Finding Lumps For Dermersal fish
Submitted by Predator 78 on Fri, 2013-02-22 15:15
Hey There Guys
I have a furuno 585 sounder and im not sure if i am reading it correctly. When i fish on what i think might be a lump i get a lot of wrasse and other crap species of fish so maybe the small flare ups i see on the sounder might not be small lumps.
If any one has any sounder images of small lumps around 2 metres off the bottom or images of flat coral bottom they could post up then that would be great
All advice will be appreciated and hopefully after seeing a few images it might help me out more of what to look out for when searching for ground for dhuies / Baldys and Pinkys.
Cheers Guys
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Brock O
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Keep at it
Predator, Mate, keep at the manual, and use the search function as there are plenty on here who use the same unit, im sure there's a bit in there.
i started in the shallows with mine sorting the difference between hard and soft before working on the gain.
Vinesh87
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I don't have furuno so i cant
I don't have furuno so i cant help too much but not all lumps metro hold good fish, just have to keep searching until you find one that does. Heres a few threads with sounder shots.
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/sounder-shots
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/sounder-photos
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sea-kem
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Most the Dhuies I've caught
Most the Dhuies I've caught have come from the flat Coral. We have fished a few pro cray lines and the bottom is hard so tells me that there are cracks in the limestone bottom where the crays and Dhuies are living.
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Michael Yoni
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Is that a form of pinging
Is that a form of pinging .......
sea-kem
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Ha ha yep but fair game for
Ha ha yep but fair game for all. Just keep your distance.I find you need to read the ropes and get well ahead of the pots and the drift.
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Georgejungle
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Time time time thats all that
Time time time thats all that will help you out .keep looking at the sounder check different settings and learn what it is telling you. Even pro fisherman will need a few weeks to get their head around a new sounder after looking at a certain brand/ model for so long.
chris raff
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Coral ground shows up as
Coral ground shows up as little xmas trees for us , if your getting harassed by wrasse it's on hard ground I'd be throwing one of their fillets on the hooks ..and give it a couple of drifts . The lumps should be solid in form and the flare ups fish ...heaps of info on here , you'll be a full bottle in no time
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Predator 78
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Cheers for the info guys ..
Cheers for the info guys .. Will have to spend a bit more time studying it I think..
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sea-kem
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http://www.teamcruisecraft.c
http://www.teamcruisecraft.com.au/images/TUNING%20SOUNDERS.pdf Check this out . Very handy
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Rob H
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your quick!
i just cut the same link and was about to paste it here!
one of the best "how to" for sounders ive seen
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carnarvonite
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Hardness
Look for colour changes indicating the bottom if getting hard, , on most sounders its the red changing to a deeper darker colour. A lot of times you will not actually see major ledges etc but the sudden change of colour will show where it is.
craig scott
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That link is excellent,
That link is excellent, cheers sea-kem.
sea-kem
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Welcome. I keep it on the
Welcome. I keep it on the boat as a refference.
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r.gates
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Thanks for the link
Cheers Andy.....it's an interesting read and a good reference doc, thanks.
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