Thanks, cold weather and kokanee finishing spawning has shut my fishing down. Will give the Garmin one last try in the Spring and call them when i am on the water with the boat. If that doesnt resolve my “operator error” I will fork over the money and go to Lowrance.
The difference in customer support has made me feel that I need to switch. When i asked Garmin how to set up for Kokanee trolling i received a digital copy of their owners manual. I asked Lowrance the same question and received a number detailed approaches on how to setup their fishfinder.
I currently have a garmin UHD 73SV in the boat, but the operating instructions must have been written by a bass fisherman as it gives no info on how to use the system in a trolling situation. My old boat had a Lowrance on it and it told me everything i needed to know including thermocline and boat speed. I have written multiple emails to Garmin but their customer support team doesnt seem to be focused on their customers. I am thinking of removing the Garmin for a Lowrance
Any thoughts on whether Lowrance or Garmin is better?
Is it important to be able see/identify the thermocline? On my last boat i used to troll just under thethermoclinr.
I want to take up Kokanee Fishing and i have purchased everything but a fish finder. Anyone have some advice on a great fish finder to use primarily trollin?
Headed that way, how is the fishing? Better from shore or trolling?
Not yet, fishing is still good
I have been using my Kokanee rigs but swapping out the corn for a piece of worm or even better a chunk of shrimp.
At Cascade, I have been using perch colored deep diving plugs from Tom’s. In addition to trout, also caught a couple of Perch. Now they were tasty!
Is the Kokanee bite better in the morning or evening? I see a number of boats trolling around the Ponderosa boat ramp. Any fish up around the opening to Pilgrim Cove?
Lots of boats out on the lake trolling. I was in the family pontoon boat so not fishing. Trollers that said they were catching Kokanee said they were trolling at 25ft. Not sure about that as most boats were not equipped with downriggers.
What were you using? Headed there tomorrow.