GoneFishingLTN

What mapping does it use C-MAP?

I’m trying to learn how bass react to weather. I understand the basics, such as how a full moon helps them move up to spawn. Before a front, they feed aggressively, and after a front, they move a little deeper. But I feel like I don’t fully understand what the weather actually means for their behavior. For example, if it’s post-front the next day but cloudy instead of sunny, does that mean they might not move as much? I’m trying to figure out how different conditions impact their behavior. Is there anywhere I can read more about this topic?

What are your favorite wacky worms?

When would you know to choose one over the other? I know most the replies will be you’ll just have to see which one they want that day. There has to be a little more to that right?

This is what I thought, thank you for the detailed replies also! My only concern is you see everyone using live scope and the fishing into the wind and getting it done and I just can't figure that out lol also is the jerk bait better around center cover? hasn't seemed like the best way to target rock for me

I catch them on jerkbaits, but my current issue is knowing what depth to fish them at. I understand that you always want to keep the bait above the fish, and I do. I also know that you can weight jerkbaits to make them sink slowly, and I have tried that. However, when the wind is blowing 15+ mph, it often feels like I either drift over my bait or get pushed past it before it reaches the strike zone. On top of that, I struggle with casting distance in the wind, which doesn’t give me enough time to let the bait sink properly.

Best resources to understand the details of each bait I know we have a thread in the best of but I think it's mainly shad correct. Here in Iowa we mainly have crawfish/bluegill/crappie

@Jig Man I have a bait caster setup built for it but am worried about the light weight being able to cast as effectively do you have any issues?

I've done quite a bit of research and believe I have a decent understanding of bass behavior. However, this season here in Iowa has me stumped. I sometimes wonder if the bass don’t follow the textbook patterns, given that our lakes are relatively small—a "big" lake here is only around 787 acres. If that’s not the case, then I’m not sure what I’m missing. I’ve been targeting 45-degree banks near spawning zones, rocky drop-offs, or just rock in general, or even vertical structure but so far, this has only produced one or two small fish over a seven-hour period. Any insights or corrections would be greatly appreciated! I know a bass is a bass but is there a chance they just act different in such small lakes

In your opinion is a shaky head for large mouth better on a baitcaster or a spinning rod what’s your reason I have a lot of people tell me they prefer a big caster because I help get them out of cover

Sorry one last time I just don't want to mess anything up. So leave the positive connections as they are. Take the small black wires and move them to the back battery, which currently only has only the thick wires. This way, the front battery will have the thick black and red wires, along with the small red wire, while the back battery will have the thick wires and the small black wire.

Rofl thanks guys for you help seriously how awesome. Should I still move the small black cables over to the back battery?

How exactly should I do step one? step 3 I have it set at 11 volts

yes they are ran parallel so i guess it would be drawing from both it stays at 12.2 after I turn off the motor three for the 36 trolling motor and one to the parallel 31 group agm i believe it would just be on one battery since the one in the back only has two thick cords Also want to add sometimes my HumminBird helix 10 gen3 sides can/down/2d sorta lags then goes back I’m assuming that isn’t common

Went home tested both agm and they read 100 percent charged (which I though was odd) while trolling motors where at 60 due to the high winds I’m guessing. at 100 percent the agm was reading 12.6 if I remember correctly

First off thank you all I’m not very good with this stuff and have paid a lot and they say it’s fixed until I get on the water and experience the same issue when I turn off the motor I get the low voltage but then my system reads around 14 volts.

Only when I crank the motor usually and HumminBird helix 10 gen3

14 when first on and when motor is running, connected to one but they are connected together parallel I’ll take a pic here

I have two Interstate AGM 31 series batteries for electronics, one for a Mercury four-stroke 250 engine, and three additional batteries for the trolling motor. I haven’t had any issues with the trolling motor batteries; however, after two or sometimes three hours of fishing, I often experience low voltage on my Humminbird unit at the dash. My Humminbird unit reads 12.6 to 12.4 volts, and my Garmin LiveScope unit at the front stays at 12.2 volts. I also have a Noco four-bank charger set up for the appropriate batteries. EDIT MORE INFO I never had any warning signs before taking my boat to B.A.S.S. Pro. They told me I needed new batteries, and I agreed(due to age only) I didn’t want to risk power issues during the season. I told them to install the best option, and they put in two Group 31 AGM Interstate batteries. Everything seemed fine at first, but about a month later, I started experiencing a consistent loss of power to the point where I couldn’t even crank the engine. They replaced one of the batteries with the same model, and so far, I haven’t had issues. However, I’m still seeing voltage fluctuations similar to what I experienced when I couldn’t start my motor before. The strange part is that before I ever took it to B.A.S.S. Pro, I never had low-voltage warnings. To make matters worse, in between all of this, they initially wired it incorrectly—running power to the trolling motor from the main motor, which caused electrolysis. They claimed to have fixed that, but now I’m left wondering why these new batteries aren’t performing as expected. If I hadn’t just bought these, I’d switch to lithium, but for now, I need to figure out why my system isn’t working properly when it was before. The only difference is that I previously ran the same battery setup, just not with the Interstate brand.

Sorry to bump an old thread but wouldn't this rig have a hard time making it back to the boat if it hit a brush pile

my issue is other peoples line how do you work a jig through a brush pile when others line is snagging your Jig?

I'm ok with it until it's windy, then I feel like I lose all feel

So I don't need to leave it plugged in all winter?

No I don't have one which do you recommend for what I have