@@hardwaterfanatic I’m targeting mostly open water areas out in front of pinch points, bays that narrow and open up into main lake areas etc. Some of our bays have 4-5’ and clean areas and those are great spots too. I do fish some thick stuff but I’m finding schools of fish in the open areas.

My plan was to make a phone version too, but for this youtube version I wanted it to be full screen and feel like you were with me while I was scanning and could see all the screens at the same time with ease. Thanks for that input!

Thanks!

Thank you. Having side imaging on the kayak is an awesome way to find more spots!!

@@BassBrawlOutdoors it's been doing me well, I fish a lot of the finger lakes

Thank you. If you running into any issues or questions, reach out and I'll try to help.

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Thanks! 1 - A couple reasons - and no right or wrong - If I scan with a point or hump right down the heart of it, sometimes the stuff below the boat is either in a dead spot, or doesn't show up the best, so knowing that it runs out on each side of my boat like I do it lets me see the majority of it good. Also, coming from deep water up to the structure and back off it to deep water, when doing a couple times on each piece, lets me see if there's activity like baitfish, gills, etc suspended or right on the breaks. Perp works totally fine, just always have done it like the way I showed. 2 - Yes and no - The day I scanned, the spots were loaded with little gills and baitfish, and there were no bass out on those spots. I fished a half dozen just to check they weren't stuck to rocks or bottom hiding, and didn't catch any to confirm the graphs lol!! 3 - The lakes in my area seem to have a ton of structure in that 8-15'. Our fish do go deeper, but they are roamers and suspenders and that is tougher to target. My goal is to find the structure in that range you mentioned, and it's going to have weeds/rocks/bait and a good chance at holding schools of fish. You could easily have lakes that have structure out deeper, I've just gotten use to how ours are setup and they all are somewhat the same. I think the biggest key is knowing the depth the weeds end, and finding the structure that is right where they end giving the fish multiple reasons to use that area.

@@BassBrawlOutdoors Thanks for the response Casey! These are all great tips. And I appreciate your honesty on point #2 LOL. I was wondering if the fish were there and just not showing up, or if they just weren't there at all. Seems like they just weren't there. Thanks!

@@natrix19 on giant lakes, there might be a thousand "good looking spots", but on our smaller 600-2500 lakes, you might only have 4-12 spots that really stand out as homeruns. So when I scan and see the really good looking stuff, seeing fish at that time only matters for that day if they are using it or not, I know at some point in the season it's more than likely to have a bunch of nice fish holding on it. Once I have the main milk run established, the next time I get to that lake it only takes a short time to roll a few spots, and/or make a few casts and know if it's game on or time to go up shallow and fish.

Appreciate it!

Either version is going to show you enough info to 100% increase your efficiency and help you put your casts on exact targets. If you go new, you can use my link that will take you right to the page for the mega 360. It won't save you any money, but it does help me out. tinyurl.com/birdmega360

I have a lot of older videos using the 360 and smallmouth, south of this lake. Also a bunch of largemouth videos using the 360.

Does not have a trash can

Using line on my reels is an unfair advantage.

Thanks!!

I loved my 2 Phoenix boats. I walk in my garage to my iKon, especially after having it on the water and putting it through the paces, and smile every time I see it. I love the body lines. I love the monsterous front deck. One thing I wasn't expecting was how great it pulls behind the truck. Seats are very comfy. Cooler actually keeps ice in it. The finished compartments are great. The room around the 3 front graphs is crazy, I can walk around and stand on the nose of the boat or access the trolling motor when down if I need to adjust the height very easily. If I had to go buy a different boat tomorrow, another iKon would be coming home with me.

I'm by myself 99% of the time, so the first time I loaded the boat in this video I had all my heavy stuff on the port side to balance my weight out. It floats perfect and drives level. At 20mph if you don't have jackplate and trim correct it started to porpoise and I just gave it a tad of gas pedal and it went away. At speeds faster then that it drove great. My wife went for a boat ride yesterday, and at 20mph (because she doesn't like any wind in her face at all) it had some list to her side - that was with all my gear over there and her. If I gave it a little more gas it flattened right out. Based on that info, 18-20mph is just not a speed I use. Most of the time I'm in that 35-40 easy crusing speed so my camera gear doesn't get banged around, or wide open. I'm also rethinking putting all my heavy stuff on the port side, bow lift and takeoff are awesome and I'm going to try and just leave it all in the front center storage area. Today on a full throttle run it had zero chine whatsoever and just feels good driving. I've had Skeeter's, Tritons, Rangers, Phoenix and so on - This boat I have now is pretty special and I'm enjoying the heck out of it so far!!

It’s all in the editing. We don’t have many fish up here 😂

If I had to guess, I'd say no - just based on not seeing any colonies on my 360 - but there were definitely bluegills around the weeds and clumps etc - so yes the gills were still a factor.

That's a loaded question with 150 different variables. I have 3 big graphs up front on a big heavy mount. Apex 16, 13 and solix 12. 52" ultrex quest which has a bigger base, target lock and mega live /mega 360. With all my gear - minus a few extra rods, livewells full, I hit 68.5 today. I only have 5 hours on the motor and not fully broke in yet. I have lithiums in the back and too much weight on the front. It's a 21' boat, and to compare to my Phoenix 920 Elite, that was a 74-75mph boat BEFORE I rigged it this same way. Once I did that, 68-69 is all I could get 99% of the days. I might throw some weight in the rear just to see if it helps get the back down and more balanced. If I took the graphs off and put some helix or lighter units up front it would/could make a lot of difference. Also - my graph mounts are being redesigned up front and at the console. Front is tipped more and shorter arms to get the graphs down and not up like a sail. Same at console, dropping them 2" lower - today I could hear the wind whistling off the console units as they were fully catching full wind.

Thanks Hunter!

In this video I was using a Daiwa Kage Frog Rod. Right now I'm using a Megabass Orochi XX Perfect Pitch. I wish it had just a tad more give at the tip when casting, but overall has been working great.

It should've been in the video description. It was a Megabass Jamaica Boa.

Good stuff, electronics aren't always about seeing a fish bite your lure, it's also for things like activity on a spot or certain depth.

@@BassBrawlOutdoors I 100% agree buddy 👍

I had gopros on some yak attack mounts. I wear a small voice recorder in my pocket and mic clips inside my shirt. The pike would hit anything that moved, that lake was too full of them so I actually left. I was looking for bass and was tired of unhooking pike. You'll love that PDL!!!! The PFD actually worked better than I thought, but I switched to an auto inflatable one that I also use in my boat that is small, light, and you don't know you have it on. Good luck with your new kayak!!

yes it was

A chunk or a spark shad / paddle tail

It’s catching.

There’s 150 videos on my channel, go check out some of the early ones without them then get back to me.

Thanks for watching all my stuff!!!

Thanks, I enjoy catching fish and using all these tools.

I’m on year 43 of fishing, so have put more hours than imaginable into this fishing thing. Well before graphs were real common and was lucky to know the depth. Making 1000 blind casts isn’t really teaching you much besides setting the hook once in awhile. Seeing the fish on forward sonar and how the react to not only your bait but the cover and structure has taught me 100000x then guessing what my bait and fish were doing out of my sight. I hunt also, comparing sonar to spotlighting a deer isn’t even in the same zip code. I agree many use this as a shortcut, but there are guys like me that have put in a lifetime of work and I’m not going to apologize for using this awesome technology.

I don’t own scope yet, but I’ve used it with my buddy. Scoping is just sight fishing and anyone who’s sight fished before knows it’s definitely fishing not catching. People hating on sonar either can’t afford it or don’t really know what they’re talking about most of the time.

Thanks for the feedback!

I appreciate the comment!

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