La Jolla 3-13-17

[SDROB]

Nice fish! That last picture really shows the size of the fish... Going to a great cause to! Cheers

[NICKWORN]

Right on man, great catch!! Good feeling when the persistence pays off.

[chris138]

Nice report and

Did you get any photos of your meter marks?

[goldenglory18]

Originally Posted by chris138

Did you get any photos of your meter marks?

Amen to that. Being that I've never even targeted YT, I'd love to see how they appear on a graph....

Great catch!

[FISH11]

Originally Posted by chris138

Nice report and

Did you get any photos of your meter marks?

Yeah, but it was after fighting it for a while so he had towed me south and into shallower water. I saw the marks on the screen when it was under and wanted to record what it looked like. I have recently learned after seeing sea lions try to hide under the kayak that the marks on the screen for a large fish are much bigger than what I was thinking are often large yellows. I saw the screen but did not take any pictures when it was up around 60 feet deep and the marks were about the same size.

[chris138]

Originally Posted by FISH11

Yeah, but it was after fighting it for a while so he had towed me south and into shallower water. I saw the marks on the screen when it was under and wanted to record what it looked like. I have recently learned after seeing sea lions try to hide under the kayak that the marks on the screen for a large fish are much bigger than what I was thinking are often large yellows. I saw the screen but did not take any pictures when it was up around 60 feet deep and the marks were about the same size.

Nice!

Looks like you're using 200 kHz if Im not mistaken. Its much harder to mark the big fish on 200 as opposed to 83 or 50 kHz, but you get way better resolution on the bait.

You have your sensitivity set well, I can tell from how hard the bottom is marking. I've been seeing those clouds a lot. In your second pic, you can see the bait walling.

When the fish swam through that bait, did it look like this?
Notice how much better the fish show on 83kHz (left).

[chris138]

Also, if you hold the left arrow key, I believe the display will track back through your sonar history. So if you miss a mark, you can scroll back and snap a pic after you catch the fish

[DanaPT]

Originally Posted by chris138

Also, if you hold the left arrow key, I believe the display will track back through your sonar history. So if you miss a mark, you can scroll back and snap a pic after you catch the fish

Thanks for this post Chris. these are great tutorials for me personally.

Congrats on the fish, FISH! motivating for sure and GOOD of you to think of others on the donation!

[FISH11]

Yeah it was set to 200kHz because I was spending a lot of time under 100 feet. When the fish are swimming though the bait it is easy to see because of the density they are more in yellow like the harder bottom. I learned a lot about cranking up the sensitivity from a past post you had showing great screen shots. The strange thing is I usually don't fish much that shallow except to get bait.

[NICKWORN]

Originally Posted by chris138

Nice!

Looks like you're using 200 kHz if Im not mistaken. Its much harder to mark the big fish on 200 as opposed to 83 or 50 kHz, but you get way better resolution on the bait.

You have your sensitivity set well, I can tell from how hard the bottom is marking. I've been seeing those clouds a lot. In your second pic, you can see the bait walling.

When the fish swam through that bait, did it look like this?
Notice how much better the fish show on 83kHz (left).

I believe this is you out there the past couple weekends I have been out? You always seem to sit side ways in your yak. Is that you, if so I'll have to say what's up next time.

[kayakfisherman]

Way to go Mark! Thanks Chris for your invaluable help with the FF!!