shallow water shot - interpretations?
Submitted by randall df223 on Wed, 2016-02-17 12:46
I was out crabbing a few weeks ago in the swan. Between runs i had latched onto a public mooring near elizabeth quay. Boat was stationary with the stern close to the mooring. Saw this on the sounder. Now, if i had been in deeper water i would have been excited by this. To me it appears to be a surface predator swimming down towards some bait fish on the bottom. But it could also be something like a flathead lying on the bottom and merely something sinking down through the beam. What ever is heading down didnt put out a strong echo so it may have been a gobble guts for all i know.
Thoughts?
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Broome lad
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Rope
Looks like the rope going down to the mooring to me .
Vinesh87
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+1
+1
randall df223
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If the rope was in the beam,
If the rope was in the beam, it would be a constant (none changing) echo, would it not? Boat was basically stationary. Mooring is stationary.
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JohnF
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Your iphone sinking to the
Your iphone sinking to the bottom after your leaned over the side????
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
randall df223
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Haha... I'm an android man
Haha... I'm an android man ;) if i had an iphone i would have thrown it, not dropped it.
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sandbar
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Definately not rope
as you say Randall. Some little fish. Could be a mulloways tail on the very edge of your sounder signal.
z00m
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Grogans from the ferry
Grogans from the ferry toilets?