Is this what crappie should look like? I'm still trying to learn how crappie look versus shad or other fish. I don't think I have my settings quite like they need to be either.Attachment 415240
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Is this what crappie should look like? I'm still trying to learn how crappie look versus shad or other fish. I don't think I have my settings quite like they need to be either.Attachment 415240
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Nice image; I think you're on the right track with your settings. Nice school of fish, whatever they are.
That’s a pretty good screen shot. I would go to the SI enhance tab and lower the sharpness settings from high to med or low. The outside edges of the pic looks hot or really grainy. This is a setting you’ll get comfortable with and will adjust according to water conditions.
If I had a guess of species, I would think crappie but they could be small white bass or stripers. And I thinking they are small stripers as tight as the ball looks.
Only way to confidently know is catch one.
Just my .02 and some days it’s not worth that.
On my phone I am able to zoom in and see individual fish but can't tell by the shape what they are.
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I actually had the sharpness off as well as the dynamic contrast. I guess I need to bring down the sensitivity more and possibly raise the contrast.Quote:
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Not sure. Looks like a wad of fish but I am wondering why it doesn’t show their shadow. Whatever it is it looks like your settings are good to me.
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I’m not being negative of the screen shot and it is a good return. The only reason I thought sharpness was up was the group of fish on the right side about halfway down was somewhat hidden in the brightness. I play with the settings of sensitivity, contrast, and sharpness to get a pic I can see and understand with schools 50-100 ft off the sides. That’s my total objective for my SI and to see the fish not directly under the boat. I can confirm those with 2d and DI. I love seeing a group under the boat in the SI mode. It really makes the fish show up on screen and I would have spun around and put a hook in a few of this school.Quote:
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No shadow because he was almost directly over them ( shadow hidden ) did not hit them dead center because no fish on the right side of SI.Quote:
Originally Posted by CentKyPaddler
Good looking images
When I took the screen shot I was actually just cruising around and trying to adjust the settings. I had a wow moment and took the picture. I was hoping they were crappie but I never casted on them so I will never know what they are. Does anyone have Side Imaging pictures of known crappie so I will at least know what I'm looking for and looking at when I do see it? I planned on going to lake eufaula again this weekend but seems ol man winter is going to be raining down on us.
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Do you ever fish West Point?
I live just outside Fort Rucker so eufaula is as about as far north as I've traveled. Not saying that I wouldn't ever be up for a road trip
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What are your settings in those pictures? And did you do anything with the dynamic contrast
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Good stuff thanks for this thread!
Gen 2 unit and I normally have sensitivity at 11 and sharpness at low. I adjust contrast to give me a slightly darker background so the marks kinda stand out. I’ll adjust sensitivity to brighten to pic when in deep water over 35’.
The side imaging distance plays a huge role in making marks like crappie show up. Stripers show up very well on long range.
I use the format of trying to scan 50’ plus the depth of the water to get really good pics of school. So in 10’ of water I’ll have range at 60-65’. Don’t forget that the water depth is included in the range width.
For wider searches, I’ll run 80-100’ looking for structure and then circle back around to view again on a more narrow range to see detail.
And fort Rucker is a good distance to travel to WP.
I have the gen 4 helix 9 and 12. In order to get my images anywhere close to yours I have to take the sensitivity to a negative number most times. I'm going to try the sharpness on low instead of off and see if that helps any.
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Don’t worry about what numbers are where and let your eyes tell you what looks clear. It all about interpreting what’s on the screen to help us find and hopefully catch fish.Quote:
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And some days, the water just doesn’t cooperate and you won’t get a great SI or DI screen. Wind blown water is the worst. It’s full of air and just too soft to get a great screen. You’ll recognize it. It looks like the graph just went behind a outboard and it looks bubbly.
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Going to make an attempt at getting on the water this weekend depending on what the weather has in store for us. If I can get any images worthy of a screenshot I will post my findings and see what everyone thinks based on the settings thank you for everyone who helped me out.
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Good luck and be safe. High winds and thunderstorms projected for mid ga. My boat only gets wet on the outside so I’ll be wishing.
One thing I do with my SI is I run my chart speed faster as I don`t care to look at structure and only fish this will elongate any fish marks and make them easier to see.