Kayak Sonar Discussion

[SoCalEDC]

Originally Posted by GregAndrew

Well, this thread has not seen much action for a while. Though I might add a few pics for discussion. What do you think you see here?

pic one looks like weight or jig and fish coming up off of the bottom to strike it, and then dropping it shortly after, perhaps it struck the weight rather than the bait. Maybe a halibut, who realizes hes been had.

The second looks like a school of bigger fish maybe calicos feeding on sardines or another small-medium sized bait fish around some kelp.

if i had to guess.

[GregAndrew]

Originally Posted by SoCalEDC

pic one looks like weight or jig and fish coming up off of the bottom to strike it, and then dropping it shortly after, perhaps it struck the weight rather than the bait. Maybe a halibut, who realizes hes been had.

The second looks like a school of bigger fish maybe calicos feeding on sardines or another small-medium sized bait fish around some kelp.

if i had to guess.

Another couple of pretty good guesses. On the first one you pretty much got it up until "perhaps". Btw, Halibut have no air bladder and will not give you a very strong return (color) until they are pretty close to your transducer.

On the second, you were doing pretty good up until "calicos".

[TCS]

What Palette do folks use for fishing LJ?

[GregAndrew]

Originally Posted by TCS

What Palette do folks use for fishing LJ?

You should be able to put your unit in simulation mode and play around with your pallette, sensitivity and colorline. Chose a pallette that your eye picks up strong returns with best.

[chris138]

Originally Posted by TCS

What Palette do folks use for fishing LJ?

Personally I like the default white Lowrance best. I played around with blue background variations but they just don't pop as well in the glare for me.

[FISH11]

Originally Posted by chris138

Personally I like the default white Lowrance best. I played around with blue background variations but they just don't pop as well in the glare for me.

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