Amazing info, thanks for sharing
I wanted to share some screenshots from the past two days fishing on Harris. If you include the perch, there were a lot of fish caught on this lake. From looking at these screenshots, you will see that the more baitfish, the more and larger fish there will be up the food chain. We are fortunate in this area to have some lakes with high nitrogen levels that produce lots of plankton which feeds millions of shad. I've also included some shots that will help you see where the fish are located right now.
I thought these three were quite interesting. As you can tell from the clock, they were taken within a seven minute time span. This is the same area JC and Joey caught so many of their perch along with a number of us catching a lot of crappie. The screenshots clearly show you were you had better be fishing. You can see from the third shot that the back on the boat has gotten to far up on this point and no fish.
Not all of the fish were deep, as evidenced by this shot. Note the time on the second shot--the morning fish were much more shallow and they moved deeper as the sun came up.
I'll post several feeding and resting fish. It's obvious the predators are at work on the schools of shad. It is amazing to me how many fish are down below these schools on the bottom. I think these are "resting" fish that have already fed. Getting these fish to bite was not always easy. I think some of the more successful teams from yesterday were fishing for the active fish suspended higher in the water column.
Here are some miscellaneous shots that I hope will help you catch more fish. Understanding how they pattern themselves in the Winter can help you find them.
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Amazing info, thanks for sharing
Great Shots Dennis! Sure was a great day!!!
Great presentation, and very informative "professor Jordan Limit"
Very clear explanation of where the fish are in the water column.
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Thank you!
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Good stuff!! Thanks for taking the time to post and explain.
Am I weird? I'd rather look at those fish finder pics than porn.
I'm fortunate to be able to fish on Charle's boat and be able to use all the technology he has. I bring the screenshots home and study them on my computer. The kindness that Charles has shown to me, I in turn like to pass it on and share with others. The crappie follow basic patterns over the years and once you learn this, you can go after them consistently. My goal is that a person with just a very basic depthfinder can look at these images and develop a plan to successfully catch fish.
There is one image I left out and that is creating a track to follow with the I-Pilot Link. We have the ability to create a track and then follow it. The GPS unit in the I-Pilot will control the boat and I have cruise control as well to set the speed. Having looked at my other images, you should be able to understand why I chose this route to fish. It worked on Friday while pre-fishing, but there were too many boats around for me to use this on Saturday. There is a light gray line connecting the four waypoints. One interesting thing is there was a light wind and you can see by the boat symbol that it has blown the back-end off the track. The front with the GPS trolling motor is where it should be, but going quite slow with a cross wind blew the back off-course. I've found I can't always use the follow-the-track feature with a crosswind--much better going into the wind.
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Really cool stuff. I love how that side finder view shows you a ghost image of the fish.
Thanks so much for posting and explaining, my captain and I are just learning to use and read his new unit. Newbie question, are the perch and crappie schools hanging tight or cruising along with the shad?