Need help with HB Helix 5 Si/GPS

[TussahawCrappie]

Hey y'all. I just bought a Helix 5 Si/GPS and gave it a shot on the water. I believe I'm interpreting the images correctly but need some advise on settings, etc.

Pic 1 - Okay so here I caught the mother load, 125 crappie! I see a standing piece of timber with shadow on upper left. Are all the dots on the right 45-60 feet and 30-60 feet on the left bottom crappie? They were all females with egg sacks but on the smaller side. Was in 6-7 FOW.



Pic 2 - I see a channel on the right side where my cursor is at. Is this fish in the channel? I can also see I was in narrow water since image cut off on left and right side. I didn't catch anything here spider rigging with 6 rods using live minnows at various depths.



Pic 3 - This is a channel on the left side, correct? I caught one large female crappie here in 15 FOW while spider rigging with a live minnow. I can tell I was moving because of the prop wash from my trolling motor on the transom. It is on the left side of my transducer.



Pic 4 - I see what appears to be a fish in down imaging and on side imaging where boat just passed. I see channels on left side. What are all the streaks on the right side and are those fish or something else on the right about 35 feet marker at the bottom right side?

[Bean2302]

Looks good to me. Keep the pics coming we like pics

[rnvinc]

Those streaks in pic 4 are most likely where the boat turned or yawed sideways somewhat ...

Your other assumptions seem very plausible to me ...

Good job ...



Try some other palettes also ... Sometimes fish pop out better against bottom detail depending on bottom composition ...

Rickie

[DCottrell]

Wow, some great shots. Due to the bottom composition and depth where I fish images like those are hard to get. Find it better to find some type of structure then look for the fish. Truely amased at your pics, please keep them coming