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Location: Kildeer, IL | Let’s talk about sensitivity, depth settings, and chart speed. What settings does everyone use for their depth finders?
1. When fishing 20 feet of water or less?
2. When fishing 40 feet of water or less?
I just read an article that says to set the depth to 20 feet when fishing shallow water. Also, turn the sensitivity up to 75%, and the chart speed to max. Is this pretty consistent with everyone else?
When fishing deeper water, turn the sensitivity up higher (87%), and keep the chart speed at max. Finally, set the depth to the deepest water you will be in. Say 40 feet.
One of my goals this year is to learn how to interpret and use my depth finder.
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| It all depends on what youre using your finder for. I typically turn off my fish ID and switch to manual mode to find baitfish and detect a bottom line. I have now added my vexilar to the mix in order to tell me fine details like bottom makeup like weeds or rock or mud. I rarely ever rely on my depthfinder for finding fish.
It helps to burn one of those bluebird days by sitting down with your manual and playing with your graph, if you can set your pole down for a minute or two.
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Location: Kildeer, IL | I'm not looking for fish, except for schools of baitfish. I'm looking for structure, thermocline, and bottom | |
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | In most cases when "MUSKIE FISHING" I only use my Depthfinderas a guide to keep me on structure or off of it so the Auto setting works fine for me, at that setting it still shows the bottom, weeds, fish ( Fish ID is OFF ), & bait fish. Now for those who fish walleyes and other species the settings may be different as they often look for changes in the bottom composition or thermoclines in deeper water and deepwater structure, so I guess it depends on what you are looking for
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Depth finder settings