"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 02:23:48 GMT, "Bryan"
wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:10:38 GMT, "Bryan"
wrote:

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.

Lake of the Damned.

Don't go near the water!!!!

MMMUUAAAWWWAAAHHHHHAAAAA!!!!!

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?

I guess I'd have to ask why you need to anchor in a structure field.
The whole point of having a structure field is to be able to move
around.

What's a structure field? The places I want to anchor are small quiet
coves
great for picnicking with the kids, but they are full of trees.

It's what you are anchoring in - underwater structure.

However, I may have misread what you said - you mean to anchor
overnight on a cruise or something?

If so, then a mushroom is fine - John's right on that.

As to the original question, any "fish finder" is actually a sonar and
will locate those items for you reliably. Even an inexpensive one
will locate structure you want to avoid.

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Later,

Tom

Thanks!