Fishfinder Chartplotter Combinations

I have been fishing for as long as I can remember.as an arch but a strait line on the LCD face.
As a boy growing up near the New River in Virginia IToday's modern fishfinders are a wonder of
have spent many hours fishing for Redeyes, Smalltechnological achievement. They will show you with
Mouth Bass, Catfish, Carp and just about anythinggreat detail any structure under your boat , baitfish
else that swims. I remember the first stockings ofballs and any large predators lurking nearby. Couple
Striped Bass in Claytor and Smith Mountain lakes inthese wonders with a chartplotter and you have the
Virginia. My father use to take my brother and Iultimate fishfinder. They are simple to operate and
striper fishing at night on Smith Mountain Lake shortlyare very useful in navigating new or unknown waters.
after stripers were stocked there in the '60s and weTodays modern fishfinder chartplotter combos may
would catch 75 to 100 a night on Cordell Spot plugs.be loaded with electronic charts of any body of
This was very exciting for boys 9 to 12 years oldwater in the world. This provides for easy safe
even though we could not keep any of these fish asnavigation.
they were all under the 20 inch size limit.Another feature of the combination is that it allows
In those days the only fishfinders available wereyou to place an icon on the chart itself to mark a
Lowrance flashers. These were simple sounders thatspot that is unique or where you see a school of fish.
had a red diaode on a revolving wheel that wouldThis allows you to return to that spot with ease ,
light up at the surface , the bottom and on anythingeven years later as it is stored in the memory of the
between the surface and the bottom. There werechartplotter. This feature allowed my partner and I to
numbers around the face of the sounder thatwin a striper tournament during an NSBA event held
indicated the depth of any flashes between theon Lake Hartwell on the South Carolina-Georgia
surface and bottom and to specify the depth of theborder recently. He had marked an area on his
water we were in. With practice over time we couldelectronic chart a few years earlier that held fish. We
distinguish between trees , baitfish and larger fish byreturned to that exact location to find a large school
the strength or brightness of the flashes on theof stripers holding there and proceeded to win the
screen. Over the years we caught a bunch oftournament. We had not fished this lake in a couple
stripers using these flashers.of years as we are living in Virginia but the Lowrance
Finally in the 1980's LCD fishfinders came on theLCX-113C HD combination on board his boat came
scene. These sounders incorporated an LCD screenthrough big for us.
which allowed more accuracy in judging which returnsWhether you are a novice angler or a seasoned
we received were bait , structure or larger fish. Theyprofessional today's modern fishfinder chartplotter
were simple to use but still did not have the highcombinations will enhance your fishing experience and
definition of modern graphs as they did not show fishprovide you with years of care free service.