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I just wanted to let you guys know that bluegill beds stick out like a sore thumb w/ this thing.........I took my wife and she said she feels like we are cheating. Best money I've ever spent!!!!! Also, the detail is AMAZING w/ the Navionics Platinum chip showing 1' contours when you are ledge fishing. Save your money and go and buy one!
Can you post a couple of snapshots for us. Love that!
Dayton
WarrenMN
If you will notice in Warrens pic you can actually see the bream on the bed. Some of the beds do not have fish on them. Someone has already cleaned the bed. Just notice on the bright white specs in the bed. That is the bream fanning the bed.
Hummmm, Forest Lake at Kings Point. Nope too far to drive for me.
I was told I could/would find mermaids with the SI. I keep looking, but no luck so far. All I have found is a bunch of crap in the water.:mad:
Tom
Beds sure do stick out like a sore thumb.
Most interesting to me, since the white specks were brought up are how few are actually in and immediately adjacent to the beds. However, look above and to the right at how many "specks" are in that area. Then look on the opposite side of the boat at how man of the same kine of specks are just scattered around. Almost looks like a weed patch and the fish seem to be congregated in the roadways of the weeds. Maybe I'm reading it wrong and it's a clean lake.
I'd be interested to hear the area and water described and to know how well you did in this area Warren.
As pointed out, you might want to delete the GPS coordinate before you post any more pics.
Wannabe...
This was last summer so surprised if any thing was on the beds. I mostly map so I don't worry about leaving the way points on. In fact the fish house shots should have them too.
WarrenMN
I hate being the only one not knowing what the heck yall see that i dont. How do you know its fish and what kind they are and fanning beds? Hope someone can explain this so my hard head can understand. Im wanting one of these things so bad I cant stand it, but with all the pics that get posted, most i just cant see anything other than dimples and dark spots. Can someone please help this blind dogman out!!!!!
The reason being is I have seen this before and caught fish off of something simular to this If you will look close at the beds there is a white speck in the bed. 9 times out of 10 this is a fish in the bed. But some of theses beds do not have anything in them.
My Goodness - If one has to worry about coord secrets for bream beds, then fishing has become WAY too serious! By the way - Thanks for sharing the pic. Really is neat technology!
Thats some amazing technology there.
Maybe 1 day I will be able to afford one of them machines.Thanks for sharing.
Very nice pics, very interesting information too. Thanks
Maybe later this summer I'll get more good stuff for show and tell, I maybe taking the show on the road. I had to put mom in nursing home and so I put the house up for sale. If it sells I'm going to do some thinking and the arrow points towards Devils Lake. I've always wanted to map parts of it in an accuracy where the contours would show the road and ditches and with the side scan there shouldn't be any thing missed. I can do a lot of show and tell on the road too if that comes to be. Next big decision would be where to winter.
WarrenMN
What is a 997? Is it a Depth finder? and who makes it?
It's some kinda fancy-dancy, electrical gizmo thingy that is supposed to tell you how deep the water is. Made by a company call Humminbird, I think.
Dayton
Definitely a depth finder Definitely made by Hummingbird. It has that ability to look sideways as well as down. You can also take pictures of what it sees. Awesome to say the least. wish I had one, but at about $1000 plus I don't see it happening.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Horton
$1800-$2000
Wannabe, Thank you for that good answer. Cleared it right up for me.
I was on a small local lake recently and I saw this "pitting" on the bottom in several locations but it was out more in the middle of the lake....strange.