CincySkeez - 11/9/2022 8:27 PM

I am by no means an electronics hater. I love them, absolutely love the new technology that I put on my boat this year. The best fishermen I know utilize side imaging, to great effect. But SI doesn't tell you when to expect to set the hook.

Scope and 360 have their limitations in weeds and shallow water. The product I chose has it's shallow water limitations (like all SI), but is superb in weeds because the swim bladders of fish show up as dots on the graph. Dot size can be tuned by fish size, small fish are blue and big fish orange slightluy less big fish yellow. Stuff that pings on 3d but never would on a non ocean/commercial piece of equipment. This is also valuable fishing ledges, open water, and main lake points. You can see what kind of bait is hanging, how far off the structure and where the big dots are hanging in relation. Been trying to really fine tune all year, but can be tough because i fish solo and suckers, ciscoes and walleyes all have similar size swim bladders.

I'm posting this and not naming brand names because thats not the point. The point is staring at live imaging, waiting for a "thing" to tell you where to cast doesn't feel like an ethical way to put the puzzle together. Im also aware of the instant feedback a vexilar gives, it rules I always keep an FL-8 handy incase my new fangled stuff doesnt want to work, but thats not the same as being able to cast 70 yds and constantly be mobile like you can with a networked rig on a boat.