Wayne P.

I fished Lake Anna in the 1970's and yes 50+ bass a day was quite common. Small bushes all over the lake were bass magnets where you could catch a dozen on just one of them that was on the creek channel drops. The chain pickerel were very numerous too. 3# - 4# crappie were not unusal either. That is the nature of a young lake. Electronics will help you learn where and when the fish are and they don't scare the fish either. That is just one of those myths that fishmen use as an excuse for not catching. Having the right electronics allows to you fish where the fish are, and not just be random casting. The "spots" will be where the fish are, not where one was caught last year, last month, last week, or yesterday. I was there a couple of weeks ago and scanned this rock pile. It was "coated" with fish, mostly crappie. I motored over it several times at different angles to check it out before fishing it to see what they were. I then scanned it again as I left and they were still there almost like when I first scanned it.

They are not my calculations.

60 degrees is about 1 1/2 times the depth at the spec -10db strength. The actual coverage of 83 kHz is a lot more at lesser strengths. That applies to the 200 kHz 20 degree coverage that is about 1/3 of the depth at -10 db. I'll post a coverage chart later for both cone angles. I have to get those loaded to Photobucket.

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Since your question is about MAPS, Navionics Hotmaps Premium for the East Region is what you need for Dale Hollow if you want more contour lines. The Humminbird 798 Side Imaging units come with built-in mapping called ContourXD. Dale Hollow is included with that, but it only has 20' contour lines. You can view that map on your unit anytime just by moving the Chart curser to that area. I'm looking at it as I type this with a 798 beside my laptop. Lowrance units with Insite mapping may have Dale Hollow also. Navionics works with Humminbird and Lowrance units.

The floating model is a good producer on tidal waters, especially the Potomac River.

You don't need a battery to power the unit in your house. Just go to Radio Shack and get a A/C-D/C converter and a plug for the power cord like this.

The creek West of the Clarksville bridges is Bluestone Creek. There is a ramp beside that Rt. 15 bridge. Bluestone is also a productive area. It was loaded with shad schools a couple of weeks ago. When I was there the water level was about 8' lower than the digital map contours and some ramps were not usable. Occoneechee ramp and the Bluestone ramps are usable. Also the one beside Rt. 15 in Grassy Creek (South of Clarksville).

The 1198c SI, 1158c, and 1158c DI have the LED backlighting. Same for the 798ci HD SI, 798c SI, 798ci SI, 788c, 788ci, 788ci HD, and 788ci HD DI. The 800 and 900 series are the ones getting the LED backlighting for the 2013 year model. It is LED BACKLIGHTING, not a LED display. The display is still LCD.

This shows a creek channel that is below the thernocline in this area. That shows me that I don't want to fish that channel edge at that depth:

WHICH steering cable type?

If your deploy rope is breaking, you can do what Rhino suggests and also put a coating of bow string wax on the rope. You can also replace the rope with plastic coated steel cable. If it is the steering cable that is breaking, it depends on what steering cable system you have and where it is breaking. Single--push/pull or Dual --pull/pull.

I always have my units on Switchfire Clear. That has enough sensitiity to show anything I want to see. If you notice on the right side of the image, the thermocline is on the bottom and was like that for 50 or so yards until it got shallower. This is another thermocline at the bottom on another lake. I just was checking where it was and wasn't interested in water deeper than that.

You two should do a Google search for "thermocline"

Line color makes a difference if you think it does. If you want to make your line the most visible, color it with a Sharpie.

BassBuster Scorpion and Tarantula spinnerbaits. I bought 7 dozen of them when I heard they were being discontinued.

Been there done that, I prefer the hook to be perpendicular to the bait and get a better hookup ratio:

a: I have my dream setup. I have a Humminbird 1198c SI plus a Humminbird 798ci SI at the console and Humminbird 1198c SI at the bow. b. best overall at a lower cost is the Humminbird 898c HD SI at the bow and console. You can do pretty much the same thing with Lowrance equipment for (a) using the new HDS-12 Gen 2 Touch or the HDS-10 Gen2 with the Structure Scan accessory.

I doubt you will find any 12/24V current models. You can easily connect your motor for the 12V side just by adding another wire between the battery jumper and the white wire on the motor power cable so you have both 12V and 24V operation. If your prop is the larger size one, about 12", the motor is a 56# thrust HO model. If it has the small prop about 1/2 that size, it is the 41# thrust model.

The power cord plug is a boat item, not a trolling motor item. It has to match the boat receptacle.

I use these and some spinnerbaits that are made the same way:

A battery at the bow is not a good application due to shock from boat wakes and waves. A 24V setup will give you more pulling power and longer battery life. "Just fine" doesn't work very well when the wind is blowing or in current. You can't have too much trolling motor power.

I have the Tracker PT 170 TX and the livewell capacity is 21 gallons and has a divider, but I don't use that. It will handle 10 dinks OK, but 10 that are 2# plus would be a crowd. It is definately not a summer time tournament capacity livewell. When I catch one over 9# and hold it in the livewell until I get my camera set up to take its picture, it would be a tight fit for two that size.