talk about an optional "side view" and this appears to be a 2d side view IMHO.
I looked at some real sonar videos on youtube and the terrain remains stationary. I guess you can tell I never used sonar in real life eh? Anyway, I still don't understand why the sonar screen keeps moving (fish swimming and terrain) when the boat is stopped. In other words, I bought it, I tried it, I didn't like it, and I sold and Thank you both for that additional information. In summary, I found the boat was just too fast, the trolling motor was OK, and the sonar was very disappointing. I was uncertain of the actual direction the sonar was viewing? (Is the sonar rotating 360 degrees maybe? If so how do you stop it from rotating?) There is constant movement (fish & terrain?) on the screen & I am not sure why? All fish look the same (from what I can tell) The sonar was the biggest disappointment: The saving grace for this boat is the slow trolling speed. It is easy to run your bass boat right onto land and get stuck there. The top speeds are way too fast for these small waterways. Now, here's my personal opinion of the best bass boat:
I might buy a small motorboat (without sonar) to replace the kayak. I still float fish and lure fish from a kayak.
In some rare cases where I might need a boat, a kayak works for me. The best bottom rods can cast 300 feet so I can reach almost anywhere on most lakes. I have all my hot-spots already marked with buoys at every location. I primarily fish with 4 bottom rods from shore. I bought the best bass boat (paid $391k+) just to see how I would like it and it honestly does not work for me.
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