bfishn

Sorry about that, I was hoping merely for a light to come on... :-)

Sonar arches. Simply put, sonar measures distance. Hold that thought for later. Assuming you're stting at a chair in your home reading this, look up and pick out the spot on the nearest wall directly in front of you. Measure or estimate the distance (from your nose). Let's say it's 5 feet. Now, facing that spot directly, raise your arms toward the wall and spread them to approximate a 20 degree angle. Mark a spot that either arm points to and measure that. Let's say it's 5 1/2 feet, a difference of 6 inches. Now turn and do the same for the farthest wall, and note that the difference in distance between straight on and 10 degrees off is greater than the near wall. Imagine the scenario out to greater distances of 20 and 40 feet, and the difference grows even more. Now translate that into a sonar beam on the lake. As your boat approaches a fish at the edge of the cone the sonar marks a distance on the display. As you move directly over the fish it continues to update that distance, which is not only some measure closer, but reflects a stronger signal as well. Then, as you move past the fish, the signal gets further away and weaker at the trailing edge of the cone. The distance difference for shallow fish is small, rendering little or no discernable arch. The deeper the fish, the greater the distance difference, and the greater the arch. You can manipulate it a bit with your zoom. Say your screen is set to display 40 feet. A distance difference of 6 inches doesn't make much of a showing there. Zoom in to a 5 foot window, and 6 inches is pretty obvious. Now factor in all the variables where a fish might not be sitting still, or directly under the xdcr. It's still all a matter of distance at a frozen moment in time. Added It's important to note that if your xdcr isn't pointing down exactly at 90 degrees from the surface this all goes out the window pretty fast. If you're marking fish that all appear as angled straight lines, you need to re-aim your xdcr. If the marks angle upward, move the xdcr back and vice versa.

But if you do it's a long ways down...:-)

Here we are at the top of the ninth folks, and the score is; One picture of a butchered fish and ambiguous but fervent testimonial to dozens more. VS 107 butchered misspellings, 43 sublegal sentences, more than a limit in possession of incoherent rambling, and a downpour of drivel. I can't find a smiley that fits. :-([trainwreck])

For the Google-impaired; Pinnace; a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.

More like a bad case of pinnace envy. :-)

Atwoods.

Excellent observation. Surf's up! (now where'd I put that Dramamine...)

I just call it catfish'n. :-)

Trolling the 20+' flats in that stretch puts you smack dab in the middle of everybody else's fun. At least you're facing forward and can see what's coming. I drop the Pinpoint then move to the stern and face backwards working the rods... while the boat runs forward on depth track about 1mph. From another boat, it has to appear that I'm trying to stay in your way as follow the ditches in and out. Had to kill a good pass many a time to avoid "encounters". Also heard "look, nobody's drivin' that boat!" a couple times too.

Me too. Topic is as topic does. Forest Gump. If you don't know who he is... well, the sky is falling.

Good one. But you miss the point. It's sad that someone your age wasted 15 words posing an OT question on a fishing forum when you could have just googled "Groucho".

Youll be hard pressed to catch walleye from the bank on TR until at least January. Find somebody with a boat that needs a buddy and buy the worms.

That's just sad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEFd_2_b6X8

Yeah, I saw a guy ask who Linda Ronstadt was... I fugured they taught that in school... whadda I know?

I know nothing. Sergeant Schultz.

Roger dat. All dat. (your Groucho could use some work)

think I'll stick with these; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxw21DTHl7I&feature=player_detailpage One-man Metro Boating huh? Novel idea. They just need a bigass umbrella... for the obvious reason of shade, and the less obvious secondary means of propulsion. Added I'm out though, unless they make a towable bait tank.

The river shouldn't be much above normal if any. The young man was on the swim team at school.

...well... that's kinda drastic... no wakers or jetskis in the Arkansas River tailwaters. It's just the tugs with a 6 barge tow to watch for there.

I like slick water as well as the next guy, but the fact remains all boaters can legally do pretty much what they want as long as they are 100' away from you. I think that accounts for the 'WTH's your problem' looks and intentionally averted glances as they blow by. I've already mostly given up. They win. Till winter.

Atta boy!

Sad news this week; The city of Siloam Springs has canceled the grand opening of the Whitewater Recreational Park out of respect for the family of Tuesday’s (June 17) drowning victim, officials announced Wednesday (June 18). Evan Thomas, 16, was named as the victim in an accidental drowning at Siloam Springs’ Whitewater Recreational Park, according to officials. Authorities were called to the park around 4:20 p.m. in reference to the missing 16-year-old boy, said city spokeswoman Holland Hayden. Officials closed down the park, and a Benton County dive team was called to search the water. City officials announced around 7:50 p.m. the teenager’s body had been found and his parents had been notified. The boy’s body was pulled from the Illinois River shortly afterward, about 200 yards downstream from the park, Hayden said.

Nice crawdad!

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