Fun With Structure Scan

[J-Doc]

Finally got the settings tweaked a bit on my Elite 5 dsi unit Sunday. I was able to take a few photos of some cool sonar shots. They are not as impressive as the photos I have seen online but for the price I paid for the unit, I'm tickled with the results. These photos are with 800khz scanning vs. the broader 455khz cone it can use. The 800 is a more "hi-def" range.

Sorry for the glare. My phone had the flash turned on.

School of shad with fish/shad below the school

Big ball of shad

Looked like a ball of small baitfish or shad next to a tree and some crappie to the left

Cool photo showing underwater brush

And a photo of my little boat. That's just an extra I threw in there.

[Feathers and Fins]

Nice pics for certain... but you forgot to turn on the gps

[Quillback]

Nice shots on the structure scan, nice boat also - looks like you're at Lost Bridge North?

[Stump bumper]

I would guess Horseshoe bend....Nice pics feel like breaking out a spoon.

[J-Doc]

Stump Bumper got it. Horseshoe Bend. It was right in between two areas I wanted to try. I ran up to Beaver Shores, down into the back of Monte Me and the up past Horseshoe Bend Marina and back to the dock on 6 gallons of gas. I've got the motor broke in so I was having fun driving the boat and....well I was pushing 5 grand most of the trip. :-) Felt too good to get the motor up to full speed again.

Actually....the GPS was on. I used trackback to stop the graph which marked lovations and sometimes I would hit "stop graph". There's no secret spot or anything that is worth marking. Those shad balls are long gone from that spot by now. Maybe in the same cove but not exact location.

Im just glad i got the structure scan to work mote like i expected. Its not as good as some of the more expensive graphs because it has less pixels but its a FAR sight better than my little Eagle unit thats black and white. I have a little cor Lowrance on the trolling motor that works great! Its a fine little graph. Picks up my dropshot easy. I discovered the puck transducer works better than the skimmer type for this.

Hope to post more interesting pbotos again as they come along. I'd like to find an old bridge or car or something. :-) One day I'll try the dive site up near the dam. I heard there is an airplane, helicopter, and other stuff used for dive training.

[Quillback]

Is the water in good shape around Horseshoe Bend? Looks good from the picture, but sometimes it's hard to tell.

[J-Doc]

Yep. Very fishable. I don't recall the clarity but a vibrating bait or bright color would do well.......when they are biting that is. :-) They weren't biting for me that day. I spent more time retying baits and digging out backlash than I think I did fishing. Lol! It was one of those days.

[Feathers and Fins]

Quill the water was good Saturday from HSB to 12 Bridge. No idea what its like now.

[Quillback]

Thanks guys, hopefully it will stay fishable.

[Stump bumper]

There are supposed to be a lot of dumped cars just south of the route 412 bridge.