6/17-6/19 Shell Knob area

[196champ]

Fished the Shell Knob area 6/17 - 6/19, on the water at 5:30 and off by 9:00 each morning.

Friday morning was the best by far with 30+ fish in the boat, mixed bag and most on top.

Saturday slowed a bit but still great top water activity until 7:30 or so

Sunday, not a single fish on top, but they were still in the same locations, catching just happened on a swimmer and dixie jet.

 

Started keeping track of numbers, baits and weather conditions for a fishing journal this time around, its fun to see when the catching is good!

1 smallmouth at 20.5" on the little swimmer, had 5 walleye, 6 whites, a few LM and the remaining KY's on this trip.

Fished all main lake gravel, from 15-30ft, getting my electronics facelift this week and looking forward to putting that to use the next time down!

 

[Dutch]

Nice.  Way to go.  Those are better fish than I have had up the James plus my boat has gotten nasty around Carr’s.  

[Quillback]

That's a really nice smallie, congrats on some good fishing!

[Champ188]

Great job. Hard to beat those runouts this time of year. Let us see your electronics upgrade when you get it installed. I recently went to a pair of Lowrance Elite FS 9 units and absolutely love them. No Active Target though ... not my cup of joe.

[196champ]

Picked up the boat last night and couldn't be happier with the clean install.

Precision Marine in Old Monroe, MO

I had ordered most everything to do it myself but time got the best of me.

Went with a carbon 12 up front and active target

HDS 12 Gen 3 at the wheel (Thanks to Mr. Babler) and will finally have side scan!

Sea Clear wiring harness

I like to fish at least 5 casts from the bank so i cant wait to check out the active target.

Now to try and figure out how to transfer my way points......

[Smithvillesteve]

Hey Champ: I'm looking at the Lowrance FS 7 unit and am glad to hear you like yours. I too am not that interested in Active Target. Not my cup of joe either. Would you mind telling me what transducer you got? Thanks.

[196champ]

Steve,

I have a thru hull and 3 in 1 transducer at the wheel graph

Upfront i have the active target and the built in transducer in the ultrex, i believe it is called US2

[Smithvillesteve]

Thanks 196 Champ. Appreciate the input.