Suffolk Lake Report

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03-11-2013, 09:13 PM
Texas Pete

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Suffolk Lake Report

Finally got back on the water for the first time in awhile. Weatherman lied! Wind made trying to fish miserable. I fished the only spot (out of the wind) that I knew of that has been producing for me lately from about 0900 until after noon. Managed to scratch out 29 and decided to do a little investigating. Putted around trying to learn a little more about the lake and find some more fish. By pure luck I ran across the school of crappie in the screenshot below and stayed on them for an hour and a half and picked up 73 fish from this single school before I decided there were no big ones mixed in. The fish were (I suppose) all from the same year group as they were "cookie-cutter" 10" fish. They were fun while they lasted but between the wind, two rods going all the time and trying to keep on top of them I had enough. From 3 until I left about 5 I picked up another 26 as the wind allowed me to fish a few of my "go to" spots on the way back to the ramp. Altogether 55 on the clicker plus the 73 (I couldn't keep up with the clicker while I was fishing the school---to much other stuff going on---so I kept count so that number could be + or - a few) from the school. I saw water temps a couple of places at 54 degrees. Two of my fish were right at 14" and a couple were pushing 13", the majority of the rest were 10-12" as I only landed a handful of dinks.

Mike

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03-11-2013, 09:24 PM
Crappies_4_life

Nice shot on that FF dude. I was in Suffolk Sunday and they were still hanging tough to the bottom. That should change soon though. Which unit do you have?
03-11-2013, 09:28 PM
Texas Pete

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Originally Posted by Crappies_4_life

Which unit do you have?

On my jon boat i have a couple of Lowrance HDS7's with Side and Down Scan.

Mike
03-11-2013, 10:03 PM
Jiggin One

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Originally Posted by Texas Pete

On my jon boat i have a couple of Lowrance HDS7's with Side and Down Scan.

Mike

That picture is amazing. Very clear. Are those the HDS7s Gen2 Lss2? Thanks
03-11-2013, 10:11 PM
Texas Pete

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Originally Posted by Jiggin One

That picture is amazing. Very clear. Are those the HDS7s Gen2 Lss2? Thanks

This particular shot was on an HDS7 Gen 1 with LSS1. Got my new HDS7 with LSS2 ready to install this week. Not so sure it will be that much of an improvement. This is the LSS1 that I have in the classifieds with the HDS5. I plan to put the Gen 1 HDS7 on the bow for the trolling motor (to replace the HDS5) and the new one on the back seat with LSS2.

Mike
03-12-2013, 05:56 AM
undertheradar

73 fish in 90 minutes :yikes thats a fish every 1.23 minutes.:yikes It can not get any faster than that.
03-12-2013, 06:12 AM
Barnacle Bill

Hey Pete. I have not kept up with electronics the last few years so I know nothing about SI units. Is your screen shot showing a school of fish on each side of the boat or is that the same school on each side of the picture?
03-12-2013, 06:17 AM
undertheradar

He's directly over top of them I believe Bill.
03-12-2013, 09:45 AM
Texas Pete

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Bill, they are pretty much under the transducer (more to the left than the right). The white stripe in the center of the screenshot is the top of the water column (at the transducer). The dark blue represents the water column itself (the verticle distance to the bottom). The light blue is the bottom. Best explanation I've heard is to imagine the screenshot as a piece of paper. Fold the paper along the center (white stripe). Fold it again where the dark and light blue meet. Lay that down flat with the center fold pointing up and that is what you are seeing. I drew up a couple of cartoons to demonstrate.

Mike

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03-12-2013, 09:52 AM
Texas Pete

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Originally Posted by undertheradar

73 fish in 90 minutes :yikes thats a fish every 1.23 minutes.:yikes It can not get any faster than that.

Like a one armed paper hanger. I was moving as fast as I used to 20 years ago. Only reason I hung around that long (besides it was a hoot!) was that I was convinced there were some bigger ones mixed in somewhere. I was pretty done when I moved on.

Mike
03-12-2013, 11:06 AM
Barnacle Bill

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Originally Posted by Texas Pete

Bill, they are pretty much under the transducer (more to the left than the right). The white stripe in the center of the screenshot is the top of the water column (at the transducer). The dark blue represents the water column itself (the verticle distance to the bottom). The light blue is the bottom. Best explanation I've heard is to imagine the screenshot as a piece of paper. Fold the paper along the center (white stripe). Fold it again where the dark and light blue meet. Lay that down flat with the center fold pointing up and that is what you are seeing. I drew up a couple of cartoons to demonstrate.

Mike

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Thanks Mike that helps my understanding a lot.
03-12-2013, 11:13 AM
HeyCharlie

Great job Mike. Good report and informative :)
03-12-2013, 11:31 AM
Texas Pete

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Here I've added what/where the fish would have been.

Mike
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03-12-2013, 04:04 PM
GETTHE NET

Great report , Texas Pete What did the bellies of these fish look like? where they swollen with eggs of flat ? Any red on the bellies yet?
03-12-2013, 06:00 PM
Texas Pete

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Originally Posted by GETTHE NET

Great report , Texas Pete What did the bellies of these fish look like? where they swollen with eggs of flat ? Any red on the bellies yet?

Had a few that had a little girth, no redness, no tux's yet (at least on these). Tried some creek mouths and some coves, but no luck there yet. I've heard of a few nice ones being caught where I saw you last. I'm spending my next few trips there, I think.
Mike
03-12-2013, 06:02 PM
Flatwater

Great Post!! that is very descriptive, I assume you were casting to them? One question, the top left says 21.6 feet and the bottom left says 15.8 feet. I assume the 15.8 is the depth of the fish and the 21.6 is the bottom. Water temp was different also?
03-12-2013, 06:15 PM
Texas Pete

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Originally Posted by Flatwater

Great Post!! that is very descriptive, I assume you were casting to them? One question, the top left says 21.6 feet and the bottom left says 15.8 feet. I assume the 15.8 is the depth of the fish and the 21.6 is the bottom. Water temp was different also?

I was casting two rods with jigs. I'd throw one on freespool and while that one was falling, I'd throw the second. Got the timing down to where when I picked up the first one I'd set the hook and most times there was a fish on. By the time I cast that one back out, the other one had a fish on it......and on and on and on. That's a great question, and I'm not sure what the answer is. The info on the bottom left (where depth reads 15.8) comes up when you take a screenshot (i.e., not normally displayed). In addition to WT and Depth, it also displays GPS position (which I blanked out :rolleyes:). When I ran over the school, I dropped a bouy and then scrolled back on my HDS and marked a waypoint, took a screenshot and studdied it a bit to see if I could determine what it was. Initially I thought it might be stripers. That info might be from the other transducer (they are about 17 feet apart and one is a little deeper) and I was going down a slight slope (you can see that on the screenshot). At any rate, you have my curiosity up. I'm going to see if I can find out where that data comes from. When/if I find out, I'll post here.

Mike
03-12-2013, 06:50 PM
GETTHE NET

Thanks for the info Mike. I will be haeding that way soon maybe we can find those big ones in there.
03-13-2013, 04:37 AM
jim.b

Great info on the si units. I sure need to get back to the lakes. See yall on the water.
03-13-2013, 11:53 AM
papermouth scaler

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Originally Posted by Barnacle Bill

Thanks Mike that helps my understanding a lot.

:hesaid