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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I fished with Doc Samson several times, and he literally maps structure using a Panasonic computer and special software hooked up to his Lowrance units. Tracks with waypoint marks for transitions (we were prefishing for a Walleye tournament, so waypoints for fish of consequence, too)were key to what I saw him doing, from my memory he was not laying out a trail of breadcrumbs using icons. The guy figured out, set the tracks, and mapped some very complex structure in 3 runs, and even mapped out small areas a few feet across where boulders were. lambeau, it was the entire run around Anderson Island on the Goon.
I looked over the tracks on the screens one Pro at Akaska used who is very well known for 'extreme contour trolling' and he was definitely using tracks marked with occasional waypoints where fish were contacted in practice and during the event. If one wishes to take the patch of submerged invisible willows 10' under the surface on the inside, that track and inside mark is where one goes, outside, then that one, over the top...you get the idea. The exact distance the board was held from the boat, and amount of line out for depth his presentation was holding as he ran the exact line he wanted to troll was really critical to keep from wasting time retrieving a board from a break-off caused by misjudging the track and position of varies structure along it. Every bit as sophisticated as what has been described here. He took second.
Just what I have seen recently in play with two of the top walleye guys out there. |
