Random sonar pics, help with interpreting.

Just thought I'd share pics with my new Helix 9, would love to have people interpret what they see. Hoping it shortens my learning curve.




1. bubbles?

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2. Fish and shad?


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3. See Fish?


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4. Same, See fish? I can't tell if the slender markings are fish on the bottom?


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5. Is this prop wash from boat traffic?


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Originally Posted by binfordw

Just thought I'd share pics with my new Helix 9, would love to have people interpret what they see. Hoping it shortens my learning curve.




1. bubbles?

http://steelplinkers.com/sitebuilder...11-600x360.png

Cane bucket (needs a hook in it to our verify 100%) and scattered suspended fish ...
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2. Fish and shad?


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Fish and shad ... and vertical line interference on the left...


3. See Fish?


http://steelplinkers.com/sitebuilder...04-600x360.png

Same as 4 below slender white marks are fish on the bottom ...



4. Same, See fish? I can't tell if the slender markings are fish on the bottom?


http://steelplinkers.com/sitebuilder...06-600x360.png

Same as 3 above slender white marks are fish on the bottom ...



5. Is this prop wash from boat traffic?


http://steelplinkers.com/sitebuilder...16-600x360.png

Scattered bait balls = troller's dream shot ...

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Rickie

Thanks for the input.

A cane bucket huh? I have pics of 2 of these, one in a different location, but pretty similar looking. Next time I'm out that way I'll try to get some better images and see.

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Originally Posted by binfordw

Thanks for the input.

A cane bucket huh? I have pics of 2 of these, one in a different location, but pretty similar looking. Next time I'm out that way I'll try to get some better images and see.

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And see if you can hang some of it with a bait and let us know for sure ...

Rickie

Heres the other similar pic I had saved


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Whew, you got me, but the fish like it for sure, Looks like a Christmas tree in cement, standing up.

Have you got white perch in this lake? We have them here on Lake Wylie and all other bodies of water in SC. They stack up like that sometimes. A lot of guys look for that and if you find several in line, you better drop a minnow or spoon! Mark it and come back latter to see if it moved.:Rofl

Looks like some really good places

I've been looking at some pics of stuff ppl sink, the first pic would be 20+ft tall right? Just seems a little odd to me. Although I guess it is on a point, maybe it is structure someone sank. I need to figure it out soon. We were out on the lake again this evening for a bit, but too focused on trying to catch a few before a storm rolled in to mess with it.

I did have a little more time to play with the 2D, there was TONS of clutter on the screen tonight, and I couldnt get it to go away without dropping sensitivity a ton. I dropped a small spoon before we left, and it showed up like a laser beam at 25ft. Not sure what all the clutter was about, but atleast I knew the unit was still accurately displaying stuff.



I cluttered up the pics in this post sorry.


First is a 7/16 oz spoon under the boat. Then some fish I had marked I was trying to get over top of to jig. Then a few random pics of fish.


Comments are welcomed!!



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Originally Posted by BigDawgg

Have you got white perch in this lake? We have them here on Lake Wylie and all other bodies of water in SC. They stack up like that sometimes. A lot of guys look for that and if you find several in line, you better drop a minnow or spoon! Mark it and come back latter to see if it moved.:Rofl

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No white perch, although there are some yellow perch I believe.

Lake is full of walleye and you might run your cranks staggered from diff depths like one at 15', one at 20' and one at 25' as you troll thru them. If one crank pics up a fish, then try running them at the depth you caught it at. Wallleye and stripers are nortorious for suspending especially around and below the bait fish balls. Awesome pics with your new depth finder.


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This is,where I would be using the quick snap lock weights on my lines in front of the cranks, to get them deeper. With weights from 1 to 3 oz on the snap locks. They are super easy to snap on the fishing line and changing weights.
http://www.cabelas.com/product/CABEL...lock%2Bweights


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Thanks for the input Cevans!

The issue I had with weights, was I had no confidence in what depths I was actually at. The Big rapala cranks dive to like 35ft (!) on thin braid, although I'm using heavier mono currently. I am confident I can get them to 25ft however, (I noticed some on bottom at about 20ft with X amount of line) so thats a plus.


I actually think- even though I just picked up a pair of new 12' Southern heavy rods to complete my 6 rod trolling setup, that we might turn to spoons or jigs. I had some time to mess with a small spoon our last evening out, and it showed on the 2D with such clarity that it takes any guesswork out. You know 100% the exact depth your lure is.

I agree with trypman1 that one looks like Christmas tree bc the trunk seems solid while branches differ

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Since your unit has si, run over the bubbles picture with DI and see a pretty picture. Try to turn on fish id if u think may be fish to "cheat" if you want to know if they are there or not


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Notice the depth though. The structure, if thats what it really is, is 30+ feet tall. Seems very excessive to me- and definitely would be a massive X-mas tree, Maybe a Griswold put it there!

I'll try to find out for sure soon, hopefully.

Something like the ones you got. These are from a aeration system in one of our lakes. That other shot you have though did not come all the way up, would say standing timber on that one...maybe the others as well seeing they are showing a hard center :dono

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Originally Posted by slabbacks

Something like the ones you got. These are from a aeration system in one of our lakes. That other shot you have though did not come all the way up, would say standing timber on that one...maybe the others as well seeing they are showing a hard center :dono

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Seen that before....LOL. This was from the HB 899 si on the kayak a few years back on same lake.


Regards

Yep lol. Seems the bait balls and fish like it around there. Plenty of dissolved oxygen.

I talked to my wifes uncle a few days ago- he just bought a boat and visited our local reservoir. He commented that "all the trees were gone!", as it had been 20-25 years since his last boat trip there I guess. Made me think, I bet the images I got are trees. I recall my wife pointing out a tree just below surface closer to the bank in the general area- so it sounds possible.


I know, i know, If I'd just go try to find out for sure... But to you experienced people, do those images look like old tree trunks at all?

Never thought about it as it was many moons ago I fished the lake hard for bass tourneys. Yep lots of trees in Brookville when they built it. Especially in the upper half and some of the bay arms. We even caught quite a few walleyes in those tourneys way back then fishing for bass.