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I made 3 attractors 2 out of pvc and 1 wood... i got the gps coordinates, but i cannot see them on my fish finder. the pvc ones are 1 1/2pipe x 5-6 foot tall and 5-6 feet wide, one is in 20 foot water the other is 30 foot water and they weigh more than 80 pounds each,the wood one is in 25 feet of water, and same weight...... can you see pvc on a fish finder i have lowrance x37tx
Try turning up your sensitivity on your fish finder. I usually turn mine up until it starts to get cluttered then back it off just a little. It makes a big difference.
When water fill the pvc pipes they become invisiable.
next time you drop some, place out a marker, come back over them with the fish finder on and you should be able to see them. at 25 feet deep I think you might be seeing 5 feet of the bottom?
Sac is right. You only cover 5 to 6 feet width of the bottom in 25 foot water depth. I believe you would be able to see them if you increased your sensitivity a little and zoom in on the bottom 10 feet or so.
I've had the same problem, especially with PVC, so now I try to drop them along a creek or river channel edge. This way I just follow this edge with my depthfinder until I either see them or my GPS says that I'm on them.
It is hard to see the pvc, so don't kick yourself. You should be able to see the wood without any problem. I suggest trollling around the gps location and see if you don't spot it. With the pvc, I put out a marker and drop several around the marker so that when I go back to the location to fish, I don't have to try to locate just one attractor.
I've had that problem, too. The last one we dropped, my gps was saying "accurate within 14 feet." Well, that's not exactly a small area. So we had to look for a physical marker (a laydown) on the shore to help us remember where we put it.
I use PVC only and they BLOW up my screen when I go over them. To see what they look like, view the Great Wall of Crappie post by me.
fill the ends of your pipe with silicone caulking...it creates an air space that the transducer cant see through...i slide a peice of cane in some of them to straightin them out(i use rolled conduit)...it makes them eaiser to see..i have an X 125 on the front and can see them at 70% sensitivity...
I stick used aluminum foil in the tops my CPVC pipes. All you see is a bunch of clutter suspended in the middle of the water column.
if you cant find it get close and troll like a small anchor what not real slow till it snaggs then yu can find it
I find all kinds of stuff with one of these... www.aquavu.com You'd be surprised what a day of drifting around the lake will find, Piles of old bicycles, I even found a pontoon, with a pile of brush on it, you should have seen the fish that were under the deck:eek:
Using on eof them there camera's down here would be like puttin it in a bucket of choclate milk.