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Can you see the Crappie? Which trees would you fish? I know which ones I gave coordinates to two buddies...Oh they were struggling and showed them images and they got excited gave them the coordinates and they limited very quickly....
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Nice, Doug. I see lunch and dinner there! http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/thumbsup2.gif
What do you mean "trees" I think you could limit on just one of those!!!! Especially the one at the creek cross cut. Heat up the grease...
Here's the interpretation of the image...You can tell the crappie from the baitfish because of the size of the individual returns in each school. Baitfish look more like cloud and the Crappie are more singulated in the group.
Note: See how the crappie like the trees with splits, forks or branches. They like horizontal cover to hang around more than "telephone pole" trees with no branches. This is one thing I look for when hunting for suspended bass - actually why I drove by these trees to see if any bass where home - only crappie.
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Since I LOVE to crappie fish. I can really appreciate this image. Can"t wait till October to start using my 898 for crappie. Still in the BASS mode right now.
Doug,
I appreciate you taking the time to do your interpretation of the snapshots. I have been studying them and still having problems recognizing a lot of fish and structure. I have my 1197 on the way and hope the time on the water with the unit will help me start identifying things better.
Rich
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I appreciate you taking the time to do your interpretation of the snapshots.
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+1, thanks Doug and others who are posting images. Please keep them coming! http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/thumbsup2.gif
With 90 degree water temp, I would of thought there would be a thermocline. Is that what I'm seeing around 31'?
No thermocline here yet...Lake has been extremely high and they have been pulling water like crazy so it's got great oxygen all the time. Need more stagnate water to develop a true thermocline. I would say that is more plankton at that depth
Ok would you fish this tree or keep moving?
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The one at the top of the image I would probably pass on "for now". However the one you went over earlier and is at the bottom of the image is gonna get fished first. Bait ball, two fish groups near the tree, and a third at the base of the tree (my money would be on crappie on that tree based on the grouping and apparent size of the returns).
Now the other one at the top of the screen would need a 2nd pass as it's on a creek channel with small trees along the edge and there are some fish in the area, plus a thermocline can be seen (not positive about fish below the cline, so would take a 2nd look/pass). Depends on what you are targeting, but I'll haul crappie any day.
See if the Zoom Box Feature helps you....
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Yep, that's the one that caught my eye also.
And it looks like the two balls of fish below it in the image (just prior to the tree you highlighted) might also be crappie as the SI shadow is more defined that what we usually see with just a bait ball. Actuall it looks like some thinner trees from the shadows so the one you highlighted and the two near it should be pretty productive if they are going to bite at all.