So just bought a bait boat and im wondering what you guys do when you want to top up a spot?
Say i find a spot with my lead, wrap it up to get the distance, wrap fishing rods up the same drive boat untill i hit the clip and drop.
But how bout if i want to top up the spot without bringing the rods in? Obviously I'll have a far bank marker but just wonder what you all do in that situation
Say i find a spot with my lead, wrap it up to get the distance, wrap fishing rods up the same drive boat untill i hit the clip and drop.
But how bout if i want to top up the spot without bringing the rods in? Obviously I'll have a far bank marker but just wonder what you all do in that situation
In reply to Post #1
Use another rod that's wrapped up
When it's tight on the same line then stop and drop
Or get a GPS system
Use another rod that's wrapped up
When it's tight on the same line then stop and drop
Or get a GPS system
Fortunately I have a gps system on my boat
In reply to Post #1
Just use your spod or marker rod with the same number of wraps.
Just use your spod or marker rod with the same number of wraps.
In reply to Post #2
Use another rod that's wrapped up. When it's tight on the same line then stop and drop
Yep, and to save batteries use the rod to bring your boat back, naturally depending on conditions etc.
For the OP, I wouldn't worry about GPS, depends how tight you think tight is, it's advertised as being deadly accurate, but it's not, often 2 or 3m radius, depends if it bothers you, it wouldn't me, ever.
Use another rod that's wrapped up. When it's tight on the same line then stop and drop
Yep, and to save batteries use the rod to bring your boat back, naturally depending on conditions etc.
For the OP, I wouldn't worry about GPS, depends how tight you think tight is, it's advertised as being deadly accurate, but it's not, often 2 or 3m radius, depends if it bothers you, it wouldn't me, ever.
In reply to Post #5
You are right about the accuracy of GPS but the automatic return to home is a great feature on big windswept lakes. Allows you to combat wind on the line and set the rod without worrying where your boat will be by the time you get to it.
For me GPS is not essential but it is nice to have.
You are right about the accuracy of GPS but the automatic return to home is a great feature on big windswept lakes. Allows you to combat wind on the line and set the rod without worrying where your boat will be by the time you get to it.
For me GPS is not essential but it is nice to have.
In reply to Post #6
but the automatic return to home is a great feature on big windswept lakes. Allows you to combat wind on the line and set the rod without worrying where your boat will be by the time you get to it.
I actually got quite good at bringing it home 1 handed while mending the line, or bringing it at least some way back so I didn't have to worry about it drifting off.
If it came with obstacle avoiding rader I might agree with you..... but I doesn't and I don't.
I didn't find it at all relaxing letting the boat return to home of it's own accord, by the time I'd finished scanning the water for floating logs and reeds I could have done it myself let alone moving objects like swans god forbid
And then there was the time I sent my boat out on auto piliot in the middle of the night, to a spot around 18-20' from a dam wall, it'd been back and forth to that spot several times a day for 3 or 4 days....almost there then....bang as it hit the wall and grounded itself (luckily not a mark on it)!. Apparently if it lost satellite signal it should have stopped....yeah.
They have their place if you're in the right place for that use. From personal exeprience I'd never trust near 4K of boat to do it's own thing ever again.
but the automatic return to home is a great feature on big windswept lakes. Allows you to combat wind on the line and set the rod without worrying where your boat will be by the time you get to it.
I actually got quite good at bringing it home 1 handed while mending the line, or bringing it at least some way back so I didn't have to worry about it drifting off.
If it came with obstacle avoiding rader I might agree with you..... but I doesn't and I don't.
I didn't find it at all relaxing letting the boat return to home of it's own accord, by the time I'd finished scanning the water for floating logs and reeds I could have done it myself let alone moving objects like swans god forbid
And then there was the time I sent my boat out on auto piliot in the middle of the night, to a spot around 18-20' from a dam wall, it'd been back and forth to that spot several times a day for 3 or 4 days....almost there then....bang as it hit the wall and grounded itself (luckily not a mark on it)!. Apparently if it lost satellite signal it should have stopped....yeah.
They have their place if you're in the right place for that use. From personal exeprience I'd never trust near 4K of boat to do it's own thing ever again.
In reply to Post #1
I got a laser rangefinder recently (used for golf and hunting). Took it on a session with me and it came in handy for all sorts, from checking exactly how far away an island margin was to locking onto the bait boat until it hit the exact distance I was fishing at. I've got an Actor boat with one-handed remote so easy to use that and the rangefinder at the same time.
I got a laser rangefinder recently (used for golf and hunting). Took it on a session with me and it came in handy for all sorts, from checking exactly how far away an island margin was to locking onto the bait boat until it hit the exact distance I was fishing at. I've got an Actor boat with one-handed remote so easy to use that and the rangefinder at the same time.
Ok thanks, leading rod wrapped up is what i thought but wondered if i was missing a trick doing it some other way