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HDS 7 Touch First Time Out - Not a Clue - Help Interpreting Appreciated
First time out with any technology. Hoping these 13 show up ok. Please let me know if this is too many at once for the forum. Don't want to abuse the site. These are not in any certain order. I was playing with settings, color, fish on, etc. Still have a long way to go. Not sure what I am seeing in most other than maybe brush piles and few stumps. Is it best to use the "fish signs" or just hope to see arches. Also, any suggestions for which pallete setting(s) might be best. The deepest water I ever fish in is 30 feet at max. I usually fish Lake Conway, Little Maumelle River, and the Arkansas River to the East of Murray Lock and Dam.
These were all taken yesterday (Sunday) from 1:15m till 4:30pm on Little Maumelle River around the two dock areas. Rained most of the time. No fishing - just trying to test new equipment.
Paul
HDS 7 Touch First Time Out - Not a Clue - Help Interpreting Appreciated
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Originally Posted by
ibmack
ok, so then what I am hoping to find is white dots on my side scan and straight lines on my downscan?
Most guys look for bait balls and such. With time on the water, you'll learn to distinguish crappie and how they relate to the bait, cover, and the structure (I call structure the topography of the lake bottom, not cover).
Crappie usually stack vertically in the water column. If they are are tightly grouped they may look like a small vertical bait ball. If they are more spread out, you may see a bunch of red dots (on 2D sonar) because the signal is weaker. You'll figure it out with the TOW I mentioned earlier.