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March 15 - 29, 2019 VOL.38 • ISS. 6 33 Find The Fish & Get Back To Port With The Furuno GP1971F! T he 9 inch Furuno GP1971F is packed with features that serious anglers will appreciate! The all-glass, multi touch display gives you access to every feature via convenient and intuitive slide-out menus. Slide your finger down from the top of the display to select Quick Pages, including your favorite custom display modes, with a single tap. Slide out from the left to view customized Data Boxes. Slide up from the bottom to quickly adjust your layer settings. Finally, slide your finger out from the right side to instantly access the menu functions you use the most. Tap or double tab the display with two fingers to capture a screen shot or perform other custom- ized functions. Everything in the menu is intuitive and contextual, so the content relates to the current display mode. Powerful Chart Plotter with Internal GPS Antenna The Chart Plotter utilizes full-featured C-Map 4D charts. C-Map 4D empowers you with plenty of useful data that you can overlay onto a rich vector chart, such as relief vectors, tidal streams and marine plans, significantly boosting situational awareness. Creating routes and waypoints is as simple as touch-and-go. When connected to an AIS receiver, you can see valuable AIS data on the display. C-Weather, which provides download- able wind, wave, weather, humidity and temperature information to add to your planning, is another standard feature. Built-In CHIRP and Conventional Fish Finders The unit includes a built-in TruEcho CHIRP, as well as a conventional Fish Finder, transmitting at 300W, 600W or 1kW. Simply tell the unit what transducer you are using and it will select the type of Fish Finder to use. The TruEcho CHIRP transmits across a spectrum of frequen- cies, delivering an incredible amount of detail and clearly marking individual game fish and bait fish. The conventional Fish Finder includes RezBoost data processing for an ultra- crisp, high-resolution picture. Other features include ACCU-FISH fish size Boston Whaler Takes Home Big Honors At Miami International Boat Show! B oston Whaler received several notable industry awards during this year’s Miami International Boat Show, earning recognition for product innova- tion, customer satisfaction and marketing excellence. These honors included an Innova- tion Award from the National Marine Manu- facturers Asso- ciation (NMMA) and Boating Writers Inter- national (BWI); an NMMA Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) award; and a Neptune Award and Honorable Mention from the Marine Marketers Association (MMA). Boston Whaler’s new 160 Super Sport earned an NMMA Innovation Award in the Deck Boats category. Crafted to ensure load-and-go readiness and effort- less operation, the 160 Super Sport marks a keel-up redesign of the popular series, bringing the boat even more in line with consumer preferences. Notable attri- butes include optimized use of onboard space and new features including dual aft swim platforms and lockable console storage. Kim Koditek, one of eight BWI members on the judging committee, called it “a great entry-level boat with simple and adaptable seating.” “It’s important to consider all segments of the market, and this boat will be a great draw for younger generations of new boaters,” said Committee Co-Chair Zuzana Prochazka. The 160 Super Sport is the eighth Boston Whaler model to win an Innovation Award in the last 12 years. 2912 assessment, and the highly useful Bottom Discrimination function to help you find the most productive fishing grounds. 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Santa Cruz, CA com. 3807 831-633-2564 831-633-2564 Call for Details and Special Pricing! MARITIME ELECTRONICS (800)582-1333 SALTWATER REPORTS: CONTINUED FROM PG 32 MONTEREY BAY Boaters Get Ready for Rockfish and Salmon Seasons SANTA CRUZ – Fishing pressure in Monterey Bay has been very light lately. Few anglers have fishing rom boats for sanddabs, halibut and Dungeness crabs or targeting surfperch from shore. However, things will change dramatically when the salmon and rockfish seasons open in April. The Kahuna out of Moss Landing will be embarking on salmon and rockfish trips when the seasons begin. The rockfish season will open April 1, while the salmon season will start April 7. The 15th Annual Sand Crab Classic Surf Perch Derby will be held out of Santa Cruz on Saturday, March 9. The event sold out within a few days. Before the most recent big storms,, the perch fishing was “great” with reports of 10-15 inch fish being caught from the beaches south of Rio del Mar, according to Todd Fraser of Bayside Marine. Anglers are using plastic grubs, Berkley Gulp! Sandworms, live pileworms and other baits. Sanddab/crab fishing trips out of Chris’ Fishing Tips in Monterey are producing big numbers of sanddabs and a mixture of rock and Dungeness crabs. The 14 anglers boarding the Caroline on Sunday, March 3, caught “lots of sanddabs,” 24 rock crabs and 49 Dungeness crabs. - Dan Bacher Bruce Poole bagged this big barred surfperch while slinging a Gulp! sandworm off a coastal beach this February. Bruce was fishing with his wife when he landed the perch. Photo courtesy of BRUCE POOLE, Facebook.