Smith Lake, AL
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Smith Lake, AL
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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Re: Smith Lake, AL
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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Re: Smith Lake, AL
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
I re-posted your image, had an extra " [ " in front of the ![Image](...%20%20I%20hear%20ya...%20gotta%20fish%20clean%20and%20this%20time%20of%20year,%20you%20need%20to%20find%20the%20big%20girls.%20%20I%20should%20have%20been%20on%20the%20lake%20today,%20but%20they%20cancelled%20the%20tournament%20in%20anticipation%20of%20bad%20weather.%20%20I%20have%20three%20lined%20up%20this%20coming%20week%20Saturday,%20Sunday%20and%20Tuesday.%20%20Looking%20forward%20to%20these%20first%20tournaments.%0A%0A%5Bimg%5Dhttps%3A//scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-0/s526x296/12924361_1147705465279864_7914890503412960209_n.png?oh=3da20f9e2e5684b9745b34983d37d1f1&oe=57BFCF5A)
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.
![Image](...%20%20I%20hear%20ya...%20gotta%20fish%20clean%20and%20this%20time%20of%20year,%20you%20need%20to%20find%20the%20big%20girls.%20%20I%20should%20have%20been%20on%20the%20lake%20today,%20but%20they%20cancelled%20the%20tournament%20in%20anticipation%20of%20bad%20weather.%20%20I%20have%20three%20lined%20up%20this%20coming%20week%20Saturday,%20Sunday%20and%20Tuesday.%20%20Looking%20forward%20to%20these%20first%20tournaments.%0A%0A%5Bimg%5Dhttps%3A//scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-0/s526x296/12924361_1147705465279864_7914890503412960209_n.png?oh=3da20f9e2e5684b9745b34983d37d1f1&oe=57BFCF5A)
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.
Brendan C.
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Re: Smith Lake, AL
I use it ALL THE TIME!! you ever use the search function on the app to find lakes?
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