Hilltop
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Had a fun weekend with some close friends. I caught and released my personal best walleye on back to back days. We also kept plenty for a few meals.
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2023 FISHING THREAD
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sleepingbear
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Went To the Ruby Marshes here in Nevada. Caught 400+ in three and a half days. Mostly small fish but a fish ever good cast is a blast
The Oregon Coast is a sight to see. Myself a a few buddies did some Halibut fishing out of Bandon last week for my buddies sons 21st Bday. We rented a VRBO on the coast line and the scenery was spectacular! My first time on the Or coast.
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Colorado Cowboy
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Finally got my new boat in the water for a shake down yesterday. After I got it out of my storage cover, I had to de-winterize it. I checked all the engine and outdrive vitals. Charged the battery and checked all the safety equipment. I also moved and rewired the sonar fishfinder.
Went to our local reservoir and spent a couple of hours checking out everything. Because of the huge snowpack and runoff, there was a lot of debris and big logs in the water, had to be pretty careful. I do have a list of things to do, mostly just small stuff.
The boat is a 1975 trihull with a Mercruiser 165 hp I/0, which is an inline Chevy 6 cyl. It runs great. The boat was a one owner (one of my fishing buddies) who really took care of it. Always stored indoors and still looks like new. Going to go fishing next week when the 4th of July mob leaves.
Went to our local reservoir and spent a couple of hours checking out everything. Because of the huge snowpack and runoff, there was a lot of debris and big logs in the water, had to be pretty careful. I do have a list of things to do, mostly just small stuff.
The boat is a 1975 trihull with a Mercruiser 165 hp I/0, which is an inline Chevy 6 cyl. It runs great. The boat was a one owner (one of my fishing buddies) who really took care of it. Always stored indoors and still looks like new. Going to go fishing next week when the 4th of July mob leaves.
Colorado Cowboy
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I am probably going to replace the sonar fish finder. It has a Humminbird Wide Field. The problem is that it is really hard to read the screen when the sun shines on it. I also would like a color screen and as simple as possible operation. Small size and less than $500.
Any recommendations?
Any recommendations?
buckbull
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The guide i had on lake michigan had a live scope. That was my first time seeing it used in person. Holy smokes is it good. Maybe too good. Its out of your budget but i recommend investigating it prior to buying anything.
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if you can try go with the live scope, get a Hummingbird Helix. You’ll like it.
There are some good sales on them.
Get the lake master chart micro sd chip and stick it in there.
There are some good sales on them.
Get the lake master chart micro sd chip and stick it in there.
buckbull
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You can actually watch the jig dropping down and you can position it right in front of the fish. We were using braid with a flourocarbon leader and you could once in a while see the braided line. Almost shooting fish in a barrel.
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Here you go.
Amazon.com: Humminbird 411590-1 Helix 7 Chirp SI GPS G4 Fish Finder : Electronics
Whatever, you buy, I would at a minimum get the one with side imaging. It's really cool to cruise around and check out what's on the bottom.
Amazon.com: Humminbird 411590-1 Helix 7 Chirp SI GPS G4 Fish Finder : Electronics
Whatever, you buy, I would at a minimum get the one with side imaging. It's really cool to cruise around and check out what's on the bottom.
buckbull
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Me and mallards are pretty good at spending CC's money.
Colorado Cowboy
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As long as you don't ask me to buy your out of state tags, keep spending it.....LOL!
took lil momma fishing this weekend. Sea trout, lane snapper, kingfish.
We did a 10 hr offshore charter abd boat took us 40 miles out.
red snapper, red grouper, lane snapper in pic. Wish they had better picture area setup. Capt and mate just wanted to start cutting.
red snapper, red grouper, lane snapper in pic. Wish they had better picture area setup. Capt and mate just wanted to start cutting.
CrimsonArrow
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Been a great open water season so far. Been fishing around home a lot, and have been up to our Ontario cabin 3 times. We never take enough pictures 
