Anyone want to share success stories, or failures concerning this technology?
I have it and I've used it 4 times so far. Twice for walleyes, twice for bass. Pretty incredible technology if you ask me. Maybe I've put more in the boat because of it, but really it has just reinforced what I already knew. Fish were there, presentation was good, they just had to want to eat.
The biggest benefit I've seen so far is that you can eliminate "dead" water pretty quickly. I do that now with side imaging, so again, this just reinforces it.
I haven't used it to sharp shoot any fish that are suspended just yet. But that time may be coming soon.
So my results are this...worth the money? I'd say it is not. Is it "cool" with what you can see? Absolutely. It's pretty nice to see a grouping of fish, tell your partner (or wife) where to cast then watch them react to and many times, eat, the bait.
I still think the absolute best application for this thing is ice fishing.
I totally get the debate concerning "ethics" and this technology as it comes to depleting a resource. For this user, I kept the same amount of walleyes this year as I did last year. 5. I just caught a few more. And I never keep bass.
Just curious to hear results from other folks.