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This is an image from my Humminbird 899. I can see what I would think would be a ball of shad under my boat with what I thot was crappie off to the right of the boat approx 37ft. I shut the motor down and started fishing over them and quickly found out they were white bass, and man was it fun for about a half hour! My question is... How do I determine what kind of fish im looking at when I find em on my graph? And also, what does crappie look like on these things???!!!
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You can't tell species of fish but depth , spacing , and size can give you a clue sometimes. I saw a school of fish on my down image last week and looked like big black slashes all over screen in deep water. Did not take long to find out it was a school of Stripers! With a jig pole in each hand and Striper on both can get interesting or exciting to say the least.
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There's a setting to make bass green, crappie white, stripers blue, and carp yellow, I think.
P.S. How would I know what a crappie looks like, wet or dry????
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Hahahaha I bet it does!!!! I love to catch crappie, but any nibble gets me excited! So bring it on stripers!
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Crappie and White Bass look a lot alike on si. If you have your sensitivity and contrast set right, the shadow will often tell you more than the white spots. Crappie tend to be more football shaped, whereas White Bass are thinner(not as tall,) and slightly more elongated, as you can see on your screen shot. When you are unsure, do exactly what you did, mark em and drop a jig in their house. Shouldnt take long to figure out what they are. The longer the mark, the bigger the fish. What you are seeing also depends on which way they are facing. You will get the best view if they are facing parallel to the boat. With time and experience, you will be able to identify them pretty quickly.
Last edited by Cmj; 06-10-2014 at 10:31 AM.
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When I first started out with my 898 it was overwhelming Nimrod & Cmj gave good advice the more time you spend with it the easier it gets.
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Cool pic.....I guess one of those SI's will probably be one of my next big purchases
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I hate to do it, but I'm buying one myself. I've basically used a graph just for depth and water temp information. If I'm gonna get wet, I might as well jump in the water!Originally Posted by CastandBlast
Good pics of the screen. I'm learning a lot just by looking at pictures like that.
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Hey......maybe he'd let us borrow his first to see if we really want one?........
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There's always the aqua-vu! Works well in clear water!
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