La Jolla 3-13-17

[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!

[summers in kuwait]

Nice Fish Mark and cheers for donating it to HOW. Congrats!

Chris,

Thanks for sharing more knowledge of FF settings. I know its much appreciated by all.

[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!!

[chris138]

Originally Posted by kayakfisherman

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

Ya man. Hopefully not taking away from the OPs catch! A nice fish to be sure. And BRAVO for donating that fish to a good cause. I only shared my sonar pic because of FISH11's generosity, and I'm certain he was on the same fish as in the pic hehe.

I'm working on another post coming up soon. Lot's of people have been liking the sonar tips, so maybe I will stay in that thread for my next report.

I was also thinking I could do a seminar if people would be interested. I could do a 30 minute talk after HOW one day... maybe there would be a way to raise donations for the SoCal chapter.

[farreola]

a seminar sounds good...sign me up!!!

[SDROB]

Originally Posted by chris138

Ya man. Hopefully not taking away from the OPs catch! A nice fish to be sure. And BRAVO for donating that fish to a good cause. I only shared my sonar pic because of FISH11's generosity, and I'm certain he was on the same fish as in the pic hehe.

I'm working on another post coming up soon. Lot's of people have been liking the sonar tips, so maybe I will stay in that thread for my next report.

I was also thinking I could do a seminar if people would be interested. I could do a 30 minute talk after HOW one day... maybe there would be a way to raise donations for the SoCal chapter.

x2 on liking the sonar tips. I know I can definitely learn more. Thanks Chris! Hopefully will see you up in Gonzaga again soon as well...

[kirkdavis]

I spent 17 years in the Navy running sonar, and I understand a lot about how they work, and how water conditions affect the sound, and how it is important for the transducer to be in the water.
That being said, I definitely appreciate the tips, and a little schoolin after a HOW event sounds great!
Finding a submarine is a lot different than finding a fish. I imagine that an ultrasound tech could teach us a lot about tellin if its a boy or girl too.