depth finder


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navigational instrument used to measure the depth of a body of water (as by ultrasound or radar)

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Consistently catching fish in one part of a drift must mean something, so go and have a good look with your depth finder. When you do find a spot, you should visit it a couple of times during the day, not to fish it, but to see what happens to the wind and currents there, and establish how you can fish it at different times of the day--determining number and kind of anchors needed to fish there at different times and in different weather conditions etc.
If you have a list of individuals who have already asked for more information on the product you are trying to sell, this may be much more responsive than any list developed by a model (i.e., if you can see the fish in a feeding frenzy, you don't need a depth finder to tell you where to cast).
We got back in the boat and headed towards the structure until Phil located it on the depth finder. We anchored right on top of it.
These spots are best found with a depth finder. Grab a bunch of deep diving crank baits, plastic worms or jigging spoons and start fishing.
A quality depth finder is one of their main tools for making these choices.
The bank-side varied from sheer cliffs to muddy pastures to impenetrable bush thickets stretching out into the water, and when he cut the engine it was possible to watch the depth finder bounce around 20 or 30 feet in the course of a drift.
With the depth finder, we located the landlocked sockeye in 20 to 50 feet of water.
It had a center console with every gadget screwed to it that you could imagine: depth finder, swinging cup holders (four of 'em!), plier holders, side rod holders, and of course, the throttle and steering wheel were additional line-grabbers.
Check this against your depth finder for data point number one.
Trolling: Determine depth and location of a kokanee school with depth finder, then troll through school with flashers and a worm tipped with a kernel of white corn.
"You can often see them clearly on a depth finder."
The team might decide on a depth finder, which can send signals through sand but has some of the same limitations as the ground-penetrating radar.
These spots can sometimes be located with a depth finder and fished effectively with some precise anchor placement.