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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Vilas15 - 9/3/2021 9:05 PM
killdeer - 9/3/2021 5:57 PM
Let’s not forget that under water cameras we’re going to be the end of fish populations too. It’s a tool and useful in some aspects of musky fishing. Lest we all forget, finding them is only half the game. ]
I've always thought finding them was more like 90% of the game. I don't like the way things are going. Right now the only guys spending the big money on this stuff are the serious anglers that for the most part catch and release when it comes to musky bass and walleye. And once it becomes cheaper over time and every meat hinter can figure it out we're in trouble. The 360 is an issue for panfish on the ice.
I have used the Aqua-Vu cameras since they came out and have a couple of quads on the way. See 360 degrees, used one last year. Did I catch more fish as a result? Not appreciably, no, but it sure was cool. I've had a 360 on my ride since those came out. Do they make it easier to find fish? Yes. Easier to catch them? Yes. Will the average guy ever buy and employ/learn how to use them? I don't know, I get some pretty amazed looks and comments because of the rigging on my little Lund at the landings with the AV camera, 'Bird 360, and 1Boat network. We are a long way from average use, but it'll happen. 5 fish limits of each pannie is the answer, with size limits on some waters, too. Like on Indian, 5 gills, 5 crappies, 5 whatever.
I know the southern crappie guys are nutso over the live screen units. Limits down there are changing too, so we'll see.
On the ice I'm not worried too much. The thousands of Aqua-Vu hours I have has convinced me the fish move WAY more than most think and move all the time, and running around with an 8 to 10" Mega and a 360 transducer is not for the weak of patience sort of individual. Tip-downs with 5 guys like I see so often is so damaging it's hard to describe, and no need to move around then if you know what you are doing. |
