AKRISONER

+1 for Paul Castelano from cast adventures if you want to go the Erie/niagara route.

I’m going to give the same recommendation of fishing with taro Murata on lake simcoe, or a lake of his choice. He will get you on fish and your kid will have a blast.

Weibe is the goat…full stop

30AH is way way way more than enough to power an echomap 95 for a full day. Especially in the warmth. for perspective, I am able to use a 24amp hour lithium with a 106sv and livescope in the cold for about 7-8 hours

just saw this thread now...RIP beans!

the cold snap worked, less fishing more hockey though

really really hoping this little cold snap will start to get things locked up around here on the bigger waters. Lots of back lakes are skimmed in zone 15...I plan on trying to at least build a rink on one of them. Who knows I will probably end up trying to catch a few pan fish for entertainment too at some point. Its my annual "will scott fall through the ice? Christmas tradition" so far Im on a falling through streak the last two years lol.

never mind winter tires, how many people are running on belted slicks or better yet...driving essentially without brakes.

Just saw a stat on the weather network, Saturday will be the coldest day in toronto since February 2023, and it’s only supposed to be -10

This is a bit of a weird one, like anything there is some inherited nuance. I run big (expensive yeesh) all terrains on my truck, my truck in 4x4 with those tires is certainly a hell of a lot safer than a rear wheel drive mustang with snow tires. My idea, buy one expensive set of tires that gets me through anything. my wifes crv? It’s got winters. as someone else alluded to…it would be criminal to make someone that lives in the Niagara region to get winters, they see snow on the ground 20 days tops these days. they haven’t even had any snow yet this year!

Lake Lanier, it’s not a lake that Chris Johnston is particularly familiar with. He just knew how things were going to be lining up to win the tournament. this is the greatest misconception about FFS, people think that because it exists you don’t need to pattern fish anymore. 1. It’s useless up shallow in grass 2. Fish have seasonal movements, if you don’t know that…you probably aren’t competing in any form of fishing. my clubs current angler of the year, is a guy that throws a jig about 90% of the time. the whole “I lost because of ffs” thing is a convenient excuse for guys that aren’t very good at fishing. Shocking, the best anglers in fishing including in my club and at the pro level, were still winning before ffs. the Johnstons have been taking everyone’s money long before ffs yes, you throw me on a smallmouth lake in September, ya I’m probably going to outfish you if I have FFS and you don’t. But i can assure you, im still going to catch fish even if i don’t have it. It’s not like anyone I know that’s decent at fishing is hopeless without it. It’s one of many tools in an arsenal. Maps have caught me far more fish than any sonar ever has, that’s for damn sure lol.

just to be clear, only some units...mega live 2 will not be supported on the helix series of units.

hate to break it to you...but its the same guys the current Bassmaster AOY entered a no electronics super tournament with a huge buy in...and guess what..he won

improvements will simply be range and target separation for the next bit IMO, the fact that Garmin has 2 transducers for different ranges...someone is going to fix that with the swiftness. Be it a frequency function change, or perhaps just a transducer that is a little wider with a cone selection, similar to choosing your frequency for side imaging for more range...or just figuring out how to stitch all of that together.

good news for the h-bird boys they are finally getting decent FFS...just catching up though, nothing groundbreaking yet.