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I'm going to post some screenshots below to get some feedback. As many of you know, Charles has great technology on his boat. We went to New Bern looking to run and gun from one bluegill bed to another. With his Humminbird Solix 12, I set the side-imaging on 150 and started looking for beds. As I would see them, I would reduce the width to get a better look. I would then turn on the 360 imaging to fish the beds. Only problem was, we didn't catch more than one bluegill on each bed.

From my other post, you know we found the shellcrackers bedding right as they should on the full moon, but the bluegill were not. From these shots, these beds look well manicured. There was a hurricane and flooding in this area a few months ago, so bluegill beds should be messed up. Did the bluegill bed a few weeks ago during the dark of the moon? Looking for some advice for Charles and myself on how to better time the bluegill spawn.

Although we caught one coppernose bluegill in five of these beds, as you can see, there are no fish on these beds. We found six different beds, but the one in the second screenshot is massive. Could you imagine the fun on this bed when the 'gills are on it!!

Thanks for any input and advice you can share with us.

By the way, the beds in the SI shot are on the shoreline, but the beds in the 360 shots are all out from the shore. In the first 360 shot with the massive beds, in the lower right and left corners are what looks like fish. Actually they are dock poles, so the beds are about 30' offshore. In the last two 360 shots, these bed are out in the middle of these bays they are located in.

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Great pics....

Something may have cleared them out. Water low and then a huge rise with lots of current?

I've hit some large beds before. Like you said, they sure are fun when you get them at the right time. You can't keep a line in the water.

Those are some great pictures. I looked for fish on deep beds in Gaston today but haven't seen any with fish on them.

Whoa look at the clarity on those 360 images, best I’ve ever seen on the 360, y’all got that thing dialed in!

Humminbird did a software upgrade earlier this year for the Solix and it was actually a total redo. The sharpness of the SI and 360 took a big leap forward. The competition in the fish finder world is giving us some good products and technology.