Tillers are notorious for being great for sharpshooting walleyes in deep water. Wonder if anyone has a good setup for doing that is a dual console boat? Finder in the rear of the boat? using down imaging on trolling motor and just cruising with that?
Looking at buying a boat soon and looking for tips
I use my kicker and have the bow mount down. when I see the fish on the screen I throw it in reverse for a quick second and then tun the key off for the kicker while I hit the spot lock button. This only works when fishing deep humps and steep drops. If its less than 20 foot or so I just cruise around with the bow mount only.
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Shartshooting?!
That’s when you fart while shooting, but it comes out liquidy.
Oh man how did I not see that 
Tillers are notorious for being great for sharpshooting walleyes in deep water. Wonder if anyone has a good setup for doing that is a dual console boat? Finder in the rear of the boat? using down imaging on trolling motor and just cruising with that?
Looking at buying a boat soon and looking for tips
The transducer is in the same spot on both boats. The difference is your sitting a few feet further up. Hit reverse and back up a hair. Drop your jig or throw your cork.
I drop a temporary waypoint and go another 50-100′ then drift back to it (if wind allows) and I’m fishing live bait with a slow presentation on a specific piece of structure
More often than not if this is in the summer I’m trolling cranks or pulling bouncers trying to cover water…so I just keep on going and tell whoever my guest is to get ready on the rods. If we make a pass with multiple good marks in an area of known success we will spin around and adjust our presentations to give them one more shot.
Technology is great and I am probably way behind the times. I’d still say 75% of the fish I catch are never marked on open water. I’m focused more on bottom content, depth, schools of shad in late summer, and the line I am trying to stay on than sharpshooting marks that may or may not cooperate or even be my target species.
I cruise with trolling motor until I mark pods on SI, spot lock and cast back
Not entirely the case. With a steering wheel boat you need a hand to control the direction and a hand to control the speed. You’re all out of hands to have a rod at the ready to flip your jig/cork back to the fish. It can be done, with the right circumstances and a lot of practice, but it isnt nearly as efficient as it is with a tiller.
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Sounds like you bought the wrong boat for the application. And yes I’m well aware how it works I made the mistake to buy a steering wheel boat back in the day. Both boats you still hot mark the spot and go back. Same exact concept
Not entirely the case. With a steering wheel boat you need a hand to control the direction and a hand to control the speed. You’re all out of hands to have a rod at the ready to flip your jig/cork back to the fish. It can be done, with the right circumstances and a lot of practice, but it isnt nearly as efficient as it is with a tiller.
Who’s is fishing with a hand on the wheel and a hand on the throttle of the big motor.
Not I…
I’ve fished for many years out of both types of boats, there are pro and cons of each. IMO, if you’re going to get a console boat, you might as well get the full windshield. They take up nearly the same amount of room and the benefit of a full shield wind block is priceless. What’s the point of a counsel boat without a full windshield?
Comparison:
Full Windshield – I spent years on Mille Lacs with a full windshield boat. It is great for cold/windy days. Being able to tuck behind the windshield is invaluable on these days.
Tiller – Fishing machine! The amount of room you have for fishing is night and day compared to a full windshield or counsel. Boat control is everything for fishing walleyes, tillers are top notch here. Cold/windy days can be brutal in a tiller, but the fishabilty makes up for it.
I switched from a full windshield to a tiller about 10 years ago and I’ll never look back. Good luck on your search!
For me the whole point of asking is because the wife and kids want a full windshield boat. So that is what we will go with.
All you have to do is figure out a system that works for you.
Exactly :). I was just curious if others with console boats have figured out a good sharpshooting(shart :)) for these boats. tiller is just not an option for me.
My first comment was exactly how it works with a windshield boat. Simple easy and works
It’s nice to have a MSI trolling motor that picks up these fish before you are by them.
Are you jigging or power corking? If using a slip bobber watch the graph until you see a fish, then flip slip bobber out the back and put boat in neutral, coast a bit, then reverse to stop forward motion.
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