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I too have Striker 4 that does me almost no good because I don't know how to use it. The video is great, but way too long to digest in one viewing. I do understand that fish you see have already passed through the transducer cone, so do you use the A-Scope on a split screen to tell if there are still fish under you?? Reading bottom, structure, depth and temperature are easy advantages, but the ability to find fish would be great.I hate fishing barren water. I know it's barren because my Stryker 4 depth sounder tells me so.
It is a tool that has helped me be much more successful in stillwater.
I move around until I spot fish on my sounder. I then know the depth to fish and that I'm showing my gear to the fish.
It's easier to know if my fly is the right one if I know I'm putting it in front of fish.
Without the depthfinder I don't know if there are no fish where I'm fishing or fish are present and rejecting my offerings.
I fish with more confidence using a depthsounder.
This image shows a good sized trout at 12 or 13 feet and another at 22 feet that are under my pontoon boat with others within the cone of my transducer.
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This one has glare on the screen but shows 3 decent trout that I just paddled over the the top of and others in the periphery of my cone angle.
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For me I can't imagine fishing without it.
I can stumble into a few once in a while without one but am much more consistent with one and waste less time hoping to get lucky.
I keep it on full screen as for me the advantage lies in knowing the depth range the majority of the fish are occupying. I'm not really concerned with targeting individual fish as I rarely anchor and fish underneath me.I too have Striker 4 that does me almost no good because I don't know how to use it. The video is great, but way too long to digest in one viewing. I do understand that fish you see have already passed through the transducer cone, so do you use the A-Scope on a split screen to tell if there are still fish under you?? Reading bottom, structure, depth and temperature are easy advantages, but the ability to find fish would be great.
Fish that are marked that have scrolled on through the screen to the left are past fish in some random direction, fish that have recently popped up on the right are "live" under your transducer. You can change the speed of this window too. A-Scope can be helpful when not moving, jigging/chromie fish in water with no debris. I use it to spot check my cone width at water depth, it gives this reading on the bottom of the A-Scope split screen. Once get a gist for your cone size I dont think you need to use A-Scope for fly fishing and when split on the Garmin 3.5" it hinders your traditional view too much.I too have Striker 4 that does me almost no good because I don't know how to use it. The video is great, but way too long to digest in one viewing. I do understand that fish you see have already passed through the transducer cone, so do you use the A-Scope on a split screen to tell if there are still fish under you?? Reading bottom, structure, depth and temperature are easy advantages, but the ability to find fish would be great.
If you are trying to find fish, use the 77hz as it gives you a wider cone angle hence more searching power. Keep watching your video tutorials. Mastering your sounder WILL help put more fish in your net.I too have Striker 4 that does me almost no good because I don't know how to use it. The video is great, but way too long to digest in one viewing. I do understand that fish you see have already passed through the transducer cone, so do you use the A-Scope on a split screen to tell if there are still fish under you?? Reading bottom, structure, depth and temperature are easy advantages, but the ability to find fish would be great.
Here here! I’ll drink to that (later). I have a really hard time indicator fishing on lakes, and would rather go various sinking lines in retrieve.Full sink on a 71/2’ st Croix at Cady lake chirinomid finger walking. The count down to 30’ takes a while. Not how i like fishing but it certainly tests my lack of patience. Indicators for me when and if I ever unretire my steelhead rods. I may just list them for sale.
Today it was "quick release" strike bobbers, tomorrow it will be airlok strike bobbers. When the bobber bit works, it is a blast.Here here! I’ll drink to that (later). I have a really hard time indicator fishing on lakes, and would rather go various sinking lines in retrieve.
I have two bags of those slip bobbers never used, figure I will keep them for something to learn later in my life.
My bags of bobbers will also last a lifetime. They don't release enough to create any wear! It takes a little catching to wear a bobber.Today it was "quick release" strike bobbers, tomorrow it will be airlok strike bobbers. When the bobber bit works, it is a blast.
All I have to do is just think about touching my coffee cup.My bobber, er, Iracator, fishing technique is to look away, cuz that's always when the bobber goes down. Had I used this technique is the days of using barbed hooks, my hookup rate would likely have been higher.
You all need one
In my float tube, I need to grab some lunch or be messing with tying new flies on the other rod. In my boat, the go to is to grab the urinal bucket. I always wonder if someone is using the telescopes above Dry Falls while I'm "dangling the worm" while trying to land a fish.My bobber, er, Iracator, fishing technique is to look away, cuz that's always when the bobber goes down. Had I used this technique is the days of using barbed hooks, my hookup rate would likely have been higher.
We have come to calling him "Tommy the Spotter" (the theory is like a sniper team, shooter and spotter)... The theory - Tommy is starring (and he wins way more starring contents than we do) at all fisherman's eyes, and he uses "lateral line" communicating with all the other trout in the lake. When Tommy sees us fishermen "look away", Tommy yells "NOW" and the other trout feel it through their lateral line and bite the fisherman's fly!In my float tube, I need to grab some lunch or be messing with tying new flies on the other rod. In my boat, the go to is to grab the urinal bucket. I always wonder if someone is using the telescopes above Dry Falls while I'm "dangling the worm" while trying to land a fish.
The old "DIH" technique, it will get you everytime.In my float tube, I need to grab some lunch or be messing with tying new flies on the other rod. In my boat, the go to is to grab the urinal bucket. I always wonder if someone is using the telescopes above Dry Falls while I'm "dangling the worm" while trying to land a fish.