A trolling motor that is too weak or too short makes every windy day a fight. Here is how to size thrust, voltage and shaft length, pick a mount and decide whether GPS anchoring is worth it.
A sonar screen is a scrolling history of echoes, not a photograph. Once you know what each shape and color means, the display becomes a map of where fish are holding.
CHIRP is on almost every new fish finder, but the label covers several different things. Here is how a frequency sweep works, what it improves on screen and where its limits are.
Fish finders range from palm-size units to networked displays with live sonar. Here is how to match the sonar, screen, maps and transducer to the way you actually fish.
Most fish finders ship on auto settings that work, but rarely work best. Here is what each important setting does and a simple routine for dialing your unit in on the water.
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