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Offseason is time for map loading

Dear Capt. Paul:

I recently purchased a Lowrance IFinder H20. The software I am operating with it is MapCreate 6 of which I have not updated to MapCreate 6.2 as yet.Before doing so, I thought I would write to see what software you recommend for heavy marine use with a pleasure vessel.[…]

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Jerk in a Jam

The stretch of shoreline looked like it was tailor-made for a pack of redfish to be roaming for a mid-morning meal. But, it wasn’t really all that different looking than the others we’d come across in the Myrtle Grove marsh that morning, and I was more than a little frustrated.[…]

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Million-Dollar Man

Many outdoorsmen believe Greg Hackney of Gonzalez, one of the hottest young bass fisherman on the professional bass-fishing circuit, jumped full blown onto the professional bass-fishing circuit and consider him the next great bass phenom.[…]

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Be smart when installing transducer

It is no coincidence that transducers designed to be mounted on a boat’s transom are the type most often packed in the box with new sonar units. They are the easiest type for the average person to install, and they work well on just about any transom design with a place to mount them.[…]

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No Luck On The Lump

The famed Midnight Lump which sits roughly 20 miles off of the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River near Venice is considered the “go to” spot during the cold, blustery winter months.[…]