My thinking is the same. I don't really want to just find fish each trip. I am looking at one more for the long run. I was hoping it would give me a better understanding of what is going on down there. I remember an article in one of my magazines about a scuba diver. He would scuba dive on some small mouth rivers. I don't remember the article to exactly but I do remember him saying that he learned alot from doing it. It seems that he seen something about the Smallies going for craws with one pincher more often than two. I don't think this would give me that kind of info but a better understanding of what is going on underneath the boat has to help you. Also on more pressured lakes it would be great to know that the fish are really there just not interested in taking your bait.

Anyway thanks for the advice.