pic of what on fishfinder????

[78mudbug]

well im curious to know if anyone can tell me what kind of fish look like this on a fish finder.could it be crappie or what? n

[78mudbug]

also whats those lines in the top pic that runs from the bottom up? all i know about a fishfinder is that it tells me how deep the water is and it says there is a fish around

[rnvinc]

Looks like you're over a brush pile or a stake bed that rises up to about half the depth of the water......so it's about 5-6 ft tall....

Hard to tell what kind of fish they are unless you catch one of them....

I have heard that crappie will "stack" like in your 2nd pic......

[rnvinc]

Also if you happen to catch a crappie when you see "structure" on your DF.... toss out a marker buoy and fish it thoroughly....

crappie are generally a "schooling" fish.....where there is one...there are probably more real close by....

[78mudbug]

one more ? to go with the others how do i know how far from the boat the transducer is picking up.its a skimmer on both units. i do know that crappie usually school but dont know where to start casting at them.like if thats brush in the pic is it under the boat or 20 yards away?

[Countryboy N.C.]

If the transducer is straight down, then the fish are under the boat.

[78mudbug]

transducers are mounted flat

[laserdoc]

If your in 12 foot then it is basically a 12 foot circle around the boat. 20 foot then a 20 foot circle and so on.

[78mudbug]

well that makes sense to me

[Redy2Fish]

What does it look like if you turn the fish images off?