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Just thought would show a picture of what it looks like. Note all fish are above the cline. This is what to look for when fishing in the summer time. Attachment 128043
Also be careful on the river while its up the jetties are under water and can be hazardous
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I was wondering about this the other day. My Humminbird SI doesnt look quite like that. Gonna have to play with i guess.
Nice pics
Thank You for the pics J W
Good pics.
One day I will figure out that dang ol, dang ol depth finder!
Thats about right. I've been on quite a few dives at Greers in late summer and it is like a wall of freezing water at 28-31 feet. Yes I found some sunken boats, brush piles, hundreds of 10 inch smallmouths, a few catfish, and determined that most fish hang on points about 6 feet off the bottom.
Hey J. W.,
Looks like the thermocline is at about 15 feet, if I'm reading this right. But what is the white line at about 25 feet in the top photo? Or is that the thermocline? Good to see you back on here, dude! You've been missed by a lot of folks. Welcome back!
Thermocline is definitely important this time of year , find the cline and you've found the fish!
Ski that white line is the bottom. You are correct with the cline around 15 ft. Thanks for the kind words too.
The fish are orange yellow elongated lines above the cline in the sonar and correspond in the above down imaging. They are long because I was not trolling fast. The faster you travel the more the fish become arches. To find the thermocline turn the sensitivity up on the sonar.
I can tell ya one thing. In the summer dives if you spook a fish they head strait down to the deep stuff into the abyss of the unknown and I aint goin past 32 feet. Dont want to be froze balled cant see dark green deep stuff that i aint messin with.
Lol duck whats thermo up that way usually. I saw it here around 15-20
The thermocline gets deeper and more distinct as the summer goes on. It can begin to set up at 10-15 feet. Earlier in the year, and can go up to 40-50 feet deep in the later parts of the year on the big lakes. I have been following it closely on Greer's the past two weeks chasing walleye and saw an interesting deal. When we went a week ago Friday (5/31/13) it was at 19 feet. The lake was rapidly rising, and when we came back the following Thursday (6/6/13), the lake was 7 feet higher. Where was the thermocline? 26 feet, or also 7 feet higher. Basically, the thermocline stayed at the same elevation, and the fresh warm water that came in on top stayed on top. Both times we caught all of our fish within +\- 2 ft of the thermocline.
Great pictures arkansasbowhunter! The more you know about this stuff, the better fisherman you will be, especially so on the bigger, clearer lakes.
Thanks for info too big been. Kinda thought i would post some information instead of fish Picts
Nice pics JW always good insite
thanks JW good info, you been miss
Good stuff
ABH that's some great pics and a great post
You need a thermometer that could be dropped down and read from the boat to really see where it is without goin divin. I agree that most of the fish are within a few feet of it but when theyre feeding you find bunches of em staggered suspended off points in 10 FOW. Again just my experience at Greers Ferry in August. For example the first point east of Fairfield marina would have smallmouths all over it but theyre dinks.
Anybody know where the huge brush pie is by the narrows bridge? Its the largest one ive ever seen and full of fish.
Good info JW!!! Thanks for posting.
Here's what the gentleman who put me on the walleye at Greer's uses:
ClineFinder for Scientific and Commercial Use
http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps07a088bf.jpg
It's a bit much for the average angler ($159) but this guy is a serious scientist!
Come on, I'm sure somebody can come up with a redneck remedy for this one...
I have to say the pictures that bow hunter put up in the first post are pretty convincing.
How about a YSI 550a. It does both DO and Temp and only costs about $700. JK. The one we have in the office has a 50 foot cord. I plan on using it a little this summer to investigate the thermocline on some of our lakes. For example, do you think a thermocline sets up on Conway in the deeper water. We shall find out.