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I have been told by two accomplished crappie fishermen (guides) that a technique to find crappie during pre spawn and spawn itself is to slowly cruise parallel to the flats to be able to “see” Crappie as they move to the spawn area. They use side imaging. Although I have a Helix 10 Mega I am not quite sure what I am looking for. What do you think o’imaging gurus?
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I did a little searching this week to see if I could find some this way. Here are a few pictures of what I found. Yes they are crappie.
Roy, I love those screen shots!!
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Hey Roy, great pic's and I like your hat "Go Pack"
Great shots! Looks like the water has warmed up a bit in VA.
Well, heck. If I saw something like that I believe I would spot lock and fish it. Somehow I do not believe that is what I will find but what a great screen shot. Thanks.
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Amazing!
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If you happen to scan them at more of a distance from the boat.... pay attentions to shadows. Sometimes the fish returns will blend into the brightness of the bottom (especially on hard bottom), but with Mega the shadows they cast on the bottom stick out like a sore thumb. Same goes for when you see some brush on side scan... sometimes you don't really notice the actual brush... but the shadow it casts shows up good. Harder bottom can sometimes be hard to see the bright returns of fish if sensitivity is a little on the hot side, but the shadows will tell you everything you need to know. A softer bottom will make the fish returns really stick out. However... overall... MEGA frequencies really make the fish "pop" off the screen most of the time, even in brush. Look at the pic below of some bream beads I passed this summer... you can see EXACTLY which beds have a fish (or 2) in them....Quote:
Originally Posted by dhaire
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I agree with 100% with what he sais. Really nice shot!
I will continue to look. Perhaps I should change my palette. Which one is this? Thanks for all the help.
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Great shot, thanks for sharingQuote:
Originally Posted by akaslyguy
I believe the blue pallet is number 1, to me it really makes images "pop" off the screen. I use this color almost all the time unless I'm getting direct sunlight on the screen, then I can more to an amber color.
Awesome shots! The thing I find about using side imaging especially when long lining jigs or cranks is you will see something on the side a lot of times and say to yourself as it catches your eye, you find yourself saying, Whoe, wait a minute, what’s that? Circle around and go over it, and find sometimes exactly what your looking for or something new, that you never saw before. The mega, with the clarity of its picture, is showing me new structure where I have been fishing for the past few years areas and spots holding fish that I have been missing by a few yards and increasing my catch rate especially using side imaging and it’s enlargement capabilities. When you find those spots holding fish, then you can mark it and go to casting and jigging even and if the fish move, start a search pattern all over again. They are not going to move that far. They may quit hitting, leave them alone for a while and go back hour or so and hit them again even picking up a few more.