DoobieNaq

Thanks for the responses. I hadn't thought about competition, and I'm not sure that it was the case for me yesterday because I had so few bites (I would throw different follow up baits and nothing). However, I can definitely see it having been fry guarders taking the lure away from the fry or running to the deep after having found a snack. Whatever it was, it was giving me fits because I have never experienced so many fish coming straight at me after biting, but of course, it's not long that I've been punching/flipping.

I'd like to think that every bite helps tell me something about the fishing in that given situation. Yesterday I was stumped. I was flipping/pitching/punching shallow cover on the banks of the canal (cut grass combined with hyacinth mats here in South Louisiana), and nearly every fish that bit would take the bait and run towards the boat in a hurry (before hookset). I'm assuming they were running to deeper water because there is very little, if any, cover in the canal (other than the bank area that I was fishing), but I did not get any bites out from the bank. The bites were only coming from baits dropped tight to cover or in the mats. I'm not sure if those bites could have helped better my day with a lesson, but I definitely did not catch on. I missed a handful of bites and only landed 2. If it helps, it looked like the fish had spawned out and I did see a good bit of fry on the water in some clearer water canals (no bites in those). All bites came in stained water. What should this have told me if anything?

I'm looking to put an extra unit on my bow. The unit that I have at my CC is a Lowrance Elite 5 Hdi, but I have to turn the unit around as well as myself to use it from the bow. I've been looking at several units (hummingbird piranhamax 4.3 DI, lowrance Hook2 4x, and the Raymarine Dragonfly 4DV - $200 - 250 is my price range) and wondering if anyone has input that I have not considered yet. I don't think I need gps/maps as I live and fish in South Louisiana's shallows and I have the one that I use for navigation. I'm pretty much just wanting to use it for looking at the bottom structure. I've read good reviews about the Raymarine trolling motor mount, which I will need to purchase as well since I don't have a built in transducer on my Minn Kota. It also happens to be the cheapest option that I looked at, which is a plus for me - trying to stretch dollars. I'm sure someone here has some experience with these units, so please share and advise.