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I would want at least surface temp and speed . You can get an add on for most depth finders for like $75 . I used this for a lot of years and did quite well with this . I looked at cables , turned a lot , dragged 1 ,2 or no buckets which were in and out of the water all day . Noted direction of troll and surface speed on the strike . So there are ways without .

Just saw a boating show on tv when I was in North Carolina about this on an Alpha 1 outdrive . The tech said change every 5 years . An oz of prevention is worth a pound of cure .

I have been trolling the lake since 1977. I've pretty much always had surface speed . This is good for fishing less than 50 ft. Combined with GPS SOG. For deep water I would watch cable angle ,and got good at it after a lot of years experience. My son kept bugging me to get a Fish Hawk and I finally did . I really don't fish any different than I did before but I find myself depending on it more and more. I've had it 2 seasons. I have the X4 . If you are fairly new at this I feel it is a good investment . Maybe spend less on depth finder or lures or whatever. Fact is , if your lures are not running right , it doesn't matter what you are using . First piece of the fishing equation is Location .Get over fish Second is presentation .

I troll kings till they are 5 minutes from running up the creek . I release almost all of them . They all ,with the exception of a very few, swim away . A lot of them strong . I fish a small boat and on the release I clear my other rod first , put the boat in neutral , and reel the fish in . I try to take the hook out while they are still in the water in the net . Or use my net to hook the other treble points and rip the hook out while we the fish is in the water If you drag them around behind the boat for 1/2 an hour and keep them in the boat to unhook them , then the chances of them making it are slim .

Mounted and good antenna Don't new radios have a distress button you can push that will send position continuous ?

They can change all the limits they want ,but IMO , it won't make much difference . The fish are about 2/3 the size they use to be . And the LOC leader boards are a good indicator of this . We catch what is out there . The lakes ecosystem has change since the first stocks . The bottom of the food chain is way smaller . Maybe the alwives don't have the nutrient value to pack the pounds on . Or it's something else . Also both lake and tribs guys are better at catching them . You can c&r , but there is a percentage released ,especially lake caught ,that won't make it . Caught a winter early 1980s Skamnia 38" that weighed a little over 13# . Got it under the driving park bridge . Was easy back then to catch 15# plus steelhead . Caught a bunch up to 20#. Now if I get a 12 # it's an event . Although I have landed a few the last few years maybe 14# .

Close all tribs during spawning season ? So no fishing tribs from Sept to May ? Yea that'll go over big !! A very selfish ,short sighted statement.and not very well thought out . The reason our governor keeps giving money to perpetuate the fishery is all the revenue it brings the state . When the money stops coming in , he might funnel the hatchery/ management $ to a finger lakes wine center or to downstate . Where is voter base is So all those out of state snagging trib anglers some hate so much on here, are a necessary evil to keep the dollars flowing our way . Some of you guys need to wake up and smell the coffee on this . We need as many guys fishing as possible for bargaining leverage.

It was all over for me after the call for the tackle made in the backfield . Instead of third and long . It's 15 + and first down . They are ruining the game . That was a textbook play .