Anybody want to interpret these Pics?

[Minnerman]

I think this is baifish




I think this is fish




I know this is a cold tail

[CRAPPIE 123]

Sure wish I had one so I could tell you what you were looking at... Maybe in the future. Please someone tell me what I'm looking at!!

[wish4fish]

Ice cubes!:D lol

[RCC]

My interpretation is that you were moving on in the last pic. 45mph would be pretty chilly today

I think I see fish in pic 2.

That side imaging stuff is amazing.

[DonDon]

thats what I was seeing yesterday. LOTS of lines coming across the screen. I couldn't see ANY details though, just streaky lines. THINKING that it's prop wash but not sure. Then again, I MAY need to read my darn manual. hehe

[lunker]

In the last pic, could it be you are getting some interference from somewhere like other electronics or something?

[Wannabe...]

My interpretations:

#1, there may be some bait fish in that pic, but it's too spread out and sporatic to matter. I tend to think it's bait, mixed with debris or mixing water of different temps that are providing the returns. Even if it is bait, it's too spread out - rather than schooled tight in protective mode - to be interesting enough to stop.

#2, I think the cursor to the left is just above some fairly low stumps or wood on the bottom - as evidenced by the short shadows. Again, there may be a fish or two, but given that your boat is only in 19.5 ft of water and the temp is 32.6 and it appears the left side is even shallower, I'd doubt all of those marks are fish....more probably most aren't. Also, 4.4mph is on the high side of the right speed for the SI, I'm betting a pass at 3.0 would clear up the pic a good bit.

#3, I agree, what you're looking at is a a fisherman who's figured out it's way too cold to be out playing with his fishfinder and is headed back to the ramp trying to find the sweet spot between - Oh Lord, get me to a heater ASAP and As long as I stay under 46.2 mph, my snot doesn't freeze to my face.

Man, look at those water temps...bound to have been some slush on top in the shallows.

Wannabe...

[CRAPPIEHUNTER68]

Very Good Grasshopper (wannabe). Finer details

(1) This will appear on very steep drops (as Wannabe be stated) water temps mixing. There is likely bait there also though. To target run the zoom in to about 40 feet and take a closer look. (Is this Tibbe Creek?)

(2) Again wannabe probably right of the wood. Match chart speed to 4.4 mph and the image will be fine.

(3) Slow Down. It is too dang cold to be running that fast.

[CRAPPIEHUNTER68]

If that is fish in Pic 2, You will need the deep sea equipment to land one of them. With Zoom at 71 feet the measurement algorithm says about 3 to 5 feet long.

[DonDon]

MATCH CHART SPEED to 4.4? huhhhhhhh