04-06-2005, 11:17 PM
Aaron-
A good sonar may not be essential to fishing Chatfield, but it sure is helpful. Chatfield has a lot of underwater structure that will concentrate fish such as submerged roadbeds, river channels, bridges, and gravel pits. Good electronics will certainly help you locate those.
However, there is a good map of Chatfield's structure (published by Fish-N-Map Co., I think) and it along with some good old fashioned "dead reckoning" will take you a long way. For instance, if you look at the submerged roadbeds on the map (particularly the one that runs roughly east-west across the lake) and then look in that general area on the water you will almost always see a bunch of boats strung out along it. Then you can simply run right to it. It frequently holds fish as do the deeper flats along it.
Hope this helps you!
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A good sonar may not be essential to fishing Chatfield, but it sure is helpful. Chatfield has a lot of underwater structure that will concentrate fish such as submerged roadbeds, river channels, bridges, and gravel pits. Good electronics will certainly help you locate those.
However, there is a good map of Chatfield's structure (published by Fish-N-Map Co., I think) and it along with some good old fashioned "dead reckoning" will take you a long way. For instance, if you look at the submerged roadbeds on the map (particularly the one that runs roughly east-west across the lake) and then look in that general area on the water you will almost always see a bunch of boats strung out along it. Then you can simply run right to it. It frequently holds fish as do the deeper flats along it.
Hope this helps you!
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