Lake Powell Help asap!!

[catfish77]

We are at Bullfrog, never fished down here before and out fish finder went on the fritz!! Does anyone have some spots to try for striper schools around here. Btw we have a high end Hummingbird finder on the boat. It doesn't seem to be reading the depth properly.


Thx J
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[a_bow_nut]

Are you next to the rock walls when the finder goes haywire?

See if the finder works out in the middle of a shallow bay (60ft) to see how well it picks up the bottom.

If that is the case then set the finder to a narrower beam on the transducer when working next to the cliffs and it will be better at showing the bottom.
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[doitall5000]

I would suggest watching the birds, and other boats.
Most fishermen will help you locate fish if they have been successful. Hang out at cleaning station, docks.
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[RockyRaab]

Also check to see if the depth scale is set to some shallower limit (like 0-90'). Go to Menu and then change the scale setting to "Auto"
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[Troll]

A couple of screen shots of what the sounder is doing will help us to help you.

Barring that and the sounder is on the fritz (it happens) as was mentioned, watch for the birds, hit the normal hot spots like the Moki wall, watch other boats, get on the water before light and watch the surface while it is dead calm, it's easier to see the schools that way. They don't move very far once the boat traffic increases, they just go deeper.

Chum...chum a lot. If you catch a striper it's legal to use it as chum too, so do. Ask around the cleaning station where the success was, how deep, explain the sounder problem and ask if you can tag along tomorrow to get you started.


Also, the docks at Bullfrog have always been good for us at night. Get some anchovies, a 1/2 oz jig head, go down to the transient docks and drop to the bottom. If you don't get hit on the way down, lift a couple of feet, jiggle the bait, lift a few more...
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[MisterCompletely]

That's all excellent advice. Another thing, when you're out of the water, look at your transducer and make sure that it's still pretty much level with the bottom of the boat. Sometimes they get knocked out of alignment while launching etc, and make sure nothing's stuck to the bottom of it.
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[catfish77]

Thanks for the advice everyone. Not sure if the sonar is working still but lucked into a medium school of boilers today and probably got 40 in two hours. Many around 5 pounds.
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