I don't have the cash for a fancy fish finder system, but I still want to know what depth I'm fishing at.
Some people will use these clip on weights like these
https://www.amazon.ca/Eagle-Claw-Ste.../dp/B003ZZBSDU
I also read this
https://www.fieldandstream.com/artic...e-fish-sounder
But I'm just not getting how this works.
1) how can you tell how deep the weights went? Do you just stretch your line across the snow, put your measuring tape beside the line and go "oh, we're at 23 feet here" or whatever? Do real fishermen know how many feet of line they have out at all times?
2) I know you're supposed to mark your line...but how? tying stuff to your line while it's all the way down, then reeling it back up sounds like a quick way to tangle your line!
3) How do you know you're "a foot above the weeds" like the article says, if you can't see that far down your hole? Can you feel the weeds with the weight or something? What if the weeds are 2 feet tall, and you're only fishing 1 foot off where you felt the bottom?
I feel pretty dumb, I'm sure there's something I'm just not getting.