New Hi-Tech Sonar article

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There is an interesting article from the Minneapolis Star Tribune that spells out how some of the modern upgrades in sonar technology have really changed the face of fishing...as we know it.

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I’ve been following the negative effects of modern sonar for a few years now.
Sadly, It really does not bode well for our fisheries out here in the west.
Not unlike our numbers of big bucks, modern technology can really make us much too effective as killers.
In the last few decades we have had to give up almost 140,000 annual Deer tags.
I hope technology in the angling world does not hit a point where we have to give up fishing opportunities.

I have always chortled and guffawed whenever any dimbulb accused me of having an unfair advantage by using sonar to get fish.  'Cause findin' ain't catchin'.  Sonar helps you avoid fishing in fishless water but it certainly don't make the fish bite if'n they don't wanna.  The downside of sonar is that it makes ya feel like a doofus if you find a lot of fish and can't catch them.   Been there and done that...too many times.

From what I have observed so far...both among fisherfolk I know and some I see on TV programs...the new technology really does help knowledgeable anglers to find fish better and to enable them to better work out a pattern based on what they can see on the screen.  But for a lot of anglers they can't interpret what they are seeing well enough to make a big difference. 

One of my favorite "Pat-isms" is that a good angler can catch fish on the "wrong" lures.  But a poor angler often can't catch anything even on the hot lure of the day.