Reading a Fish finder (newb edition) - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

lowprofile · 08-14-2012, 07:50 AM

in the salt... vertical/diaginal "schools" of fish is kelp, haze on the bottom is usually squid or grass and bait schools are suspended clouds. dont worry about seeing the fish your after. they usually wont show up on the finder unless a school of YT passes under you or your soaking a live mac straight down and you watch a thresher come in and harrass it.

really all you need to worry about is depth, temp and what structure your over. most FF are pretty quick so even moving at 4MPH your getting an accurate reading of whats under you. some will work at 25knots. or so they claim.

08-14-2012, 07:50 AM	#8
lowprofile #1 on fishstick's hitlist Join Date: May 2011 Location: Sea level Posts: 1,478	in the salt... vertical/diaginal "schools" of fish is kelp, haze on the bottom is usually squid or grass and bait schools are suspended clouds. dont worry about seeing the fish your after. they usually wont show up on the finder unless a school of YT passes under you or your soaking a live mac straight down and you watch a thresher come in and harrass it. really all you need to worry about is depth, temp and what structure your over. most FF are pretty quick so even moving at 4MPH your getting an accurate reading of whats under you. some will work at 25knots. or so they claim. __________________ MLPA- My Largest Poaching Area