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[QUOTE]Jerry Newman - 2/19/2014  9:54 AM

Now laying down that many icons would obviously be a huge hassle for a caster, but is a piece of cake for a troller, and anymore it’s nearly automatic for me to drop and adjust icons while rolling along.  Obviously my “icon maps” are always being adjusted, and therefore actually change quite a bit as the season progresses.

A friend of mine bought the latest greatest with a map chip for a 2000 acre lake we frequented a while back.  He was anxious to try it and had his unit set up with the cigarette lighter deal, so we had it running in my boat alongside my Lowrance that I already had the entire 15’ break line marked out with icons from previous trips (about 900+ icons).

We were both hoping for something new, but after a couple of hours we ended up just shutting his unit off because the map chip contour lines were not nearly as accurate or useful for what we are doing. With that said; I have seen some very accurate contour lines (especially in the Great Lakes), and it's obviously always something you to have to start with in a new area.

Regarding fishing fish (that sounds kind a funny) seen on the sonar; I think my percentages are little better than that but still pretty dismal, and although I can certainly spot fish on a LCX sonar, I can’t really tell the difference between a muskie and brown trout for instance.  I'm pretty sure we saw the heaviest fish ever in my boat on the LCX just before she hit, but my fish ID confidence level isn't even in the same league as identifying fish with structure scan.

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Posted 2/19/2014 9:54 AM (#692519 - in reply to #692477)
Subject: Re: Cutting Edge Electronics and Muskies

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Andy, you're going to laugh but 200 icons per trolling mile sounds about right. I don't troll contour lines, I troll saved icons… and crazy town or not, about the only time I even look at the contour lines is when I’m checking out a new lake/area.

Now laying down that many icons would obviously be a huge hassle for a caster, but is a piece of cake for a troller, and anymore it’s nearly automatic for me to drop and adjust icons while rolling along. Obviously my “icon maps” are always being adjusted, and therefore actually change quite a bit as the season progresses.

A friend of mine bought the latest greatest with a map chip for a 2000 acre lake we frequented a while back. He was anxious to try it and had his unit set up with the cigarette lighter deal, so we had it running in my boat alongside my Lowrance that I already had the entire 15’ break line marked out with icons from previous trips (about 900+ icons).

We were both hoping for something new, but after a couple of hours we ended up just shutting his unit off because the map chip contour lines were not nearly as accurate or useful for what we are doing. With that said; I have seen some very accurate contour lines (especially in the Great Lakes), and it's obviously always something you to have to start with in a new area.

Regarding fishing fish (that sounds kind a funny) seen on the sonar; I think my percentages are little better than that but still pretty dismal, and although I can certainly spot fish on a LCX sonar, I can’t really tell the difference between a muskie and brown trout for instance. I'm pretty sure we saw the heaviest fish ever in my boat on the LCX just before she hit, but my fish ID confidence level isn't even in the same league as identifying fish with structure scan.