locaing bass on my sounder

[vinnie]

has anyone got hints on what i should be looking for on my sounder that indicate things schooled up up fish to bait to temp changes. !!!!!!!
ihave the unit now i just need an idea how to read it.?

[macca]

Have a look at lowrance.com.au

They have a tutorial on there which should give you some tips.

Macca

[bass00]

you should ask you mate joe, he knows all and is so scandalis

[WHITTO]

G'Day Vinnie,

Have attached a piccie to give you some idea what Bass look like,this example is of a small school in Somerset Dam,have had large school's completely cover the screen, Cheers and good Fishin 2 U Whitto

[Fitzy]

Some more tutorials at http://www.humminbird.com/generic2.asp?ID=374

If you're running in raw sonar, you will get arches or part arches depending if the fish goes directly thru the centre of the cone or the side. If you are travelling slower, the fish will be in the cone longer so will give long streaks across the screen as shown above by Whitto. If you are travelling at trolling speed, echos will commonly come back looking something like this
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You can clearly see fish (bass in this case) holding just off the bottom with a ball of what is probably daphnia (micro-grazers) coming onto the screen. These bass are packed in pretty tight & are in ambush/rest mode. A prime target when they're packed in like this. Was about 20 or 30 fish consistently showing in this small school. About 15 or so big bass were caught before they scattered.


In this pic you can see (ignore the GPS trail on the left of screen) alot of slashes. This (slashes) is more commonly seen than true arches. Many folks tilt their transducer down slightly past horizonal to help keep a lock on the bottom at speed. The pic was taken on top of a school of small but active bass at Moogerah with some bait sitting in around 15ft.

Cheers,

fitzy..

[devocean]

Hey whitto how have you found your lowrance 47EX especially in terms of locating fish?

[WHITTO]

G'Day Devocean,

# # # # # # # # # # # # Mate I could't be happier,it has improved my locating and catching Bass no end,I will go up market in the Lowrance range down the track only to improve the pixal resolution, for the price range the x47ex is a very good sounder in my opinion, Cheers #Whitto

[MikeC]

Thankyou Whitto and Fitzy for the photos. My little portable Humminbird 128 has never shown me stuff like that, no matter how much I fiddle with it. I guess I've been left behind again
Mike

[WHITTO]

G'DayMike,

# # # # # # #You might feel like you have been left behind,It's like everything on this Website,there is always someone ready to help and advise,Mate you have just learn't something,Gee's we all have been there, There are plenty of bloke on this forum have been Fishing longer than they care to remember, Hope it's all been a big help,Good Fishing 2U #Cheers #Whitto