Has anyone been able to find bream beds with SI ? Just wonderinf if it will show bream beds? I will post this on electronics board also! Thanks
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Has anyone been able to find bream beds with SI ? Just wonderinf if it will show bream beds? I will post this on electronics board also! Thanks
check this thread by DD, has some picture of beds in it I believe:
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/off-t...-saturday.html
Good link maachuu. It's interesting to look at the pics from the SI units.
It works for gill beds. Only reason I bought mine. I have a 987 and a 997, work equally. Very handy in July when beds are way out on main lake (KY and Barkley).
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...illn/00018.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f89/bluegilln/25.jpg
Man! There's really not much doubt about those beds are there? That puts you right on top of 'em if theyre at home.;):)
I can't wait to find some beds on my unit! I been trying to put my two boys on some good beds but have only found smaller bream! I hope my new unit changes my game for the better!
would anybody agree that the deeper the beds, the bigger the gills??
I haven't been able to find any in my home lakes but we don't have very good gills unless lookig for 4 inchers
I've always heard that, but I've caught some BIG gills and shellcrackers on beds so shallow their backs were almost out of the water.Quote:
Originally Posted by dwaw
I think it depends on the location. I don't doubt that, in the bigger lakes, the big boys and girls spawn deeper than most.
Pretty dang clear to. Look close and you can see a few beds with fish in them. This is at Lake Ross Barnett down near Mize
My experiance tells me that they are.Quote:
Originally Posted by dwaw
one of my nearby lakes starts out relatively narrow, steep-walled and 25-40ft deep. then it widens out to the main portion with several feeder arms. it has decent crappie but the only gills i've caught are in the 6" range. i'm really hoping to find some deep beds on the si too.
Russ Bailey has a good video on his Midwest Crappie site. Richard Williams shows how you can find them and what it looks like when fish are on them. I was surprised to see how far off the bank most of these bluegill beds were.
Very cool images! I need to start saving so I can get a SI unit.
Off the oxbows and coves in the St. Johns River in FL, I used to get into bigger shellcracker and bull bluegill at different times of year. Most related to structure that broke the current but when beds were found we would troll over them and have exceptional days. I've gotten big bulls that I couldn't get my hand around in 2' of water, reliably. I think it's just their comfort zone. The 'crackers off lake Dexter were in 5 fow or more though. Anytime you went. Had a metal boat and you could hear the snailshells hit the boat that were floating after becoming dinner, great fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
death I agree with you, I have caught some huge bream from very shallow water. They were so close to the bank that sometimes waves from boats would wash them up on the bank
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Originally Posted by deathb4disco
Will say with Side Scan, you see it ALL...
I've been talking myself out of spending that much money for a while. After seeing these pics, I ordered mine. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by bluegilln
Well you can forget about cleaning fish for the next few months! After I got mine 4-5 years ago I cruised around for hours looking at stuff and fishing very little. BUT if my crapped out tomorrow i would order a new one right away!Quote:
Originally Posted by sbcpower
I've already made plans to do just that! Thumbs Up Prolly lose a LOT of sleep for the first week reading. I was told the owner's manual looks like a dictionary. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dickieboy
they're really pretty user friendly. there's a simulator function where you can play around in your driveway. that really helped my confidence. if i were going to do something different though, i would put the 998 si on the bow instead of 798 si. bigger screens are definitely better.
I put my 1197 on my bow when i got it late last season. It's like watching a flat screen tv while i fish. I dont use the side scan much up there tho. Use the 997 on the console for that.
Download it early and study before you even get your unit.....Quote:
Originally Posted by sbcpower
Humminbird: America
Rickie
The om is kinda large but I didn't find it overly useful. Water time was the best teacher for me. There is a post on here somewhere that will give some initial settings. I took me awhile to realize chart speed in SI is important for a good picture as I ran it on MAX for sometime.
YouTube -
site has some good instructional videos
www.dougvahrenberg.com - Competitive Bass Angler
Both have good info
I have been able to see several bedding areas with the 797.Can only imagine what the upper end models will do.
what do fish look like on these units thanks for info
On my 797 they show up as white patches.Some of them are what i consider to be be panfish looking.I have been in a school of Gar,and some other bigger fish and I can tell there's a contrast in size and shape.Much like arches on a traditional 2D model.I been fishing in shallow tight coves and creeks,and have had my SI cut down to 25' on each side and my max dept down to 10'.It opens the scrren up,so to speak.I'm sure the guys with the 1197s/98s can see pretty much anything in the water.
Don't fish off beds, its your investment in the future.
Fishing beds is part of your investment in the future of larger gills, by thinning the population, and thus, reducing the competition for food which alleviates growth stunting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyrod Man
I agree.Just have to be sensible about it.
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Originally Posted by sbcpower