leon-alberti
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I’ve begun using only the online version. I’ve been pretty diligent about taking my card out of my boat and uploading any new trips/spots to the desktop version. So, my Google Earth and the Garmin in my boat look pretty much the same.
But, now I can just mark the spot on my phone (assuming I’m not offshore) as well as my fishfinder, and I know they’ll be the same.
Frankly, I’ve been thinking about getting another MFD, but I cannot stand spending $3000 for something that will be a glorified GPS. Now, I’m really considering using an old touchscreen laptop where I can make a custom mount for a screen (not the laptop screen – it’ll have to be something bright enough for sunlight use and touchscreen) and mount it in my dash, then keep the laptop guts belowdecks in a sealed container to keep it dry (for as long as possible – eventually, it’ll die, I’m sure).
Then I can just use the laptop screen with Google Earth as my GPS tracker and map. And, if it fails, well – I’ve still got my Garmin.
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It was a good day.
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One week to go!
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There is a small rig at the exit of the rigolets. Seems to usually have some people on it. But, I’ve often had luck there. Caught a PB black drum there last fall. Took a while to land (and release), but it’s an easy spot to get to.
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I’m going to have to figure out that shading trick. Great writeup! Thanks!!
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The rules say that they are open to anything sold as a kayak. And propulsion can be paddle, pedal, pole, and motors.
I happen to have a kayak with a trolling motor mounted on the back. It also has an anchor system and rod holder. I built it just to see if I could, but now it’s taking up space in my garage. Wonder if anyone down there would be interested in it?
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Right?!! Here’s how I know that they are just doing it on purpose.
My Garmin 1243xsv has an HDMI-out so that I could run a 2nd monitor and have it display what the MFD is displaying. But, it’s ONLY a mirror image. This proves that there is enough output computing power to generate images in 2 separate screens. I’ve tested it with a regular PC screen and it works.
And, it can do a side-by-side from two separate inputs (sidescan-GPS, Chirp-GPS, Chirp-sidescan, etc.). This means that it has the computing power to take two inputs and display them side-by-side.
On any normal computer, you’d be able to tell it to just take that 2nd input and put it on the 2nd screen. But, not Garmin. If you want to display that 2nd input, you gotta pay $3000.
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To be 100% transparent . . . I wanted to use it as a scouting opportunity, too. When I go fishing, I’m guilty of trying what I know will work (place, lures, etc.) and maybe hitting 1-2 other spots if time allows after limiting out.
But, this day was all about trolling from the Lake Borgne Surge Barrier down the MRGO to Shell beach, both sides, at 15mph, with side scanning on. Marked a lot of rocks and grass flats to come back and try. Was going to be Saturday morning, but that’s gonna be a wash.
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Those guys were fishing a good 4-5mph current ripping out of that gate. No idea what they were trying to catch (and if they were successful).
Compared to the lone guy fishing a gras flat near Camp Bayou that boat flipped a nice speck as we were driving by.
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I wonder if a compromise is in order?!!
I agree that almost anything besides “real-world data captured in the past few months” is going to be suspect in Venice. Just too much stuff moving around. Apart from some of the canals and channels that are always there, that is.
But, I don’t have access to GED while on the boat. So, if I’m out there and looking for something that I didn’t plan beforehand, it might be nice to have a tool on the boat that shows where some stuff “might” be. Sure, if it shows a ledge, that ledge may or may not be there. But, at least it’s given me one piece of data that I didn’t have before.
Which, I think goes towards one of the underlying messages of your entire instructional series, Devin. We cannot see everything that is happening under the surface. We have to gather as much data as we can – satellite photos, depth charts, historical charts, lookback features in GED, knowledge of migration patterns, knowledge of what fish are eating at a certain time of the year (or month!), etc.
This is one more piece of data. I can use it if I want to, or not. But, I’d rather have data and ignore it than not have it at all.
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This is one of the best tips I’ve seen in a while. Thanks!
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For whatever, reason, the SE quadrant of it has worked better than other sides. One time, tide was going in, so you’d think the fish would be on the north side, sitting in the eddies behind the rig. Nope – they were all on the southeast.
Another time, we were killing trout on the SE side and there were 4 other boats around the rig and none of them were catching a thing. They eventually crowded us, so we left (with a full fishbox).
Oh, and we use live shrimp on a carolina rig on the bottom. Even when I marked clouds of trout hovering in the middle of the water column (at 10ft, in 20ft of water), they weren’t interested in hitting things on a cork, buy slammed stuff on the bottom. Never heard of fish “feeding down”, but I’m not out there every day.
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Most importantly, how was your weekend?!!
But, while it is a great setup, it takes a little while when I get to the launch. Put the motor on, hook up the battery, put fishing pole in the boat, etc. Frankly, it takes me just about as long to launch my boat. And I can walk around in that!
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Failure incoming! hahaha
I’ll make sure to keep good notes about what is where.
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Thanks for the input, Devin. I think I will try it out. We arrive Thursday, so I may just try it out in the middle of the day before we try it “for real” the next morning. And I’ll just cruise slowly. It’s only 3.5 miles, so I don’t mind puttering down it for 30 min.
