Using Your Graph To Find Quality Fishing Locations

[Nitrofreak]

I have been looking pretty hard at one I like what it does a lot, I think when I up grade thats what I am going with.

[WRB]

WRB

So you look for the thermo and baitfish and let that determine where u fish. Do you mostly make sure you see bass on your graph when you find your fishing spot?

Didn't see your question until now.

I am a trophy bass fisherman, meaning targeting big bass verses school size bass most of my time on the water. Since the lakes I fish are high pressures small lakes, the big bass are conditioned to avoiding boats and metering a big active bass is rare. My goal is to determine the depth the majority of the bass are holding in and knowing if there is a thermocline depth so I will not be fishing too deep or below the bass. Ounce I know the life zone depth, then I go to known big bass areas and fish without metering the area so I don't spook any potential active bass. I always meter the area as I leave or move to another area to determine if bait and bass are there. If I have no idea where the bass are located, then surveying helps to find bait and bass before I start fishing and return to those areas that had bait or bass later in the day.

If I am targeting school bass on bait, I fish those when I meter them, because school bass feeding on bait are on the move and may not be there when I return. Big bass tend to hold in an area longer than school size bass. Hope that helps and answers your question.

Tom

[mattk22]

Didn't see your question until now.

I am a trophy bass fisherman, meaning targeting big bass verses school size bass most of my time on the water. Since the lakes I fish are high pressures small lakes, the big bass are conditioned to avoiding boats and metering a big active bass is rare. My goal is to determine the depth the majority of the bass are holding in and knowing if there is a thermocline depth so I will not be fishing too deep or below the bass. Ounce I know the life zone depth, then I go to known big bass areas and fish without metering the area so I don't spook any potential active bass. I always meter the area as I leave or move to another area to determine if bait and bass are there. If I have no idea where the bass are located, then surveying helps to find bait and bass before I start fishing and return to those areas that had bait or bass later in the day.

If I am targeting school bass on bait, I fish those when I meter them, because school bass feeding on bait are on the move and may not be there when I return. Big bass tend to hold in an area longer than school size bass. Hope that helps and answers your question.

Tom

Thanks. It did.

[Pete-K]

Love this shot shows fish rounding up the bait.

[Pete-K]

Then heres one more. This one I'm running a creek channel at 4 MPH and seeing lots of fish all along this little lake creek bed with log piles along it. 
These are from my 987c SI first model made and still works great. 

 

Heres going on up this creek channel.