I was on a high mountain lake above Bozeman Montana yesterday. Same thing. Ice was good, lots of slush on top. Fishing was decent though. I've gotta check out these wireless sonars. I feel like building some kind of a foldable shuttle with a tablet, battery pack and an extra sonar ball would pretty much get you through a day.
I have used the non GPS model for the prior 2 winters. Water depth has been 40’ to over 75’. GPS is on on my phone so I felt no need to have it on the unit. Oh, and my purchase of the unit was due to watching your first video reviewing it. Also using bay shrimp for bait🤙🏼
Do you ever keep Brookies to eat. I haven’t eaten one in well over a decade. I recall that they tasted good with just salt and pepper on the frying pan with butter
I’ve been watching your videos and craving some ice fishing. Just so happens my grandsons are visiting from TN and would like to take them. What lakes have safe fishable ice right now?
I'm noticing a trend of a surge to push people to rely on technology instead of their own experience, no-body needs any talent with technology, or to rely on their own skills, sewing self doubt in their own abilities. Big steps forward for technology = huge leaps backwards on self reliance and skill in our own abilities.
There will always be those who reject technology and those who embrace it. To each their own. Do you drive a car to work? If you do it sounds like you too are dependent on technology.
Personally, I don't have a lot of extra money to justify high-end electronics for a pastime, but my available time for fishing is quite limited, and it sure as hell is helpful to know if I am putting a lure in the vicinity of actual fish. From that point I can learn what is working and what isn't. A basic fish-finder has been indispensable to me. I am not sure what you are meaning by "talent", this is fishing (an analytical approach), not the not the violin. What low-tech fishing line do you use? When you go to a body of water that you haven't fished before, how do you determine where the fish are and at what depth?
Fantastic learning experience. This makes fishing fun.
I was on a high mountain lake above Bozeman Montana yesterday. Same thing. Ice was good, lots of slush on top. Fishing was decent though.
I've gotta check out these wireless sonars. I feel like building some kind of a foldable shuttle with a tablet, battery pack and an extra sonar ball would pretty much get you through a day.
Gonna have to pick one of those up.
I bought one in September and paired it to my Samsung tablet gonna try it tomorrow thru the ice
I have used the non GPS model for the prior 2 winters. Water depth has been 40’ to over 75’. GPS is on on my phone so I felt no need to have it on the unit. Oh, and my purchase of the unit was due to watching your first video reviewing it. Also using bay shrimp for bait🤙🏼
that is exactly what I need as my first foray into electronics, perfect timing!
Do you ever keep Brookies to eat. I haven’t eaten one in well over a decade. I recall that they tasted good with just salt and pepper on the frying pan with butter
I eat them on backcountry camping trips. They are delicious.
Can you troll salmon with this and see your lure behind the canon ball? Wonder if it can read at 3mph
How long does the battery hold up
6 hrs or so
Do you usually fish that shallow.
For early ice trout 4-10' are my go to depths
I’ve been watching your videos and craving some ice fishing. Just so happens my grandsons are visiting from TN and would like to take them. What lakes have safe fishable ice right now?
Molson, Sidley, Coffin, Thomas, and Bonaparte are all good to go.
Thanks for the info. How is Curlew looking?
I'm noticing a trend of a surge to push people to rely on technology instead of their own experience, no-body needs any talent with technology, or to rely on their own skills, sewing self doubt in their own abilities. Big steps forward for technology = huge leaps backwards on self reliance and skill in our own abilities.
There will always be those who reject technology and those who embrace it. To each their own. Do you drive a car to work? If you do it sounds like you too are dependent on technology.
@northwindcreations was that supposed to be a useful or productive comment?
@comprehensiveoutdoorsjeffh5246 it is to those with ears to hear. God bless.
For sure. I have been abstaining from electronics for this exact reason, I like being challenged and learning new watersheds
Personally, I don't have a lot of extra money to justify high-end electronics for a pastime, but my available time for fishing is quite limited, and it sure as hell is helpful to know if I am putting a lure in the vicinity of actual fish. From that point I can learn what is working and what isn't. A basic fish-finder has been indispensable to me. I am not sure what you are meaning by "talent", this is fishing (an analytical approach), not the not the violin. What low-tech fishing line do you use? When you go to a body of water that you haven't fished before, how do you determine where the fish are and at what depth?