Thread: crappie on hb 998 pic

Is your 998 in switchfire mode. Thanks for the pict

Great info Chris . Keep tracking those crappie , theyre moving a lot right now , if you miss a couple days , the search will have to continue . Right now ive heard from friends in sc the crappie are on the edge of the channels be it deep creeks or the main .

Great picture! Thanks for the info

Thanks for picture and explanation. I need to get you to teach me how to use my HB 898. When is your next class?

Newly the graph was in max mode in the switchfire settings in that pic and sensitivity was about 13 I think. I normally leave it around 13 or 14 most of the time. It took me a while to figure out my hb, but I love it now. down imaging wasn't that hard to get a handle on, but side imaging is a bit tricky. I will say this that I know to be true about down imaging and side imaging, you will get the best images going about 2-4 mph than sitting still or going slower than that or faster than that. The down image beams and side image beams are not coned shaped and are very very thin, maybe just a few thousandths. This is how you get such a clear pic because it's a bunch of shots constantly layered on top of each other. So sitting still or going very slow won't paint a very good picture. Also, fish look a lot different too. They in general look a lot smaller return on down image since they are in the "cone" for a split second. If you're sitting still you will see more arch type marks than moving with down image since the fish are moving but you and you're not moving by them.

Right now I am keeping mine on the 3 screen shot so I can compare what am seeing.. I still need to get the sensitivities right though. The fish I caught Saturday I could not see on either of the views. I can however pick the the bait balls very well.

I don't know if this is true but I saw on you tube that the slower you move the slower the chart speed needs to be.

Originally Posted by Rookie12

Newly the graph was in max mode in the switchfire settings in that pic and sensitivity was about 13 I think. I normally leave it around 13 or 14 most of the time. It took me a while to figure out my hb, but I love it now. down imaging wasn't that hard to get a handle on, but side imaging is a bit tricky. I will say this that I know to be true about down imaging and side imaging, you will get the best images going about 2-4 mph than sitting still or going slower than that or faster than that. The down image beams and side image beams are not coned shaped and are very very thin, maybe just a few thousandths. This is how you get such a clear pic because it's a bunch of shots constantly layered on top of each other. So sitting still or going very slow won't paint a very good picture. Also, fish look a lot different too. They in general look a lot smaller return on down image since they are in the "cone" for a split second. If you're sitting still you will see more arch type marks than moving with down image since the fish are moving but you and you're not moving by them.

Lol. That's what I meant max mode. This is what me and Lynn cook were fishing around the other day. Only caught 5 crappie all day. Half of the creek was like this. Beat all I ever seen.

Pict. Sorry so blurry.