How to use your fish finder

How to use your fish finder

 

 

Before you can catch fish, you've got to find them. Join our electronics sharpie, boats.com senior editor Lenny Rudow, as he explains the basics of using an LCD fish finder and what to look for on-screen. He'll also show you how to "peak" the transducer, to maximize performance. And when you need to turn off those auto functions, and dial it in manually.

Ice fishing local lakes

            Ice Fishing Opens Up at Many Local Lakes

Posted 6:14 am, January 11, 2016, by Josh Nguyen, Updated at 06:22am, January 11, 2016

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Until last weekend, it has been a warm winter and many Iowans have appreciated it. The unseasonably high temperatures have prevented many, however, from enjoying a winter staple, ice fishing.

“I can’t remember it being this warm during my time with department,” says Chris Clingan, Park Ranger with Polk County. “The last time I remember there being open water in January, it was ‘97 or ‘98.”

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Boat handling tips

Five Great Boat Handling Tips From a Photo-Boat Driver

 Five seamanship skills learned while driving on the edge to get the shot.

By Rick Honish

My longtime photographer-friend and mentor, Mike Fuller, is leaning out over the photo boat’s bow rail 12 feet in front of me, gesticulating with his hands and flashing a big grin to the driver and passenger of the boat that’s running 25 mph just inches off my port side. My eyes are on Fuller for only a second, but my concern for his well-being is at an all-time high. My peripheral vision keeps tabs on his footing and his stance while my primary focus shifts to the proximity of the riverbank streaking by. My eyes pan back to the small jet boat now tucked a mere inch or two under the spread of our bow. I’m locked in. One wrong move by me and we all could be in for a very bad day.

For me, it’s just another day at the office. I am a photo-boat captain. My clients consist of boat builders, engine manufacturers and various outdoor product lines. The demands of the photographers, clients and environments in which I operate have chiseled me into a paranoid boater. The slightest errors can result in lost shots and lost time. Bigger errors can cost thousands of dollars and garner the attention of insurance companies. Success comes from proper training, years of experience and a good dose of telepathy. The lessons are not always learned the easy way. The following is a checklist of five that matter most and will make you a better boater.

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These are only 5 Boat Handling Tips There are many more.

 



Almost shot while fishing

Almost shot while fishing

 

We have great neighbors. After we told them about what happened they were very apologetic and we were all just very happy that no one got hurt.

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

I'm so glad I didn't get shot while fishing.

World's best travel websites

      World's 101 Best Travel Websites: 2016 Edition

 William D. Chalmers Become a fan

Writer, philanthropist and professional traveler
In my position as the Event Director of the annual world travel championship, The Global Scavenger Hunt--some liken me to a traveling circus ringmaster--I have a lot of planning to do. Ten countries spread out around the world, all the personalities, all the logistics, all the hotels.

There are indeed a lot of moving parts in realizing this international event; and frankly, I don't think it could have occurred before the Age of the Internet.

But we are in the Age of the Internet, and online information has never been so plentiful for us travel planners; making us both better informed and more confident travelers than ever.