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03-14-2021, 10:51 PM
shooter5635

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Newbie: How to read sonar/downscan/sidescan

Looking for a little bit of help. I have a Lowrance Elite 9ti2. I'm relatively new to crappie fishing and using these newer graphs as well. I was trying to locate some fish on the Arkansas river this weekend. Been having a hard time translating what I'm seeing on the graphs to putting fish in the boat. Attached are 3 images. The sonar/DS split is when I went right over the area. The left side scan was at 400hz and the right side scan was at 800hz of relatively the same area on different passes. By what I saw on the down scan, I would've thought I found a mess of schooled up fish, but no matter what I tried I couldn't spark a nibble.

Any help translating what I'm seeing?

I've done a bunch of google searching and reading and that has definitely helped. The pictures of the sidescan images are not the best, so I apologize. Need to see if my unit can take screenshots.
03-14-2021, 11:07 PM
shooter5635

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Well, I don't know why the images posted sideways. No matter what I do they post like that :dono
03-15-2021, 03:23 AM
StrikeKing

Definitely looks like fish or bait. What depth were you fishing?
03-15-2021, 08:28 AM
shooter5635

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Originally Posted by StrikeKing

Definitely looks like fish or bait. What depth were you fishing?

Started at 25ft and worked my way up to 15ft.
03-15-2021, 09:28 AM
BigDawgg

I've seen that type of screen shot too. I think it is carp that I saw. Wish you could've caught something out of it.
03-15-2021, 09:50 PM
rnvinc

When taking photos with a phone camera to post in the forum - hold the phone in Landscape orientation ...

Photos have an orientation “tag” that the forum software doesn’t understand ...

Rickie
04-13-2021, 08:01 AM
Jman5626

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Originally Posted by shooter5635

Looking for a little bit of help. I have a Lowrance Elite 9ti2. I'm relatively new to crappie fishing and using these newer graphs as well. I was trying to locate some fish on the Arkansas river this weekend. Been having a hard time translating what I'm seeing on the graphs to putting fish in the boat. Attached are 3 images. The sonar/DS split is when I went right over the area. The left side scan was at 400hz and the right side scan was at 800hz of relatively the same area on different passes. By what I saw on the down scan, I would've thought I found a mess of schooled up fish, but no matter what I tried I couldn't spark a nibble.

Any help translating what I'm seeing?

I've done a bunch of google searching and reading and that has definitely helped. The pictures of the sidescan images are not the best, so I apologize. Need to see if my unit can take screenshots.

I’m seeing the same things on my scans. See lots of what I believe to be fish, it can’t get them to touch anything I’m showing them.

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