Doctor Sonar Newsletter August 2009

DOCTOR SONAR NEWSLETTERAugust 2009

This is a long newsletter; don’t miss the LakeMaster and Navionics review at the bottom.

New Tip of the Week

HDS Sirius Weather Radar http://www.hightechfishing.com/tipoftheweek.html

2009 Lowrance Schools and Mapping Classes

No scheduled classes for 2009, I will add the 2010 schedule later.

Go tohttp://www.hightechfishing.com/schedule.html for updates, details and registration forms on the future classes.

Free Seminars

No additional 2009 seminars due to fishing season.

Go tohttp://www.hightechfishing.com/schedule.html for updates and details on future seminars.

HDS Review

Weather review added as Tip of the Week http://www.hightechfishing.com/tipoftheweek.html

DrDepth BT (bottom hardness) Edition

No data from Oahe as I didn’t map because I couldn’t make a map better than the LakeMaster map.

Fun Stuff

Doc’s Tournament schedule

AIM Pro Walleye Series Winnibigoshish September

AIM Pro Walleye Series Akaska review

Another loss, I missed the cut by .04 ounces. The fish were easy to catch but the 19+ inchers were difficult. I decided not to run to the larger fish because 60 miles in a wind is too much for me and the wind didn’t blow (very unusual in SD).

Doc’s Tournament Crankbait Contest

I fished with bottom bouncers and nightcrawlers during the tournament. In pre-fishing I caught walleyes trolling crankbaits but the live bait fishing seemed better. The Salmo Bullhead 8SDR was the winner in the bull head color. Last year white was the best color by far and it sucked big time this year. Of course I had special white Salmo lures painted in Poland and a bunch of Reef Runners and Bombers painted by Downriver Tackle for the tournament. This time preparation failed. There was no clear second place winner as many lures caught fish but the big Bullhead really worked well.

Photo Contest

Check this out if you take outdoor photos, I have donated some DVDs as prizes. I will be a “Big Shot” judge once in awhile.

“On behalf of the hardworking crew at Outdoor Passions, LLC, we would like to respectfully introduce the launching of a project we are all very excited about called “outdoorcontests.com”. . The site will focus on hunting and fishing photo, video and competitive contests. It’s free to enter and participate in and will be simple to use.

We have received overwhelming support from everyone we have discussed this with. We have awesome sponsors who are excited to be a part of it. Sponsors are donating sweet product (in a tough economy nonetheless) to be given away in the contests. Photo and video contests will be vote based, so even if you don’t enter, please check out the site and vote periodically for your favorite entries! We have big-named celebrity judges who will pick winners from the top 10 vote-getters. We will also offer a variety of other resources beneficial to sportspeople in the near future.

We donate to conservation organizations. We encourage youth participation. We promote the outdoors. We graciously thank you for any interest and participation in advance! If you’re motivated, make www.outdoorcontests.com com your homepage and use the Google search engine on our site for your daily searchings…that way you can be a part of a good cause as proceeds help conservation efforts! We hope to see YOU on the web and better yet, hope to mail you some prizes in the near futureJ”

New Product Review

LakeMaster Dakota Chip and Navionics Platinum chip

Each of these map chips was useful. The LakeMaster chip was the best for fishing since they have government LIDAR data. This data was collected with laser from a low flying airplane when Oahe was about 30 feet low. I have had this data for 2 years on my computer and I was waiting for the water to rise. The water rose this year and of course LakeMaster puts in on a chip for everyone! The entire shoreline of Oahe is on the map. I fished it and it is the highest quality one foot contour map I have used. This is because the LIDAR data is higher quality than mapping with sonar and a boat.

My Navionics Platinum displayed in my HDS and the contours are good for deep water since they surveyed the lake during low water. But they added aerial photos from low water which was taken when the water was lower than when the LIDAR data was taken. The vessel cursor would be on land and the sonar would show 35 foot.

The below screenshot is the same point as above and displayed on my boat computer and the boat cursor would overlay this map just like it does any GPS. This is the data I used before the LakeMaster chip was available. It is much easier to see on a HDS than the boat computer. The LakeMaster Dakota chip was great for trolling a certain depth and staying on that depth. It used to be very difficult and now it is easy for everyone.

LakeMaster 800-540-5747

Navionics 800-848-5896—-

Newsletter Discounts

This where Doc gets his products and supplies, I have secured some discounts for my newsletter subscribers.

Aqua-Vu MAV Exclusive Deal

Get the same underwater camera that Doc uses-at a special price! The Motorized Aqua-Vu (MAV) and new MAV 10 are available exclusively to High Tech Fishing members at $1499.99 (MAV) and $999.99 (MAV 7). That’s $500 below retail pricing!

To take advantage of this special offer, visit this link and place either the MAV or MAV7 into your shopping cart, then enter code DOC

http://www.aquavu.com/Products/Boat-Mounted-Viewing-Systems/

KassWinns 15% all products

Go to www.kasswinns.com and use this promotion code DOC2009

BIGWATER GUIDE SERVICE for trophy walleyes on Lake Erie

Captain Ross Robertson

hogwalleye@yahoo.com 419-283-7069 http://www.bigwaterfishing.com/Bigwaterfishing/Bigwaterfishing.html

Mention Doc and get $50 off.

Joes Guide Service

http://www.joeguidesyou.com/

320-260-6143 South Dakota hunting and fishing trips

Mention Doc for 10% off

Down River Tackle

Doc gets his custom painted lures here. Doc paints the old lures that he doesn’t use into lures he will use. Use the code hightech to receive the below discounts.

15% off for all orders plus free shipping on orders over $100.

www.downrivertackle.com

Northern Waters Services

Free Re-Action System upgrade for your trolling motor with any boat purchase

Mike Sorensen 612-558-2902 Ramsey, MN nothern.waters@hotmail.com.

Professional Reel Service

I get my reel cleaning and repair here. 10% off labor on one reel or 15% off labor on 3 reels or more if you mention Doc

Kevin Rush
2103 N Teal Brook Ct
Wichita KS 67235

www.proreelservice.com  316-250-3071

DOCTOR SONAR

High Tech Fishing LLC

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