Sounder picture
Submitted by bitten on Sun, 2012-04-29 22:59
any opinions on what this looks like
i think mostly baitfish any other opinions appreciated had one drop on it got 1 small Ruby snapper bout 3 kg
cheers guys
p.s having another drop in the morning see how it goes
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CURT
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Could be a whale
???
milsey
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Looks like you need to zoom
Looks like you need to zoom in and tweek a little bit, what sounder is it? Hard to tell from such a zoomed out pic but looks like a variation in the ground.
reece
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Looks fishy to me. Where an
Looks fishy to me. Where an what sounder?
Any one free to help me pull my drum lines tomorrow?
reece
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Looks like a ball of fish
Looks like a ball of fish sitting on the right side of the screen. On my fcv 295 bait is yellowy/ light blue an any thing bigger as more dark blue/ red. With the depth id be suprised if it didn't have a few gray band floating arounfmd. I'd be draging a few Big baits on circles thru it
Any one free to help me pull my drum lines tomorrow?
snappermiles
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looks like a ledge
with fish holding on it! to me i would zoom in more say 200 to 250 metres and turn your gain up a little! but from that pic i would be saying there could be a school of pinks or reds there and usually where you find them you get the grey bands etc etc
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Michael Yoni
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For us that have no "friggen"
For us that have no "friggen" idea about sounders, could someone please describe what on earth we are looking at.
The blue, red, yellow, green
I looked at the picture and thought that was sloping ground with a bombie on the right.
If its a whale then its a big one as it would be 20+ metres wide?????? see I have no idea what I am looking for.
I am requesting this as a learning curve for me as well.
Thanks
Michael
meglodon
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i'm with you
trying to learn what i can about reading sounder pictures any and all "readings' of the picture in question appreciated
Alan James
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I'm no expert
but I'll explain as best I can. The top of the thick red colour indicates the bottom. All colouring below the red (and the thickness of the red) is giving an indication of the hardness of the bottom. Everything above the red colour is growth on the bottom or fish. There appears to be a ledge around 35m high showing about one quarter in from the LHS of the screen and fish are holding on that ledge. About one quarter in from the RHS of the screen there appears to be a 10-20m hole with fish showing above it. Hope this helps but I repeat I am no expert.
grayzeee
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What Alan said for my
What Alan said for my money.
I'm wondering if that's a hole on the right or another smaller ledge stepping up , who knows , but well well worth a good few drops.
anything showing like that, above the red bottom trace, is always going to get fished , on my boat.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
Rob H
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looks like youve steamed over
looks like youve steamed over a bit of a ledge, looks very interesting fishwise.
But one thing with sounders, is that interpereting a still picture is the same as looking at a still shot from a movie and trying to tell what the story is about.
For example if the boat was deadstill in the water above that, the picture would be nothing like whats seen there.
Likewise if you went over at 15 knots for example.
What did you get the next morning?
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
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Everyone's just winging it.
bitten
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hey robgot half a dozen small
hey rob
got half a dozen small ruby snapper
we steamed over it at just over 1 knot so its a reasonably true reading
wangler
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PM me the co-ords
and next time I'm out I'll drive over and get a clearer pic of whats on the bottom, that will take the guess work out of it for sure
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Dougie
bitten
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cheers guysgot half a dozen
cheers guys
got half a dozen small rubys off it bout 2 kg each maybe theyre just not on the bite probably have another go at it at some stage
Rob H
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or else its been worked by
or else its been worked by the trap/dropliners?
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
reece
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Where was this out of an wot
Where was this out of an wot sounder?
Any one free to help me pull my drum lines tomorrow?
bitten
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its a furuno navitgational
its a furuno navitgational sounder doesnt do much other than tell you the depth
i work on an offshore shipso they generaly dont invest in fish finding we do our best though