depth finder interpretations......

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Originally Posted by gabowman

Unfortunately, the finder just shows stuff underneath the boat that it didnt show when I first dropped anchors but it doesnt tell you exactly WHAT youre seeing. Wished it did, but I dont know of a unit that does. It's mostly up to each individual to try determining what youre seeing on your unit that wasnt there an hour ago when you havent moved during that time. The more you study it while out fishing the more I believe you learn. For me atleast, when I see a pattern of lines appearing and disappearing at a same steady depth underneath the shad I try dropping a few lines to within a foot or show shy of that depth as see if there's any takers. If I tend to catch crappie off them rods then I feel most of the lines I'm seeing are crappie......but who knows?!? If there's enough "lines" appearing in one depth more so than at any other depths and I catch some fish at those depths, I'll move most all my lines to that depth.

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I'm with ya, I figured as much, if you're catching them then you know what they are! Since I'm kinda new to this, I didn't know if there were other factors that might help identify what kind of fish you are looking at, like if they're in groups, depth, etc. I've been out tooling around with mine as much as possible so hope to get it dialed in one day.

I saw this Friday evening. Looks like a ball of baitfish to me. Would you agree?

http://www.saludayakerz.com/temp/sonar_small.jpg

Wanted to share the link below..found it on one of the bass forums. This is an excellent tutorial:

http://webpages.charter.net/abshire5...20tutorial.doc

Thanks for the link. Thats a great article!

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Originally Posted by j2o

Wanted to share the link below..found it on one of the bass forums. This is an excellent tutorial:

http://webpages.charter.net/abshire5...20tutorial.doc

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Thanks for the link. It has some good info..

Sure is treed. Love the bridge!

http://i30.tinypic.com/nmdmpg.jpgfeeding stripers at lake wateree!!Chinese fire drill,,oh boy!!! Its a wee bit fuzzy,we caught 19 out of this (years back).I have checked and rechecked that spot but never marked any fish any other time.Out of clearwater mabey11;00 to the other side,a peach colored house,this was right in front of the peach colored house.

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Originally Posted by bearclaw

feeding stripers at lake wateree!!Chinese fire drill,,oh boy!!! Its a wee bit fuzzy,we caught 19 out of this (years back).I have checked and rechecked that spot but never marked any fish any other time.Out of clearwater mabey11;00 to the other side,a peach colored house,this was right in front of the peach colored house.

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sam, seeing something like that show up suddenly on your depth finder will cause your heart to beating fast for sure :D

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...c/IMG_1357.jpg

Bait up top. Idk what in the middle or bottom. Sorry for the fuzzy photo. In reality, no good defined acrches or beginnings of an arch then straight line like a stationary fish. Odd shapes. Taken at night, night stalkin with lights on a HB 565. Looks like that everytime I put em in a little while.

Proof of whats up in the top of the water column
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...c/IMG_1358.jpg

I have a question about a couple numbers on my fish hinder. I have a Humminbird PiranhaMAX 220. It is a duel beam. In the Upper right corner it displays my Upperrange and in the bottom right corner it displays my lowe range. What do those nummers mean? At the left in large numbers it shows teh temp and the depth, so I am not sure what those numbers are for and how I am suppose to use them.
Thanks for the help...