09-17-2022, 09:01 AM
To sum it up, I am a lure-action/ slow-retrieve angler and along with knowing lure size and sometimes color can make all the difference. When fish are hypersensitive, as when fish are in a turned-on school, the range of lures and lure size choices are greater. Finding fish is of course key to catching them and lures do just that.
Fishfinders - especially sidefinders - indicate if fish are present, even bait fish. No fish shown on the screen in an area usually means few or no fish period - though not always. Example: a few days ago, fish weren't on certain structure types or in deeper water. Casting around the boat in 6' or less found individual fish in the middle of nowhere and before I left, 42 fish were caught.
Fishfinders - especially sidefinders - indicate if fish are present, even bait fish. No fish shown on the screen in an area usually means few or no fish period - though not always. Example: a few days ago, fish weren't on certain structure types or in deeper water. Casting around the boat in 6' or less found individual fish in the middle of nowhere and before I left, 42 fish were caught.