Marine VHF Band Radio

Utah Fishing Reports & Discussion Off Topic Board
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*How many of you have a marine VHF band radio on board your vessel when your out fishing or other pleasure? I have been using one for many years and quite a few of my friends have one installed in there boats. Cell phones have there place with us all but if your in trouble on a lake it is only good as a single point contact. A marine band is monitored by many of those who have them and can provide help from many nearby in any case. These radios come in many price ranges which you don’t have to break the bank to purchase including handheld. A dash mount is what I use with an 8’ antennae. I prefer this type of band on the lake over a CB which in many cases some have them or both. *

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Considering that a hand-held can be obtained for under a hundred bucks, and it provides weather warnings as well as communication, I certainly plan to get one for my boat next year.

https://www.outsidepursuits.com/best-vhf-marine-radio/#mhs

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Mark, I’ll be looking fwd to our chat.

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Looks like I left right when it got “better”. Was that you with the two red Eskimo shelters side by side on the upper end about midway out? Heard someone in there ask his buddy how the eyeball was working out. I didn’t have a shelter to be more mobile, but that darn wind made It difficult.

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Thanks for the report! Going to test it out tomorrow morning!!

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Just 3 little dink perch. Caught them between 11-11:30…right before it got better. Did feel good to get that skunk smell off though!

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Earlier in the season we were doing well for perch deeper, to 45 FOW…then the slowdown started (for me at least) about 3 weeks ago..still getting some nicer ones, but very tough bite and catching..I thought it’d be best to try for perch and maybe trout, so we went shallower, finding 28 FOW today…I wasn’t planning on the constant snow/wind conditions, but with shelters up right away, and staked and roped down, heaters on inside, it was fairly comfortable - as long as we stayed inside…We didn’t have lines in water til 0900, but that was ok, 'cuz the bite was pretty much off 'til about 1130, and then was fair 'til about 1:00…in his tent, my buddy got 1 nice rainbow and 3 jumbo perch with just a couple dink releasers…I ended up with 5 jumbos and about 2 dozen dink releasers; missed 1 ‘bow…the best part of fishing at 28’ is that anything released goes right back down…When fishing 2 poles for perch, my best set was small white/green Demon with crawfish oil soaked cut perch belly piece, and small white/red Demon with fresh eyeball…and another TIP FOR PERCH NEWBIES…use a smaller eyeball, and assuming you haven’t mangled it during surgery, and  after getting it on your hook,  pierce it with a sharp object, or slightly cut it with scissors (my Swiss Army knife has the small scissors)…that makes a huge difference, as well as using a smaller donor eyeball…Guluk…