Stratos260 Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I have been studying dropshot fishing lately because I have had so many situations where I see suspended schools of fish on my graph and can't catch them. I think dropshotting might be the way to catch them but my question is do I need a really expensive depth finder to be able to do this effectively. I have a Humminbird 570DI which is a grayscale unit but it does have the capability to use a wide cone or a narrow cone to tell you what is directly under the transducer. I can also track a lure falling with it so my question is do you think this unit would be good enough for this kind of fishing or is it necessary to have a higher end unit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzebackhuntr Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Not at all, I use an old eagle 640c and have used a eagle 320 also (b&w unit). They both work great, and while the color is nice it's not necessary. I set my ping speed at 75 (was told by a lowrance rep never to go over that because it will blow transducer fast) my sensitivity is at 75 also and I split the screen with full view and 2x zoom so I can see down deep better. Something I learned this year is to go below the top 10 ft so you don't get all the clutter. Here's a screen shot from soho last winter. That produced this And here's a really good video on the jighead technique using grubs like we use damikishttp://youtu.be/oJP4UqsWNv0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratos260 Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Thanks for the help and the video Chris. I really want to learn to do this. I fish Martins Fork here in KY a lot and every time I fish in cold weather I find fish bunched up in the same place but I can't get a bite. I'm thinking I'll use some of the info you gave me and maybe try a gulp minnow on a dropshot and see if I can get bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzebackhuntr Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 You ever wanna make the long trip down here to soho I'd be glad to show you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratos260 Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 You ever wanna make the long trip down here to soho I'd be glad to show youI'll take you up on that. Just let me know when you want to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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