Transducer temps??

[MACK]

I was at Webster this past weekend (against my will mind you...but that's another story). Anyway...fished from my old boat, which is now my brother-in-laws boat, the Pike Attacker. He has two fish/depth finders on his boat. Both are Eagle products. I don't recall the models exactly. One is about three or four years old...b/w model which is at the base of his bow-mounted trolling motor..the other...two season old now...lower-end Eagle model which is color and mounted off the transom. :shrug:

He and I fished for muskies for about 4 hours on Saturday morning. Early am both of his electronics showed surface temps at 68 and by the time we left the water at 9:30 am....we had found some areas at 70.

I then put my boat in the water later that day for some family time and I ran the electronics in my boat. I have two in my boat...Lowrance 104c off the bottom of my bow-mounted trolling motor and a Lowrance X26cHD on the console with 'ducer moutned off the transom. I didn't even lower my trolling motor all weekend. Hell...I never even hooked up the batteries. Never fished from my boat all weekend. Only fished those four hours on Sat morning...from Jim's boat.

I did run my electronics while out pleasure boating with the family and my Lowrance confirmed what Jim's electronics were saying and mine were consistent with his. Mid-day Saturday I saw surface temps at 70 and then on Sunday around 11am, when pulling my boat out of the water, I saw 71 in 4 feet of water by the launch...

LOTS of weed growth in Webster this year. Lots. Which has lots floating silt and particles in the water which are absorbing the sun's heat. They must not be doing the massive weed kills this year on Webster, or...at least...not yet. So far this year, I only know of one weed application being done which was back at the end of April or first of May...around that time. I think by this time last year, they had done three applications that I know of.

The weeds off the end of our pier this year are THICK and heavy. This time last year...it was a clean bottom. Great for the kids swimming off the end of the pier last year. Now, so far this year...the kids aren't too keen on the idea of swimming off the end of the pier...so far...