This is how you do a FFS video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgu_MCMYaZo

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Great way to do these videos for sure. Cool stuff. However, Looking at other peoples Active Target screenshots sure makes me appreciate my Garmin.

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Originally Posted by Bobby Gray

Great way to do these videos for sure. Cool stuff. However, Looking at other peoples Active Target screenshots sure makes me appreciate my Garmin.

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Indeed

Randy is not going to like that one. Now the tournament announcers will need a Telestrator to draw on the screen where the fish and bait are.

Funny how all the guys in the FFS videos have glass calm conditions.

When I’m out there, the wind’s blowing from three directions. :laugh:

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Originally Posted by 188Musky

When I’m out there, the wind’s blowing from three directions. :laugh:

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Same here, I was looking for the no wind setting on mine!

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The cool thing about his video shows something that I've mentioned in posts in the past about what I've observed and learned using FFS. Did you notice when he got on the one group of fish where he made is retrieves and picked up one fish the others in the school ended up following the bait or fish and pretty much ended up right under the boat? And no, he was not moving towards the fish because the small timber or grass on the bottom was not moving in.

I've seen this happen a lot whether they were biting or not. Without seeing this on FFS you would still be chunking and winding to your target area where you picked up the first fish when in fact they've moved directly under you. He seems to be less than 15-20' but I've had fish end up under the boat in as little as 6'. To me this kind of debunks the theory that the fish will begin to associate sonar ping with danger and why after you've caught one fish the next one comes right at the boat.

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Originally Posted by RangrSkipr

The cool thing about his video shows something that I've mentioned in posts in the past about what I've observed and learned using FFS. Did you notice when he got on the one group of fish where he made is retrieves and picked up one fish the others in the school ended up following the bait or fish and pretty much ended up right under the boat? And no, he was not moving towards the fish because the small timber or grass on the bottom was not moving in.

I've seen this happen a lot whether they were biting or not. Without seeing this on FFS you would still be chunking and winding to your target area where you picked up the first fish when in fact they've moved directly under you. He seems to be less than 15-20' but I've had fish end up under the boat in as little as 6'. To me this kind of debunks the theory that the fish will begin to associate sonar ping with danger and why after you've caught one fish the next one comes right at the boat.

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That seems to happen with bass more than any other species.

Seemingly never with walleyes, crappies, or trout.

With smallmouth in particular, previous wisdom was that immediately releasing a bass back to the school could spook the rest of them.

FFS shows that this might not be the case exactly. It’s more likely that the school follows a caught fish to the boat, and the close proximity to the boat makes the rest of them wary.

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Originally Posted by 188Musky

Funny how all the guys in the FFS videos have glass calm conditions.

When I’m out there, the wind’s blowing from three directions. :laugh:

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That’s why the turret is so good. Wind is never a problem.

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Originally Posted by 188Musky

Funny how all the guys in the FFS videos have glass calm conditions.

When I’m out there, the wind’s blowing from three directions. :laugh:

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Spend some time in a Kayak with FFS in some wind. You'll realize wind in the boat is easy peasy. Turning the rudder and live pole with one hand while working a bait with the other hand and pedaling all at the same time is no easy task

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Originally Posted by RangrSkipr

The cool thing about his video shows something that I've mentioned in posts in the past about what I've observed and learned using FFS. Did you notice when he got on the one group of fish where he made is retrieves and picked up one fish the others in the school ended up following the bait or fish and pretty much ended up right under the boat? And no, he was not moving towards the fish because the small timber or grass on the bottom was not moving in.

I've seen this happen a lot whether they were biting or not. Without seeing this on FFS you would still be chunking and winding to your target area where you picked up the first fish when in fact they've moved directly under you. He seems to be less than 15-20' but I've had fish end up under the boat in as little as 6'. To me this kind of debunks the theory that the fish will begin to associate sonar ping with danger and why after you've caught one fish the next one comes right at the boat.

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There's one do nothing long straight river ledge I fish in the summer that holds a ton of fish. I noticed pretty quick with nothing to hold the fish, they'd show up under the boat on 2d after I caught one.
I started unlocking spot lock when I got a fish in and letting the current slide the boat back then spot locking again once I got the fish unhooked, checked my knot, bait, etc.
There have been times I've been 1/4 mile away from where I started, still catching fish from where I pulled the entire school.

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Originally Posted by Wackyjig

Spend some time in a Kayak with FFS in some wind. You'll realize wind in the boat is easy peasy. Turning the rudder and live pole with one hand while working a bait with the other hand and pedaling all at the same time is no easy task

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I can relate; I have a flat bottom jet-jon, no rudder.

You can sneeze in it, and be facing the other direction when you open your eyes afterwords. The second one, you’re back to where you started. :laugh:

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Originally Posted by 188Musky

That seems to happen with bass more than any other species.

Seemingly never with walleyes, crappies, or trout.

With smallmouth in particular, previous wisdom was that immediately releasing a bass back to the school could spook the rest of them.

FFS shows that this might not be the case exactly. It’s more likely that the school follows a caught fish to the boat, and the close proximity to the boat makes the rest of them wary.

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I have seen/had it happen with crappie but not to the extent of a feeding school of bass.

And here I always thought a released bass went back and told his buddies to not take the bait. :laugh: Wary of boat makes sense depending on their activity

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Originally Posted by Wackyjig

There's one do nothing long straight river ledge I fish in the summer that holds a ton of fish. I noticed pretty quick with nothing to hold the fish, they'd show up under the boat on 2d after I caught one.
I started unlocking spot lock when I got a fish in and letting the current slide the boat back then spot locking again once I got the fish unhooked, checked my knot, bait, etc.
There have been times I've been 1/4 mile away from where I started, still catching fish from where I pulled the entire school.

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That is crazy interesting intel :eek: Without FFS you would never know this

Pretty good video and to the point.....:thumb up2:

When you hook one out in the timber it’s always a good one

I may have missed it, but what is that lure?

I bought one of those 2.5" PowerBait Switch's for ice fishing crappies. I really wanted the 1.75" size, but Omnia doesn't carry that size yet. I hope these will be a killer bait for ice fishing.