Little Bay de Noc Fishing Reports

catman · Guru

2-28-12 Report

Dooger · Veteran Member

Nice! How deep were you?

Dooger · Veteran Member

BTW, made me laugh when you pulled about 10 lures outta your box at once.

Tomjohn - PERCHER · Guru

Damn Kev...You do go fishing. lol That's a nice bunch of walleys. I'd even trade you some lawyers for those walleyes. lol

Slip Knot · Member

Very nice catch, congrats and thanks for the report.

eskymudslinger · Veteran Member

Love the video...........thanks catman!

catman · Guru

Dooger wrote:
Nice! How deep were you?

I was fishing in 25 feet of water...

ripalip · Newbie

Great video catman! Thanks for the post! Sure is fun getting into some nice eyes like those!

steelyboy67 · Member

confuse If you don't mind me asking, what kind of fish finder are you using? I've got the Humminbird ice 45 and like it, but I haven't been doing this that long and was just curious. Nice catch by the way.

catman · Guru

steelyboy67 wrote:
If you don't mind me asking, what kind of fish finder are you using? I've got the Humminbird ice 45 and like it, but I haven't been doing this that long and was just curious. Nice catch by the way.

I stole the Lowrance HDS 5 off our charter boat to try it out and love it!

schmutzomatic 5000 · Senior Member

Hey Kev, Why did ya shut your H2o off in the pic.... It is not like anyone would look for your waypoint's..lol Did you buy a new power cable and ducer for the HDS for ice? Do you use the GPS on there for ice?? If so would you please leave it on in the picture and change the icon to somethin big and orange..lol...jk.. Nice work really nice eat's// smile

catman · Guru

Schmutz,

The power cable is the same one used on my X-102c, so all I needed to get was the ice-ducer. I ended up getting another mounting bracket too since I didn't feel like uncovering the boat to take the bracket off the dash. You can find everything you need at the Lowrance Factory Outlet Store. It just amazes me how sensitive it is. The least little thing that goes thru (even right on the bottom) will cause the bottom color to change. I have it set so the bottom is all brown (there is like 14 different color schemes to choose from). Anything small is usually blue. Keeper sized fish and up usually are red, orange, and yellow. I remember a couple years ago my brother telling me he didn't think he and his client would have done so well on opening day without the HDS as the fish they caught were pretty much glued to the bottom. But he noticed the bottom color changed when they were moving to a new spot so they turned around and made a drift and found out the slight color difference were walleye belly to the bottom. Ended up with a limit by 8:30 if I remember right...

schmutzomatic 5000 · Senior Member

I hear ya buddy. I love my HDS.. Oct. off of Days in 30+ ft. you can see a perch move in when anchored. I will finish out with the Vex but maybe next year I will get the ducer for ice...Oh one more question... How does the battery hold up??? I just got paranoid about damage to it.. I'm ready for soft water... mid to upper 40's this week will turn it to crap in a big hurry... b safe and tight lines

P.S. thanks for the upgrade reminder.. I loaded it to a card but havent put on the unit yet.. Thanks for the reminder though....

Tomjohn - PERCHER · Guru

Get Vex from Kev.....lol

schmutzomatic 5000 · Senior Member

No sence no more TJ... You got the last one that catches fish...lol

Tomjohn - PERCHER · Guru

I should be able to sell it for a decent price then.