Picked up a Humminbird 678DI unit over the winter and installed it on the boat the previous weekend. Took a couple trips to get the unit and settings dialed in to where I wanted them, but I think I've got things headed in the right direction. Met up with buddy Lee Dilley yesterday afternoon and put the unit to the test. Found a nice tree sitting on the bottom of the river channel in 32 feet of water with a load of crappies hanging around the general area and proceeded to rain some jigs down on their heads. Ended up with around 50+ crappies caught, and a nice limit of fish for the photo op.
Hi Brian,
Have came across some of your older articles on hair jig fishing and am wondering what kind of hair jigs you are using now and where I can purchase some of them??
Thanks
John
Posted by: John Mildebrandt | March 12, 2016 at 05:21 PM
John -
Half the time I use a craft hair jig tied by a local friend for me, but they are very similar to the Punisher Hoss Fly (aspirin head) jig. The other part of the time I am using a bucktail jig, either an Eagle Claw or one of several types tied by Andy's Custom Bass Lures. The Eagle Claws are the least expensive, and I used to buy them through Cabela's, but they no longer carry them, so they are getting harder to come by.
Posted by: Big Indiana Bass | March 12, 2016 at 09:15 PM
I thought you were using a SI unit? Why did you now choose a DI unit?
Posted by: Aaron Davenport | March 27, 2016 at 02:37 AM
Aaron, I still have the same H'bird SI unit, but it makes it's DI image from the SI transducer. Doesn't have it's own dedicated DI transducer/crystals, and I wasn't happy with the images. So I simply added this to the console next to the other unit. Now use the larger 900 for mapping and 2D and this unit for DI only. DI is great for specifically looking for just fish, especially the crappie and white bass I like chasing.
Posted by: Big Indiana Bass | March 27, 2016 at 11:36 AM