"Bryan" wrote in message
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"Bryan" wrote in message
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I have a couple of man-made lakes nearby. They were natural canyons
until they were dammed. Consequently the lake is filled with submerged
trees and rocks.
I'm wondering how useful a fish-finder would be to visualize below the
surface in order to avoid submerged trees including dropping an anchor
into a tree instead of mud. I'd rather not buy a new anchor and rode
everytime I drop the hook in some quiet water.
Has my imagination created a problem that doesn't exist and tree filled
reservoirs aren't really anchor-thiefs?

Thanks
Bryan



"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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Thanks. Now you have ME worried, since I'll be fishing in such a lake in
3 weeks. It's not like I didn't have enough to think about, ya know?

Fish finders are fascinating because of their ability to *sometimes* find
fish, and to remind you that no matter how much technocrap you put on
your boat, fishing is still very much a random thing. There are places
where fish will park 9 times out of 10, but sometimes....not, and who the
hell knows why? Other times, the device does nothing but let you see all
the fish that you cannot catch on a certain day. Frustrating, until you
remember that your main purpose in being there is not to catch fish, but
to have a beer and try to convince your significant other to remove her
clothes.


Now that's fishing!


I'm telling ya....it really is. :-)