Can anyone get a snapshot or photo of their lowrance unit of a school of perch. A buddy got an 8 hds unit and we assume the pech are a red blob on the bottom. We would actually like to see what we're looking for if by chance. Thanks in advance, Mike
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Can anyone get a snapshot or photo of their lowrance unit of a school of perch. A buddy got an 8 hds unit and we assume the pech are a red blob on the bottom. We would actually like to see what we're looking for if by chance. Thanks in advance, Mike
Look a few posts down, by Wakina. He provides a website with some screen shots from a HB unit, however on my HDS it looks the same as these.
Once I anchor the arcs tend to go away and it is just a steady line at/near the bottom.
Here's one from friday
Couldn't get two pics in same post , but this is what we got over top that school, 70+ perch
Nice mess of perch firetiger ! And some bonus eyes !!!
Went to Wakinas sites and the one on here, got it, gonna get the perch now. Think buddy has his bottom color set for red, blue gives a better hue, again, thanks all, Mike
My screens generally look like Firetiger's on my HDS-7 gen2. The perch look like a long continuous line most of the time because your'e sitting still at anchor. Looks totally different if you are moving and looking for them. The fish will appear more separated since they are only in the sonar cone a short time. I'll tell you what helped me though, and this probably sounds dumb. I took a 20oz soda bottle and filled it with sand. I figure that is about the size of a decent perch. I tied it to a string and dropped it over and moved it around the sonar cone to get a feel for what a 8"-9" target looks like on the bottom. You can play around with it at different distances off the bottom. I know, sort of lame but it helped me visualize what I'm seeing better. Has to be a fairly calm day though and it works easier if your'e anchored or drifting real slow. Here are a couple screen shots. Not very good ones but you get the idea.Good luck.
My HDS-8 on perch
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ps61b790c7.jpg
Add yellow to the lasagna and they are thicker
The line on the left is a bait being raised
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ps46780ec1.jpg
Gonna have to do some color adjustment on screen and zoom bottom. Looks like when we find em we will know what they look like, again, thanks all, Mike
I'd also like to thank everyone who's contributed. We should be finishing up the install of the HDS 7 Touch tomorrow, hopefully make it up to the lake in the next couple weeks. Can't wait to try it out.
Does anyone ever use down scan or side scan to locate fish or bait balls up there in the western basin?
How high do you have your gain? A very busy screen, my FF has never looked like that unless I had the gain very high.Quote:
Originally Posted by Firetiger
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Perch on Hummingbird!
Never ran the fish id on my hummingbird 788, maybe I should try that way, thanks a lot, hope that new boat has minnow scales all over it by noon !!!! Mike
I notice one thing with the screen shots posted. When I'm on perch (actively catching them) my marks are almost always right on the bottom up to maybe a couple feet up. Some on the screens here show fish from the bottom to almost 15' up from the bottom. Only time I tend to see that is if I'm into white perch or white bass. I notice they will tend to be higher off the bottom. Just my observation and experience.
You are correct! That is why so many experienced perch fishermen use 1oz or slightly larger weights. It gets the bait thru the junk faster with less time for them to locate and take your bait. Most perch are caught right on or almost on the bottom. In deeper water they are sometimes suspended a little off of the bottom.Quote:
Originally Posted by dunn782
I run 2oz weights to get to bottom, Trust me, the pic I showed is all perch........:p
300 today in 3hrs, NO Junk...................
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...psb18ab61a.jpg
Here is result
Anyone could catch a fish in 20' thick schools. Or is that a lot of bottom moss or something ? Mike
That is fish, all perch and yes anyone can catch them there. Finding them like that is a different story.....:p
I don't see any GPS Cords? LOLQuote:
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