new fish finder

ironman · 07-02-06, 11:45 PM

i just got my first fish \ depth finder and what do you look for in the water that is really good for fishing i think i have heard like holes and drop offs are good but i dont know what should i look for

vagabond · 07-03-06, 01:54 AM

I'm not an expert but we look for change in the bottom. Hills, holes, cliffs...anything that is different from the rest. Plus it's nice to know the depth of the water you're in sometimes.

BassMoJo · 07-03-06, 01:59 AM

Yea man look for drop offs and stuff like that .. but also keep an eye out for downed trees lilly pads ...weeds etc.. try to get as close to them as possible or even in them if u have ur stuff set up right !

zooker · 07-03-06, 11:20 AM

iron man
what kind did ya get? what cone angle?
i normally set mine -up front- to see basic depth. my front depth finder also shows water temp and voltage.the depth you are fishing is important a lot of the time. it will show drop offs and ledges. very rare does it show stumps-they show up as solid bottom struture-it on occasion shows fish. i have it set so it anit looking for fish.. depth finders tend to lie when it hits a school of bait. it shows a bunch of fish in a group. this is bait, any single fish marked if possable under the bait by more than a few feet is the predator fish..

look carefully right behind the temp reading. that is suspended bait fish.. the fish near the bottom are likly small cat fish.

zooker

ironman · 07-03-06, 11:25 AM

i got a eagle cuda-168 i dont even know if it is good but iif their is like a drop off in the middle of the lake is it even worth trying because i dont even know if their is even fish in the midd le i trhought they are near the banks and the other thing i was woundering is if you see a fish on the fish finderid possible that their is not a fish should i just fish at the drop offs that it shows their is fish at

zooker · 07-03-06, 11:40 AM

a depth finder alone is not going to insantly put fish in the boat..here is what it does do. if your fishing a line of lay downs or even docks. here is what i do.#1 set the hook #2 eye ball the depthfinder#3 note depth#4 lip fish#5 release fish.#6 move to next struture. 90% of the time if you catch fish at several docks/trees that are roughly the same depth you can go to a differant area on the same lake and catch fish off struture as long as the water depth is roughly the same.. the key to the eagle 168-great choice by the way- is to turn the sensativaty down.. it won't show the fish as much but it will show the bottom in decent detail.. it takes time looking at a depth finder to learn what all the struture you see means..if you mark bait look around -by moving the boat- to see why the bait is there.. bait does not just go some where it is there for a reason..shad tend to hold off some kind of struture be it a hump,ledge,channle area..
look at the picture of my depth finder again i am sitting on the edge of a deep flat just off a main lake point..the point drops almost straight off..

the yellow line is the first drop off from 3 feet to 8 feet. the red circle is a boulder. the blue X's are stumps..

zooker

ironman · 07-03-06, 12:23 PM

on your depth finder above it just looks like it is flat how do you tell that is is not

Rebbasser · 07-03-06, 01:49 PM

Go over a hump or dropoff and you will see the change in depth.

zooker · 07-03-06, 03:49 PM

easy 30 feet away it drops to the old creek channel in 80 feet of water..

zooker

07-03-06, 01:49 PM	#8
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,141	Go over a hump or dropoff and you will see the change in depth. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

07-03-06, 03:49 PM	#9
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	easy 30 feet away it drops to the old creek channel in 80 feet of water.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

07-02-06, 11:45 PM	#1
ironman BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: palm coast florida Posts: 879	new fish finder i just got my first fish \ depth finder and what do you look for in the water that is really good for fishing i think i have heard like holes and drop offs are good but i dont know what should i look for

07-03-06, 01:54 AM	#2
vagabond BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Medford, Oregon Posts: 120	I'm not an expert but we look for change in the bottom. Hills, holes, cliffs...anything that is different from the rest. Plus it's nice to know the depth of the water you're in sometimes.

07-03-06, 01:59 AM	#3
BassMoJo BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hampstead, MD Posts: 801	Yea man look for drop offs and stuff like that .. but also keep an eye out for downed trees lilly pads ...weeds etc.. try to get as close to them as possible or even in them if u have ur stuff set up right !

07-03-06, 11:20 AM	#4
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	iron man what kind did ya get? what cone angle? i normally set mine -up front- to see basic depth. my front depth finder also shows water temp and voltage.the depth you are fishing is important a lot of the time. it will show drop offs and ledges. very rare does it show stumps-they show up as solid bottom struture-it on occasion shows fish. i have it set so it anit looking for fish.. depth finders tend to lie when it hits a school of bait. it shows a bunch of fish in a group. this is bait, any single fish marked if possable under the bait by more than a few feet is the predator fish.. look carefully right behind the temp reading. that is suspended bait fish.. the fish near the bottom are likly small cat fish. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

07-03-06, 11:25 AM	#5
ironman BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: palm coast florida Posts: 879	i got a eagle cuda-168 i dont even know if it is good but iif their is like a drop off in the middle of the lake is it even worth trying because i dont even know if their is even fish in the midd le i trhought they are near the banks and the other thing i was woundering is if you see a fish on the fish finderid possible that their is not a fish should i just fish at the drop offs that it shows their is fish at

07-03-06, 11:40 AM	#6
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	a depth finder alone is not going to insantly put fish in the boat..here is what it does do. if your fishing a line of lay downs or even docks. here is what i do.#1 set the hook #2 eye ball the depthfinder#3 note depth#4 lip fish#5 release fish.#6 move to next struture. 90% of the time if you catch fish at several docks/trees that are roughly the same depth you can go to a differant area on the same lake and catch fish off struture as long as the water depth is roughly the same.. the key to the eagle 168-great choice by the way- is to turn the sensativaty down.. it won't show the fish as much but it will show the bottom in decent detail.. it takes time looking at a depth finder to learn what all the struture you see means..if you mark bait look around -by moving the boat- to see why the bait is there.. bait does not just go some where it is there for a reason..shad tend to hold off some kind of struture be it a hump,ledge,channle area.. look at the picture of my depth finder again i am sitting on the edge of a deep flat just off a main lake point..the point drops almost straight off.. the yellow line is the first drop off from 3 feet to 8 feet. the red circle is a boulder. the blue X's are stumps.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

07-03-06, 12:23 PM	#7
ironman BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: palm coast florida Posts: 879	on your depth finder above it just looks like it is flat how do you tell that is is not

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