Smith Lake, AL

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Murphangler
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Smith Lake, AL

Post by Murphangler »

Just got fionished on Smith Lake for the Bassmaster Southern Open #2 - deep water and lots of ledges. If you ever fish there, a word of advice - make sure you have a Navionics card, competitor card had ZERO data on the lake as they havent completed any logging there. Only way to see contours, which was crucial to success, was through Navionics.
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brendanc
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Re: Smith Lake, AL

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How'd you make out Chris?
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Re: Smith Lake, AL

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Had limits both days, just never found the big girls. Fishing drop offs around flats was crucial, so contour maps played a huge role. Missed a good one on day one that would have made a big difference, but you have to fish clean to win, and this one wrapped me up around a steel cable underwater.
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Murphangler
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Re: Smith Lake, AL

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Here's what Im talking about - flats around dropoffs were critical to finding fish, so my Navionics chip was heavily used.

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Re: Smith Lake, AL

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I re-posted your image, had an extra " [ " in front of the Image

It's so nice having GPS and great contour maps. With the Navionics web app... I haven't needed to pulled out a paper map in years.
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Re: Smith Lake, AL

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I use it ALL THE TIME!! you ever use the search function on the app to find lakes?
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