Waywayanda Trip 9/24

[Fred E. Goose]

Another post on here was successful dropping herring 20-25 ft. at Wanda, if that helps.

Originally Posted by Skunk City

I picked up the Lowrance Elite 3x for my kayak from Dick's, color fish finder for $100. Marks fish, shows the thermocline. No GPS or any of the crazy features, but you can't beat that if you are on a budget.

Pop's got me that one for my bday this year. I like it, except on Monksville where it shows you all the fish you're not catching and the big balls of bait that have nothing feeding on them! The draw on my only battery from the ff and the trolling motor was too much, though and I haven't been using the fishfinder.

Skunk: how are you marking the thermocline on it, just amping up the sensitivity? I was just assuming the depth that the fish were most concentrated at was a good indicator, but I'd really like to know if there is a better way.

[Capspath83]

Originally Posted by Fred E. Goose

Another post on here was successful dropping herring 20-25 ft. at Wanda, if that helps.

Thanks Fred. Thats where I caught them last time when I went in June. Wasn't sure if if changed with recent cooler weather.

Originally Posted by Fred E. Goose

Skunk: how are you marking the thermocline on it, just amping up the sensitivity? I was just assuming the depth that the fish were most concentrated at was a good indicator, but I'd really like to know if there is a better way.

I'd like to know this as well!

[Chrisper4694]

there should not be a thermocline in wawayanda or any of the deep lakes that hold trout year round, that's why the trout survive so well in them. the shallow parts of the lake might have some stratifying but that's about it. that's my understanding at least.

[go_fish]

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694

there should not be a thermocline in wawayanda or any of the deep lakes that hold trout year round, that's why the trout survive so well in them. the shallow parts of the lake might have some stratifying but that's about it. that's my understanding at least.

I often drop a temperature probe into Waywayanda. Waywayanda does thermocline. I have not had the time to fish there since spring so I don't know where the thermocline is now (or even if it is there now). The thermocline will break up as the lake turns over as it gets colder. I usually see a lot of weeds/debris floating in the water when this happens. Just my thoughts.

Sunday 9/27/2015
Thermocline and temperature
5 ft - 69
10 ft - 67
15 ft – 63
20 ft – 58
25 ft – 48

[go_fish]

Originally Posted by go_fish

I often drop a temperature probe into Waywayanda. Waywayanda does thermocline. I have not had the time to fish there since spring so I don't know where the thermocline is now (or even if it is there now). The thermocline will break up as the lake turns over as it gets colder. I usually see a lot of weeds/debris floating in the water when this happens. Just my thoughts.

Sunday 9/27/2015
Thermocline and temperature
5 ft - 69
10 ft - 67
15 ft – 63
20 ft – 58
25 ft – 48

Waywayanda Tuesday 10/22/13
Thermocline
15 ft - 58
18 ft - 58
20 ft - 58
21 ft - 57
25 ft - 57
30 ft - 47

[ScowardNJ]

Cool images

[Chrisper4694]

i could be wrong but in my understanding if there is a true thermocline that forms it wouldn't support the trout through the summer.

[Capspath83]

Originally Posted by ScowardNJ

Cool images

Thanks! The videos are a lot cooler, but I do not have editing software as I need a new computer anyways.. Each video is 20 minutes long and about a gig of space. Figured I would take snapshots and post those instead. I am going to start using the camera more often now so hopefully a lot more screenshots will be posted! ..

I am going to attempt to use it when trout fishing in the next few weeks. Hopefully I learn something from it and it doesn't scare them all off...lol

[Chrisper4694]

Originally Posted by Capspath83

Thanks Fred. Thats where I caught them last time when I went in June. Wasn't sure if if changed with recent cooler weather.



I'd like to know this as well!

i think the line you see (thermocline) is actually just the concentration of all the small fish and and little organisms and stuff that kind of congregate in the deepest available water with good oxygen levels. I can def see it on mine too.

[Fred E. Goose]

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694

i think the line you see (thermocline) is actually just the concentration of all the small fish and and little organisms and stuff that kind of congregate in the deepest available water with good oxygen levels. I can def see it on mine too.

I've read where you can actually get a line from the change in water density at the thermocline, but was wondering if that applied to expensive units or if it was possible on the lowrance 3x? I remember messing with different settings like higher frequency for shallow water and the lower frequency for deep water, and I think slightly adjusting the sensitivity helped turn some blobs and blocks into actual arches, but never was able to see a thermocline (that I know of).