House slab - SI snapshots

If you fish crappie on the rez, I am sure you have hit this spot. There are lots of people who fish it but might not know what it is. You can even see the stairs on the side and I assume the front porch of the house. Good stuff...
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Here is a quick snapshot up river where you can see the waves in the sand bed of the river. Looks like there are a couple fish hiding behind one of the sand breaks. I bet it is a couple big cats.
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Here is just another look at some structure with a few suspended crappie near by...
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DoubleG

First off I would like to thank you for sharing these pictures and taking the time to explain them! Now would you please explain to my wife why I need something like this in the boat???????? PLEASE!!!!!!

pretty kewl on the house. Don;t think I've found that yet

I don't think i have found that spot yet . I am always looking . maybe some day . these pictures are very cool . A SI is in my future . That i am sure of . thanks .

You can see where the toilet was....LOL

Ok stupid question what name brand and model of unit are these pictures coming from?

My guess is its a humminbird

Thanks fellas... DMW, I am not sure how to talk your wife into it but maybe if you bug her enough about it, she will give in... ha..

These are from a Humminbird 1198c SI.

You have to look hard for the crappie but there are some in the last snapshot above the stump.

Great pics, I'll be looking for some good stuff like that soon...

Ininstalled 6.180 on my 998 and the numbers are still on the left.... Any ideas?

Hey EZ... I aint forgot about ya. Plan to call you when I leave work.

You have to go into the Sonar Tab and scroll down to SI Readout and turn them off to remove the Left Hand Readouts. It's user selectable if you want all the readouts on the Left side or want Depth and Temp OverLay and Full Screen SI.

Here you go EZ

Removable Readouts for 800 900 Series Side Imaging Units.MP4 - YouTube

Good lord I just looked at BP on the price of those things my wife would kill me then follow me to grave yard and kill me again! But gosh this system is so cool! WoW!

Any HBSi unit should look that way , right ? It doesn't have to be that big LIKE A 798 would work wouldn't it .Just smaller screen ?

Thanks Zach,,,
4tt, a 798 will work, and do a good job. That's what I've used for a couple years, just had to have a 998 for bigger screen. Jus couldnt strap on a 1198 right now, been Savin for this one for bout 2 years...

Silly boys! Y'all know who ever has the biggest wins.

LOL that means I have to get the bigger screen not because I am trying to have something larger than anyone else. At my age and with the diabetes, I have already had to increase the size setting on my computer this spring. I really need to get my eyes checked because I am having trouble seeing the TV now! And I swear the newspaper is using alot small fonts too.

Ok guys say if I do get one of these things, what would you guys recommend. I have the same cheap units one in the front of the boat mounted to the trolling motor, then I have the other unit mounted by the steering wheel.

So you guys who own units like this do you mount them in front of the boat or in the rear?

Dmw, only depends if money is an object or not.. If it is, get at least one size larger than u can afford, if it's not, get the biggest made..
First off, I like my stick steer boat... I already had a 798 up front with an AB switch where I used the SI while looking for stuff and would switch to the US2 while slow fishing those spots. I also had a 788 in the back for cranking and LLing....

Now, I put a 998( which was one notch morn I cud afford), up front with the ducer in the back along with my 788 using the US2 on the TM. And moved the 798 to the back to use for cranking and LLing or for someone fishing in the back to watch. Ducer for that is also in the back. Haven't tested all this thoroughly, but the front part looked good this morn.

So i don't have to go to hummingbird and read....could someone explain the darker shade under the boat and how it changes color out from the boat.,,,,, Thanks from any information

Hopefully DG00 will see this and respond, he is way the expert around here.. I've seen several utube demos of it, but don't remember where right now.. Here is something to look at. Humminbird: America

One I saw said to visualize it like.... Take a piece of paper and draw the center line and then draw the lines on each side... Fold the paper at the center line and raise it up till the lines on the side are even then fold them left and right. That's ur water column below the ducer, and what u c to the left and right are what's down there ...
im still working on getting my brain to see this at a glance and not some time later after I have passed the spot.

Thanks for the info.. Yeah i have talked to oo about possible on the lake training.. Gonna take him up on it when time allows

Thank you for the info EZ. Right now money is tight due to just paying lots of doctor bills but one of these days I would like to get at least one better unit for the boat. I only have a 175 Lowes with a 50 hp on it but its all that I need and want.