Crappie on hb 998 pic

Saw that hockey86 put a pic up of his graph and was asking about it. I snapped a pic the other day while crappie fishing of a school of crappie. Right after I snapped this pic, I had 3 rods get hit and landed 2 of the fish.

The school of fish that are just to the right of my cursor is a big school of crappie that were marked slightly off the right side of the boat. Notice how the marks aren't red all the way across, but just in the middle, this is because the fish came in the edge of my sonar cone and not directly in the thickest part of it and straight through it. They just got caught in the edge and were off to the right. I know they were off to the right since 3 out of 4 rods I had on the right side of the boat are the ones that got hit and none on the left.

Also in the pic on the bottom are what looks like arches stacked up on top of each other. These aren't fish but standing timber. In between those stacked up arches there are a couple of big thick arches that are only showing about half of an arch. Those are big catfish, most likely blues.

This view of crappie is what I've been fishing in lately. These fish are a little challenging to target since they are over open water and there is no rhyme or reason to where they are or where they are headed. I've started using my side imaging on my 998 on the console to spot schools off to the right or left. If they are withn about 40 ft. I will turn and try to intercept them. If they are further than that, I've found that more than likily they will have moved by the time I get there and I won't pass over them. longlining with planer boards would be a great tactic to widen your spread in this situation, but I have yet to try it. I've been tightlining through these fish at about .5 through .8 mph. Sometimes I will run about 1 mph until I see a school and then slam on brakes and back up quickly to get the jigs back down to the right depth. it workd about 75% of the time to get bit. I hope this helps somebody out and answers some questions. Tight lines ya'll!