FISH FINDERS - How To Read Them

[surfisher]

Since you have the chirp, that feature is EXTREMELY nice when finding bait. It will allow you to distinguish bait fish from kelp much easier. I have the elite 7 chirp on my dads boat, works great. I am always adjusting the finder when fishing different depths, the deeper I get (~280-300) I will normally crank the sensitivity up to like 90-95%. This is just enough to where the screen is not cluttered with noise but i will be able to better distinguish marks on the bottom. When fishing shallower the same thing applies but your obviously going to decrease sensitivity so your screen isn't filled with noise. Next time i'm out metering i can take shots of what it should look like if you want.

[Mr. NiceGuy]

I realize the fish themselves are probably not visible, but are there ways a FF can help us target large halibut?

What should we be looking for to find a halibut target zone?

[YakDout]

Originally Posted by Mr. NiceGuy

I realize the fish themselves are probably not visible, but are there ways a FF can help us target large halibut?

What should we be looking for to find a halibut target zone?

Sand, not sure you would be able to see a fish that hugs the sand so much.

But sand areas adjacent to kelp is where I would take a look.