Thread: Side imaging bream beds

I watched a little video on wired2fish not too long ago where the fella was describing his method of cruising the banks and looking for the telltale craters of bedding bream and fishing them with a drop shot. I am curious if any of yall use a similar method and what sort of settings work best for this. I am particularly interested in how close I need to be to the bank for a clear image and how far to the side I need to be setting the beams. I just bought a Helix 9 and this will be my first SI unit. I am trying to minimize the adjustment period and go straight for the slaying the panfish period. Thanks in advance!

I have found lots of beds with mine. And most of the time will use a 14 to 16ft rod to drop a Ky rig in there. Use a rubber band on the sinker. And it allows me to work the bait but not move the sinker. Do the same on crappie and bass.
Heres a shot in 6ft of water showing the beds and you can see the fish on the beds. White spot in the bed = fish


Beds next to an old road bed.

Pete

Wish I could my structure scan to get some clear images in that shallow of water. I will hand it to hummingbird they really do put out some great looking images.

Originally Posted by huntnfishnguy2014

Wish I could my structure scan to get some clear images in that shallow of water. I will hand it to hummingbird they really do put out some great looking images.

my hds 7 gets great clear images of bream beds. i will post some screenshots from last year when i get a chance

HOW CAN YO TELL BREAMS ARE ON A BED WITH THE HUMMINBIRD SI.DO SOMEONE HAVE A PICTURE

Originally Posted by Jeffery Johnson

HOW CAN YO TELL BREAMS ARE ON A BED WITH THE HUMMINBIRD SI.DO SOMEONE HAVE A PICTURE

Originally Posted by Jeffery Johnson

HOW CAN YO TELL BREAMS ARE ON A BED WITH THE HUMMINBIRD SI.DO SOMEONE HAVE A PICTURE

Rickie

Just remember that the greater the SI Range setting = the smaller everything looks in the SI image ...



Rickie

Originally Posted by rnvinc

Just remember that the greater the SI Range setting = the smaller everything looks in the SI image ...



Rickie

im sorry, this question is off topic. Rickie, I have the 1199 unit and I noticed in your tool bar that you have the COG readout instead of the temperature. I have the same in mine, but would rather have the temp reading. How can you change it over to temp? I've tried going through all the menu options, but can't seem to figure how to change it. Thanks!

Originally Posted by StratosFS5

im sorry, this question is off topic. Rickie, I have the 1199 unit and I noticed in your tool bar that you have the COG readout instead of the temperature. I have the same in mine, but would rather have the temp reading. How can you change it over to temp? I've tried going through all the menu options, but can't seem to figure how to change it. Thanks!

The toolbar seen in my pic is the cursor "Menu" bar that only shows when the cursor has been activated ...
(See discussion of the "Active cursor databar" in Sonar Quiz #9 here ...
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/side-...onar-quiz-9-a/

Is your question referring to COG in the 1199 data boxes at the bottom of the SI image ...??
(I have all the data boxes at the bottom of my 1197 image turned off in that same image) ...



Rickie