11-08-2012, 12:13 PM
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[#0000ff]One of the comments I made to Glenn while we were both donating jigs to the old sagebrush on the bottom without being rewarded..."I have NEVER seen so many perch on sonar without being able to even get a bite."[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We were constantly seeing the fish, just like I did a couple of weeks ago. The difference is that they were not active. The bites were very light and you had to really work for the few you got. I actually scaled down to ice fishing type rigs...very light...in an effort to finesse them better. But the fish were in a post election funk...or whatever. Even the perch were unhappy about the election results.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I also had the opportunity to make the point...AGAIN...that sonar DOES NOT give the angler an unfair advantage over the fish. I have to laugh everytime some dimbulb non-angler sneers at our use of "fish finders" and expresses that stupid sentiment. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Sure, sonar[/#0000ff][#0000ff] can be a great tool in locating fish...and in avoiding fishless habitat. But I'm not sure that offsets the frustration and self-loathing that you get when you see a bunch of fish on the screen and can't get no love nohow. Sonar may help find fish but ain't no guarantees that you can ketch 'em.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]People often wonder about the little bubbles that come up to the top of the water while they are out fishing. Some say they are natural products of "decomp"...vegetation or critters. Some laughingly refer to them as "fish flatulence". My personal theory is that they are actually visible manifestations of fish laughter...when they know that some fool like me is looking at them with my sonar and trying to outwit them. With a REALLY GOOD sensitive sonar I am sure we could actually see those fish with their middle fins upraised toward the silly fishermen above them.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One of the comments I made to Glenn while we were both donating jigs to the old sagebrush on the bottom without being rewarded..."I have NEVER seen so many perch on sonar without being able to even get a bite."[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We were constantly seeing the fish, just like I did a couple of weeks ago. The difference is that they were not active. The bites were very light and you had to really work for the few you got. I actually scaled down to ice fishing type rigs...very light...in an effort to finesse them better. But the fish were in a post election funk...or whatever. Even the perch were unhappy about the election results.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I also had the opportunity to make the point...AGAIN...that sonar DOES NOT give the angler an unfair advantage over the fish. I have to laugh everytime some dimbulb non-angler sneers at our use of "fish finders" and expresses that stupid sentiment. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Sure, sonar[/#0000ff][#0000ff] can be a great tool in locating fish...and in avoiding fishless habitat. But I'm not sure that offsets the frustration and self-loathing that you get when you see a bunch of fish on the screen and can't get no love nohow. Sonar may help find fish but ain't no guarantees that you can ketch 'em.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]People often wonder about the little bubbles that come up to the top of the water while they are out fishing. Some say they are natural products of "decomp"...vegetation or critters. Some laughingly refer to them as "fish flatulence". My personal theory is that they are actually visible manifestations of fish laughter...when they know that some fool like me is looking at them with my sonar and trying to outwit them. With a REALLY GOOD sensitive sonar I am sure we could actually see those fish with their middle fins upraised toward the silly fishermen above them.[/#0000ff]
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