Thread: Greeson

Jerry,

I agree with the new water comment, but I've seen several screen shots showing minor depth changes that I think would be really critical in shallow water. Also the pic on the main board that shows the spawning beds is pretty amazing.
I wonder just how straight a course you have to run to get a good read.

Thanks for your thoughts as the "guru of all things sonar"

Titleman

Originally Posted by Jerry Blake

Hey Mike:

The side imaging sonars look great to me. I would think they would be indispensable for someone fishing new water all the time but I don't know how much they would benefit for someone that sinks all their own cover. I'd like to see on in operation - in areas I fish. Maybe we can get someone to bring one to Crappie Camp and demonstrate it for us.

We did most of our catching today pitching jigs over shallow bamboo beds, brushpiles and lay-downs. Most bites were only 2 or 3-feet deep.

Some of the males are really dark already and we're finding more and more females shallow. They'll be spawing real soon if we don't get a major cool-down. Ended up with 27 Crappie and a couple Bream. The Redear was 11-inches long but I neglected to weigh it - about a pound even I would guess.

We also had a Blacknose Crappie with 6-dorsal spines and fuzzy blotches like a few we catch that I believer are Hybrids. It didn't have the vertical bar pattern of a White Crappie and it had the body build of a Black. I'm sure it was a hybrid cross between a Blacknose Crappie and a White Crappie.

Got a good report on Hamilton so we are going to fish there tomorrow.