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Using Aqua-vu for Prespawn crappies


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Now that many of you are starting to get out on open water a lot of anglers will be targeting prespawn crappies. Of course before the crappies hit the shallows they congregate on the edges in around 12-15ft of water at least in the lakes around me. This is where the Aqua-Vu Scout comes in handy, for “scouting” out the terrain. I use it to check bottom content and to find transition zones, or the “spot on the spot.”

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Of course if you really want to check out that school of crappies, the Quad-360 isn’t just for Icefishing. With it’s 360º of viewing it lets you know if there are any crappies anywhere in the vicinity.

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I got out today and checked out a little drop off near very shallow water where we've been catching a few crappies with the Scout. It was very cool watching a couple crappies swim through!

Aqua Vu cameras are also a very good tool for searching out walleyes in the Summer months!

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I Know that the cable wouldn't break, but I was just scared that if I had it down when trolling, the camera would get caught and pull in the monitor. I was thinking about strapping it around something with a rachet strap or bungee cord. I love using my camera on the hard water, so I thought I might as well give it a try on the open water.

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Of course another option when viewing is to uncoil all the cable you are going to need and then step on it. This makes sure it's not going anywhere, and the Aqua-Vu cables can handle it.

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