Thats some excellent information you have shared there Tom. It's definitely appreciated
I think one mistake a good many anglers make is to confuse structure with cover.
I think one of my biggest challenges since moving to the south has been lakes like Santee Cooper. Up north I was use to lakes that had all kinds of structural elements that could easily be pinpointed on sonar. My favorite to fish were sharp drops.
Down here on Santee, I expected to see the similiar structure and to be targeting it and haulin in hawgs hand over fist. This wasnt the case though. This isnt the case with many of the places I fish and I am kind of fed up with having no structure lol For me it can get very frustrating. Santee Cooper and many of the other smaller lakes I fish will have bottoms that change depths at a rate of 1 foot every several hundred yards (or if we're talking Santee Cooper it could be miles) aka no well defined drop offs. I long for a deep channel, a hump or a well defined ditch. There are times when I just can not pin point the fish because of acres of similiar cover and a featureless bottom. It drives me nuts! Any suggestions anybody?
Jared
I think one mistake a good many anglers make is to confuse structure with cover.
I think one of my biggest challenges since moving to the south has been lakes like Santee Cooper. Up north I was use to lakes that had all kinds of structural elements that could easily be pinpointed on sonar. My favorite to fish were sharp drops.
Down here on Santee, I expected to see the similiar structure and to be targeting it and haulin in hawgs hand over fist. This wasnt the case though. This isnt the case with many of the places I fish and I am kind of fed up with having no structure lol For me it can get very frustrating. Santee Cooper and many of the other smaller lakes I fish will have bottoms that change depths at a rate of 1 foot every several hundred yards (or if we're talking Santee Cooper it could be miles) aka no well defined drop offs. I long for a deep channel, a hump or a well defined ditch. There are times when I just can not pin point the fish because of acres of similiar cover and a featureless bottom. It drives me nuts! Any suggestions anybody?
Jared