I didn't spend any time targeting walleye but usually catch a few bonus walleye while targeting smallmouth or striper. This was my first trip in years that I didn't catch a walleye. I think it was just bad luck and too many stripers and smallmouth taking my lure before the walleye had a chance.
Yes, that is the forward mode. The live scope is especially helpful for catching stripers. It takes a little effort to learn to use but it is very educational. One thing I've learned is there are a lot more fish down there than I thought there was or less fish than I thought there was. Some places in the lake have very few fish. When I've thought it was only 2 or 3 smallmouth chasing my lure, it was really 10. While anchovies fishing for stripers I would think it was only 1 or 2 but find out it is 50 or 100 stripers. I was watching stripers chase my jerkbaits, spoons, Walleye Assasins and anchovies. Several times had 25-50 of them chasing a lure. I might only see 2-5 chase it to the boat but there were many others that I couldn't see without the forward facing sonar. You can adjust your retrieve in real time to trigger the bites. You can also confidently give up on a spot when you don't see them on the lives scope instead of taking "one more cast". Striper schools that used to just disappear can now often be relocated.
That Redeye shad is a confident bait for me. There are many other great lipless crankbaits out there as well. The red and orange colors are good for spring bass on many lakes I've fished in different states. The orange lures have surprisingly done just as well as shad color for stripers for me. I'll use shad color as well. The color doesn't seem as important as the retrieve.
Most of the striper schools I saw on the graph where only 15 or 25 fish. Occasionally I came across larger schools that had several hundred or more than 1000 in the area.
Ok let me know if you can I D this lure?
