Thread: best fish finder for the $$$

Is this normal i dont know what it means all the clutter and dots on the left side

Originally Posted by sparky405

Is this normal i dont know what it means all the clutter and dots on the left side

Shad. The number of shad this year is astonishing at most lakes I have fished.

Originally Posted by sparky405

Is this normal i dont know what it means all the clutter and dots on the left side

Docile fish, shad, clutter, but mainly just fish. I don't know how you would adjust the sensitivity on the Helix, but it looks like it's working fine. Take that unit and follow some creek channels using your GPS and you'll start seeing a lot of new things. Look for trees that have a bunch of bigger white dots grouped in them. Notice the depth of the dots to start your baits out at. Good luck!

Originally Posted by Crappie Reaper

Docile fish, shad, clutter, but mainly just fish. I don't know how you would adjust the sensitivity on the Helix, but it looks like it's working fine. Take that unit and follow some creek channels using your GPS and you'll start seeing a lot of new things. Look for trees that have a bunch of bigger white dots grouped in them. Notice the depth of the dots to start your baits out at. Good luck!

What Reaper said in beautiful Lowrance HD illustration! (pic from last winter on Skiatook) Those are crappie at 15-20 feet deep and those are shad below them down to the bottom. Notice the spacing between the crappie is greater than the shad and that the dots for the crappie are larger. A note about shad this year. You will find many lakes have places in them that are "carpeted" with shad for hundreds of yards, in some lakes it is astonishing. Kaw is one of them. Starting at 15 feet deep down to 20+ feet, just an absolute astounding layer of shad that just keeps going and going over huge areas, A.K.A. - carpet shad. Gonna be some FAT fish going forward!