07-09-2009, 07:01 PM
[cool][#0000ff]The low wattage line of Eagle Cuda sonars are not the best systems to use for precision vertical jigging. Ideally you will have a sonar capable of showing "real time" display of both fish and lure. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As I and many others have discovered, the Eagle low-end units tend to show a lot of false readings, especially in the upper part of the water column.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Most of the real vertical presentations I make are in water between 15 to 30 feet deep, and for fish either on or just above the bottom. However, it is good to know when fish are suspending at mid-depth or cruising at some level between the top and bottom. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You don't always catch them but one thing is certain: YOU CAIN'T KETCH 'EM WHERE THEY AIN'T. Finding them is the first step, but not a guarantee that they will hit. That is one of the mixed blessings of sonar. It will tell you where the fish are but it will only make you more frustrated if you can't get them to bite. I think some of us would rather convince ourselves that we were fishing in fishless water than to know there were fish down there but we couldn't catch them.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As I and many others have discovered, the Eagle low-end units tend to show a lot of false readings, especially in the upper part of the water column.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Most of the real vertical presentations I make are in water between 15 to 30 feet deep, and for fish either on or just above the bottom. However, it is good to know when fish are suspending at mid-depth or cruising at some level between the top and bottom. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You don't always catch them but one thing is certain: YOU CAIN'T KETCH 'EM WHERE THEY AIN'T. Finding them is the first step, but not a guarantee that they will hit. That is one of the mixed blessings of sonar. It will tell you where the fish are but it will only make you more frustrated if you can't get them to bite. I think some of us would rather convince ourselves that we were fishing in fishless water than to know there were fish down there but we couldn't catch them.[/#0000ff]
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