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When you buy your Simrad unit, it's going to come pre-loaded with the entire navigation of the United States - east and west coast including Great Lakes - but it's kind of basic. If you want to enhance that map you can use C-Map and C-Map reveal. I highly recommend you get this chip once your Simrad is installed.
It's going to take this basic map, which is great for navigating and it's going to enhance it for the area your at with bottom structure, grass beds and it's going to overlay Google Earth. You can pre look at a destination just sitting on your boat before you leave the dock. If you run into the Bahamas I can look at the dock in the Bahamas where I'm headed before I get there.
I've got the chip installed in my chart reader and now we're just going to switch charts. So we're going to go to the menu. And I've got C-Map U.S. enhanced which comes with your unit and we're going to switch it to see map reveal. Bam! Now I have the entire island of Duck Key grass beds the coral heads the deeper channels right there. I can pick a rock. I can navigate right to it and check and see if there are any mangroves on it or I can jump in and see if there are lobsters. It's that simple and this coverage is growing every day Key West, Miami, Charleston the up to the Mid-Atlantic, the Canyons find the area where you live get that chart and it's going to make your Simrad day that much better.
Now that we've got Duck Key all navigated, you see my path in and out. This is a this is not a navigable channel, but it's local knowledge. C-Map is going to show me all the coral heads on the reef if I know where they are. That's where I'm headed. If I want to just sit here for a few minutes the game plan around weather conditions. I'm gonna sit here right now find an interesting looking place that I've never been before and we'll give it a try. I've got my numbers where I know they're going to be some fish but every day I try to find a new one and using the revealed chart.
I'm going to go to find a new rock to investigate decide whether it goes on to my full-time arsenal of great spots. It's that simple just sit at the dock check out your chart. Check out something new get on the water and see if it works for you.
All you have to do is go right into your menu again and go to options and chart options. I want to see high-resolution bathymetrics and will click on that button. It's going to take away some of my navigation options, but then when I zoom out to the swordfish grounds the detail is going to just become stronger and stronger on the drop-offs. Now, I can see I got my 1682 mm. I like swordfishing anywhere from 1500 to 1800 and now it's all right there for me to choose what spot I want to fish on that day.
So that's just a click of one button back to menu hide high-resolution bath metrics turn it off and it's just a lump in the middle of the screen. You want more detail, turn on that bathymetrics. It'll take away a little bit of information inshore, but you're not inshore anymore. You're outside looking for fish and checking all these humps finding the high spots. That is a real click of a button menu high-res bathymetrics on and off. You would never know that that's where you should start looking to try to bottom fish but simple as hitting that button zooming in and now you're a better fisherman.
Once the fish is done you can just pull the meat off the bones and start building your tacos. Add some lime juice and bring the pulled meat back to the grill while you wait on the corn to finish. Once this is all done, you can add your street corn sauce, and build your tacos with your preferred toppings.
Scott Walker is featured on the Tom Rowland Podcast explaining how to mark birds on the Simrad Halo Radar. Watch this video or listen to the audio version to learn how yo can use these settings on your own boat to mark more birds and catch more tuna!
S12:E10 - “Great Bait! I’m Hooked” (2020)
Capt Scott Walker and Capt Steve Rodger break down the best-kept secret bait spots in the Keys.
Scott Walker is featured on the Tom Rowland Podcast explaining how to mark birds on the Simrad Halo Radar. Watch this video or listen to the audio version to learn how yo can use these settings on your own boat to mark more birds and catch more tuna!
When you buy your Simrad unit, it's going to come pre-loaded with the entire navigation of the United States - east and west coast including Great Lakes - but it's kind of basic. If you want to enhance that map you can use C-Map and C-Map reveal. I highly recommend you get this chip once your Simrad is installed.
S12:E9 - “Hawks Cay Wrecks” (2020)
Capt Scott Walker and Capt Steve Rodger explore the fertile waters around Hawk's Cay
Back in the day when we started using the radars to navigate inlets and find fish. We had to get to the boat early to turn the radar on and then wait. Yeah, and then once it warmed up, then you had to actually pick a target in the marina and set the gain on it set to sea state for the day and then going off that one marker you knew that you were dialed in for the day and you do every day.
S12:E8 - “Tuna Time” (2020)
Capts Scott Walker and Capt Steve Rodger go out in search of Big Tuna!
Our edge on the water is the fact we find the birds first. The radar gets us in the right area, binoculars put us in the right spot. Everyone on board will have a set of the Nikon 7 by 50 Global Compass binoculars with a built-in Compass.
S12:E7 - “Sails And Cudas” (2020)
Sailfish is what they are after, but Capt Scott and Capt Steve run across some aggressive Barracudas
S12:E6 - “Key West Bottom Fishing” (2020)
Scott and Steve get on some productive spots near Key West for good eating bottom fish.
The scales first mate board shorts are another tool in my arsenal with four-way stretch and a padded shammy waistband. I know that when I'm hooked up, I have an easy spot to rest my rod-butt. I'm not going to hurt and I'm not gonna have to reach for a rod belt.
S12:E5 - “Marquesas Sharks” (2020)
Capt Scott Walker and Capt Steve Rodger adventure to the Marquesas for some exciting Shark action.
The technology today is just as fast as it can go, right? Lighter, faster, stronger… Well, Shimano has figured that out. They've identified two major problems with the old technology and fishing rods. One of them is Twist, right? So you make a cast you don't realize it, but the blank is twisting. Every rod you got in your closet is twisting, you can tell me it doesn't, but it does and it affects your accuracy and your distance. Well, Shimano has identified that problem and fixed it.
S12:E4 - “Key West Muttons And Sails” (2020)
Capt Scott Walker and Capt Steve Rodger get on a productive mutton spot near Key West.
So YETI had come out with a Hopper a few years back. It was a very popular item of a soft cooler. It didn't leak, it was great for everything whether you were just fishing, ballparks, kids picnicking, really just a cool item. Well, honestly the zipper was a little bit tough, but like YETI does they are always raising the bar.
S12:E3 - “Key West - Box Full Of Silver” (2020)
Capt Scott Walker and Capt Steve Rodger head West & fish for Kingfish.
There's a lot of fishing lines out there today, there are all types, all colors, all sizes. Well, we've been with Power Pro for a really long time. We've been with them since the beginning, amazing product, the best there is. Well, they've even gone a step further. Power Pro now has Maxcuatro. What that is it's a line that is 25 percent thinner diameter.
This episode picks up where the last one left off, following the duo as they zero in on their target species: permit. It’s a challenging, yet rewarding day for both captains as they utilize the technology at their disposal to work around some of the less-than-favorable conditions and bring in a good permit catch. Read more on Waypoint HERE.
S12:E2 - “Gulf Wreck Permit Part 2” (2020)
Capts Scott Walker & Steve Rodger continue their search for Permit on wrecks in the Gulf of Mexico.
We're down to Key West we're going to go fishing this week. And Steve is going to put me on some of his favorite wrecks. And when we're on the wrecks (back in the day) we would mark them with a big meatball on top of it and we wouldn't know what we're looking at. We would figure it was bait and we'd be happy knowing that something was there.
Live crab is an excellent bait for permit-fishing, according to Walker and Rodger, but it’s usefulness extends beyond just this fish, as Walker discovers over their first wreck… Read more HERE.
S12:E1 - “Gulf Wreck Permit Part 1” (2020)
Capt Scott Walker and Capt Steve Rodger search for Permit on wrecks in the Gulf of Mexico.
The 4th Of July is a great time to have a hearty meal with friends and family and enjoy a firework show. One of my favorite things to do is cook steak on the 4th of July. Below is a recipe for Reverse Sear Steak and it has been shown by my friends and family to be a favorite meal!
This is a super easy party dish and works phenomenally with my Big Green Egg grill, your 4th of July party guests will love these so be sure to make a lot of them! The Lemon Pepper Smoked Wings can be made by taking 24 fresh wings and cut them into 2 pieces. To season, cover the wings in lemon pepper and smoke the wings at 250 degrees for 2 hours. Then coat the wings in BBQ sauce and turn up heat to 375 until the BBQ sauce caramelizes.
The Mercury Active Trim is a GPS, speed based, automatic engine trim system. This responds to the weather around you responding to the weather conditions around you and fuel economy. Now the engine will set the trim for you so you no longer have to. I know many guys who don’t even use their trim because they don’t want to deal with it. The trim is super important for leveling the boat off and saving on fuel - that is why this invention is so awesome.
The newest edition to the Scales gear family is the Fisherman Board Shorts, made my fisherman for fisherman. One of my favorite features is the padded waste band - when we are fishing all day long with spinning tackle, fighting the fish is just the beginning. Then you have to fight the pain of when it hits you in the hip. Scales built protection right in for that exact situation. There is also a built in plier pocket with polyester so the pliers don’t get jammed up - aside from that they are extremely comfortable. Check them out!
Into the Blue was the CHAMPION of the Waypoint series showdown, meaning that we will be having a 24 hour marathon of the show on Friday, July 10th! You can view the marathon on Samsung TV Plus and Stirr TV ALL DAY Friday!