Thread: Qweschun uhbowt thermaklein

Originally Posted by RCC

DRPEPPER, I'm definitely not there yet. I've never fished for the fish showing on my sonar. I'm still fishing structure and shad because they're easier to see. So far this has worked ok for me even though it would probably be more efficient to look more for the fish. I'll learn one of these days.

Welp RCC I'm also hopin I will learn how some day myself. Sure can get frustratin sometimes.

If you can get your transducer focused to where your fishing you can "see" your jig (or sinkers above a minnow) and watch how fish react to it. I have my transducer "shooting through the hull", which is about a 15-degree angle. It's near the front of my boat and it "views" the area where my front two poles are fishing.

A few weeks ago I told the kid watching those two poles that there were two fish rising to his bait and a second later both floats went under and we caught both fish. A lot of times I'll see fish rise to the bait and not take it. When they do that a couple times I'll drop the bait 6-inches to a foot and see if they take it then.

I can also usually tell difference between small bass or bream and crappie. Small bass and bream move up and down a lot more and a lot faster than crappie do and there are usually three or more in a group. Crappie usually change depth very slowly and I usually only see one or two come up to a bait at a time. I can get a pretty good idea of the size of the fish too, partially by the thickness of the return but also by the color. Small fish are blue/green, medium size fish have yellow in the middle of the return and big ole gar are nearly solid red. If your sensitivity is too low you won't see the smaller fish and the bigger fish will look like small fish. If your sensitivity is too high everything will be dark (or red or whatever color signifies a loud return on your particular graph/palette), including the fish and the cover they are in and around so you can't tell what's what.

I'm really tempted to attempt this on my dad's boat. Not sure we have a good enough fish finder to pull it off.

Jerry, thanks for your posts and the time you spend on this website.

Originally Posted by RCC

DRPEPPER, I'm definitely not there yet. I've never fished for the fish showing on my sonar. I'm still fishing structure and shad because they're easier to see. So far this has worked ok for me even though it would probably be more efficient to look more for the fish. I'll learn one of these days.

Good to see Jerry posting again; because, hanging around him taught me to have two graphs. One forward and on aft. I like to see the brush/condo on both of them. That tells me I am over the top of it. Neither one of mine are colored. So, I interpret what I see. I don't look for fish either. But, it is fun when I pull up to a spot, see fish, and catch them. Crappie will let me catch one or two, sometimes three or four then it is time to move on. But, I can come back later in the day and look for them, or maybe an ajacent condo that is a little deeper and find them again. Bream will let me sit in one spot and wear them out.
DP