Here is what catchable white bass look like on my Hummingbird Fishfinder 565 (I apologize for top being cut off - I need a new camera). When looking for fish on a structure, I go slowly across it in its shortest dimension. So, on a point I go back and forth across the point starting at where the peak of point is about 12 ft deep. I work back and forth moving deeper out the point.

The 1st picture below was made crossing SwingSet Hump going northeast to southwest, which is crossing it in the shortest dimension. The hump is elongated in the southeast/northwest direction. You can see fish from the peak at 17 ft down to 19 ft. These fish are within 3 to 5 ft of bottom and spread out - a good pattern for catchable white bass on structure. I marked the fish, anchored up wind and caught about 10 fish to prove the pattern depicted catchable fish.

The 2nd picture below is where I was moving east to west across Saint Annes Point West. (Both St Annes Pt West and East point to the southwest) The peak of the point in the picture is about 17 ft. Graph shows fish near bottom spread out from 19 to 17 ft - again, a good pattern for structure fishing whites. I marked these fish, anchored up wind and caught 9 nice whites 13 to 15 inches in about 10 minutes to verify these were catchable. Below is pic of one of the 9 whites.

I also fished Saint Annes Point East but didn't get any good graph pictures because graff got condensation in it. I did end up with a total of 40 nice whites and 4 short hybrids to 17 inches.

I am going to get a new camera so my pics will be better. These arn't the only patterns that indicate catchable white bass, and I hope to do a few more reports like this to show them.

SwingSet Hump east slope 19 to 17 ft bottom 10/30/2009


Saint Annes West Point east slope 19 to 17 ft bottom 10/30/2009


One of the 9 fish I caught from this pattern on Saint Annes West

how come my hummingbird has little fish on it and you guys have arches? Is my 460 a kindergarden model? If so where can I find a video on that? BTW my son is an A&M grad 2007 and one of my many daughters is a junior. Great school and culture Dennis.

My son is class of '94 and was also in the corps like Dad. But let daughter get away to Baylor.

Persuaded both my children to become Aggies. Used the ole method of persuasion 'if you want me to pay, you will go to TAM'.

Worked pretty well on me from my dad.

Karry

If you have the option to turn off the fish pictures, turn them off. You then can see what is actually down there. If your Hummingbird will not let you turn off the fish pictures, I'd recommend upgrading the better model. My success at locating fish using a depth finder increased substantially when I finally got a good, high resolution model.

that's what I was afraid of.
congrats on the game yesterday. My Aggie kids were at the game.

My daughted graduated this past summer from A&M. She is now in Baylor College of Dentistry. I'm hoping she will someday pay me back by buying me a boat!
Dennis, I love reading all your post.

This Aggie - Baylor connection seems quite common. You'll like this: It was either 2004 or 2006 when Aggies played Baylor at Floyd Casey stadium in Waco and Ags were heavily favored. My 10 yr old grandson (Mom and Dad are bears) was trying to decide what to wear to game and I said, "don't you want to wear the colors of the winning team?" So I talked him into wearing maroon and white and - you know it - Baylor upset A&M. He was not a happy camper! We make it a point to go to that game every year - Waco or College Station.

Dennis-
Thanks for the great tutorial...now I know what to look for on our 565 that I fish with on Dick's boat. Looking forward to seeing you soon, hopefully!

Jody