| #1  12-01-2009, 01:54 PM | ||||
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 fish finders Does anyone use a fish finder when not boat fishing? I can see the obvious advantages when fishing lakes from a boat due to the large area to be covered. But finders like the Humminbird Smartcast can be used to "map" the swim you're fishing, even from the bank, by casting out the sonar beacon with your rod and reeling it in. Has anyone used anything like this specificaly for their pike fishing, and was it worth the £180 or so cost? Cheers, Chappa     |
| #2 12-01-2009, 02:06 PM | |||
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| Re: fish finders I use one attached to my bait boat , and a echo sounder  helps me find fish , depths of the lake , snags , depth of weed all the high and low spots , and even better it finds me the fish  |
| #3 12-01-2009, 03:21 PM | ||||
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| Re: fish finders I have just got a smart cast for £35.00 it is a small hand held one but works great __________________ Born to fish made to work |
| #4 12-01-2009, 03:38 PM | ||||
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| Re: fish finders they can be modified to cover a greater distance just need a few bits form maplins will be fitting one to my bait boat eventually a lazy mans plummet lol |
| #5 12-01-2009, 03:39 PM | ||||
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| Re: fish finders I got the smartcast rf15e that i use with my baitboat which is very useful apart from the batteries lasting less than 10min  __________________ Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will sit on a bank and drink beer all day |
| #7 12-01-2009, 05:18 PM | ||||
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| #9 12-01-2009, 05:28 PM | |||
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| Re: fish finders As a heavy duty user of batteries, here are some tips. Modern lithium rechargables are designed to work hard. How many times have you picked up your digital camera only to find the batteries are dead? Even though you only took 3 pics on a full charge a couple of weeks ago? The reason is they are never fully charged at the factory (regardless of what your device's meter tells you. The devices are designed to accept the level of charge on first insertion as the max that battery can hold) The trick is to charge them up, then use them completely several times in quick succession. Whenever I put new batteries into my cameras I get maybe 500 shots before needing a recharge. I currently can take maybe 1000+ shots at an event and my batteries still read 75% full. On an expedition last year where I was the photographer I was away from any sort of recharging for 2 weeks, shot over 4000 images and the camera was working as well on the last day as it was on the first. I even had enough charge to shoot my kids carnival procession (another 400 shots) on the night I got home. I regretted having spent the £90 for spares 'just in case' |
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