Help Analyzing a Fish Finder view - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Goose1993 · 10-25-2015, 06:00 PM

As everyone else has said, turn off the fish ID. It blocks the real picture of what's down there.

But I don't think those are YT. I've noticed that YT have distinctive, thick arches (I think due to their size?? I don't know the science of fish finders that well). And as others have said, they don't school that tightly.

In the first pic, the strand coming off the bottom is kelp.

Goose1993 · 10-25-2015, 06:01 PM

On the bottom left of the first pic and the bottom of the second pic is a school of baitfish.

chris138 · 10-25-2015, 06:31 PM

its mostly kelp in both pics, maybe some spanish in there... notice how the swiggly returns line up directly with the bottom contour, and the lines are continuous. bait should come back more broken up randomly and fuzzy looking. also the return is "soft" ie not the same color as the bottom. gamefish and greenbacks should almost always be hard marks... yellow on your display. also your depth is consistent with the submerged bullkelp in LJ from ~80-100'

PS- this is the cbass ambush zone...

10-25-2015, 06:00 PM	#1
Goose1993 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: San Diego Posts: 115	As everyone else has said, turn off the fish ID. It blocks the real picture of what's down there. But I don't think those are YT. I've noticed that YT have distinctive, thick arches (I think due to their size?? I don't know the science of fish finders that well). And as others have said, they don't school that tightly. In the first pic, the strand coming off the bottom is kelp.

10-25-2015, 06:01 PM	#2
Goose1993 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: San Diego Posts: 115	On the bottom left of the first pic and the bottom of the second pic is a school of baitfish.

10-25-2015, 06:31 PM	#3
chris138 donkey roper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pacific Beach Posts: 968	its mostly kelp in both pics, maybe some spanish in there... notice how the swiggly returns line up directly with the bottom contour, and the lines are continuous. bait should come back more broken up randomly and fuzzy looking. also the return is "soft" ie not the same color as the bottom. gamefish and greenbacks should almost always be hard marks... yellow on your display. also your depth is consistent with the submerged bullkelp in LJ from ~80-100' PS- this is the cbass ambush zone...