Originally Posted by
chadwick0139
Hello everybody! I'm knew to the forum and just started crappie fishing the year. I have really enjoyed learning about it and have used my electronics more crappie fishing than any other species. I am sorry if this topic has been discussed, but after reading a few topics it's obvious there are some very knowledgeable people on here. My question is what are the pros and cons of these frequencies as it relates to crappie fishing? More and more I am leaning towards the 455 kHz while fishing. I have been catching good fish in 25-35 fow and I think the 455 kHz has a better image at that depth. I don't know if it's debris in the water or the thermocline, but at that depth the 800 kHz it very grainy/choppy. My next question is which do you use fishing shallow? My understanding (remember I'm new) is that crappie can get extremely shallow. Correct me if I'm wrong but the 800 kHz is incapable of reading very shallow banks because of the beam width. Would it be better to use the 455 kHz in shallow water? When would it be goo to use the 800 kHz? I don't think there is that much difference in image quality. Thanks in advance for all the help.