I bought a new fishfinder and all these years I have spent fishing, I realized that I dont think that I was reading it 100% correct. I got on magnum sandbass.com and read Hals article about fishfinders and noticed the gray lines etc in his pics. When I went out the other day, I adjusted my fishfinder to resemble how his were set. Turns out, i had my sensitivity turned WAY up. Now, If it doesnt show fish, there usually arent any. The way I had it, it showed fish everywhere, prob even when I pulled out on the trailer. What a difference!!!
Very informative article Hal. Thanks.
Also made one of your recipe's BIG HIT. The orintal soup. WONDERFUL. My wife was impressed to say the least!!

how much do you have it turned up on your fishmark? do you have a link to that article?

I had it at 100%, or at least in the upper 90's. I have since turned it down to about 70-76%. That cleared it up alot. Go to www.magnumsandbass.com and look through the articles. He has one about fish finders in it. Ill look again and see if I see exactly how to get to it, but it is relatively easy. Just look at the articles.

http://www.magnumsandbass.com/Readingagraph.htm

Here is the link

thanks, I keep on having to change my settings. for instance in deeper water I'd have to turn up the sensitivity and shallow water I'd have to turn it down to 80% or it'll pick up a bunch of junk. If I leave it at 80% in deeper water lets say 30+ feet, the screen will be blank everywhere I go. weird.

Hal is a great guy. Magnum sandbass has great info. I did that write up about 2 years ago. Not trying to steal thunder

Mine is at 80% and I can see my slabs in the graph

Thanks but Magnum Sandbass's highly regarded Guide and writer John Varner wrote that. He is the best graph reader I know.

I appreciate the advertising of MSB because I often wonder if the sight is worth the upkeep.

Thanks John, your article on graph reading is priceless.

Thanks for thanking me for putting everyones info on the web.

Hal, call me. You still have a free weekend at the lodge. Things are about to break loose up here and we should be together to share it.... hope you and the wife are doing well. CA send her regards along with mine...joebear

A great site indeed. An average whitebass guy can learn tons from that site.. you have put great info out on the world wide web...

Man Im sorry about that JV. I just remembered reading it on MSB and now I remember who wrote it!!
So let me try again, Thanks John for the article and thanks Hal for putting it up.
Thanks guys. It helped me TONS!!!

MSB is an awesome sight. I check back regularly to see what's been updated and what's been changed. Never a bad article on there.

I check in on the MSB site all the time. It is great to have info on sandbass that is current & up to date, plus the section on graph reading by John Varner is extremely helpful.