You mark giant bass at 25 feet on a structure, but they vanish in August. Your favorite deep holes stop producing, your electronics show baitfish stacked where they should not be, and you begin to wonder if the fish relocated entirely. The real culprit is not migration. It is a phantom thermocline and oxygen depletion […]
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The Electronics Echo Chamber: Are You Misinterpreting Your Sonar and Wasting Time?
Modern electronics promise to show you exactly where the bass are, but here’s the hard truth: most anglers are staring at their screens and seeing exactly what they want to see, not what’s actually there. According to a 2022 survey by the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, 78 percent of serious bass anglers now use […]