Does your graph look like this when u turn the lights on



I know there's bait all over when I turn the lights on...
Caught a lot of fish all night with the graph stayin like this the whole time...
Any thoughts from the pros?

Looks like a great spot but to be sure of the images I need the GPS cords. An investigation is needed.lol...

Ha! Man I ain't scared! Usually on weekends there's 20 boats under the bridge! Come tie up!

I'm going to venture and say that's mostly shad. On Hubbard there are shad every bit as big as sandbass. My graph has looked similar before out there...try throwing a cast net and see what comes up. Bet u get a thousand shad.

I've been under there a lot and most times that's exactly what my graph looked like with the light out, seemed to catch more fish the less shad I had on my graph but maybe that's just me

My graph at I30 Pylons at night with my green lights on:

Down Imaging:



The cloud on the upper half is the baby baby shad, the white dots and lines are game fish schooling under the cloud of baitfish.

Normally I would see what your pic looks like the one BassProJD posted. Your are graphing more shad then the fish you are targeting. If you turn down the sensitivity on the graph, you should start to see whats below, or at least less bait and a bit more game fish and their depths. You really dont want to see the shad there, most are super small and worthless. You want to see the fish and what depth they are feeding at mainly. With SwitchFire, on Humminbird, I can see my minnow or lure below the boat and we can target a fish at any depth it is at. -Or where the school of fish are activly feeding.



Dark red on the bottom half, are sandbass and hybrid stripers. The bigger and redder the fish , the bigger it is.


Within 5 minutes of turning on my lights, this is what it looks like at the side of my boat almost every night, wind permitting.





All you have to say, is, " Carey, I need another minnow". Ill scoop you up a fresh wild caught minnow in less than 2 seconds.



One shad will not give you a str8 red line. Only game fish or 10 ish inch fish. So in JD's pic,, IMO, Id say 90% shad, but I can make out some bigger fish in the cluster mess.....


Disclaimer: watch out for copy cat lights on ebay. They dont work. People have tried to take the cheap way out and only get burned and waist their time.

I got mine form WildCatLighting.com

Thanks for sharing.

Great pics guys!

bumb ubm!

I WANT YOUR LIGHTS!!!! Can I have them?

TarponFly,

Thanks for the details on the post, I have thinking about green light for my toon.

I'm gonna jump in here... Im in the process of installing Shawn's lights, www.thetacklesmith.com. Shawn and I have worked together for a several years now, so if you need lights contact him.

Question for Tarponfly, I'm assuming you do not select auto sensitivity. what do you set your sensitivity at? I have a HDS 5 that I am learning to use, been leaving on auto, but like the first pic I believe i am marking alot of bait...Thanks

Get in some clear (without bait) and bounce a slab on the bottom to set your sensitivity. I leave my HDS 5 on auto and theb turn down the sensitivity using the slab trick.

Thanks Brian I will try that, I did notice in Auto it can still be adjusted...