Sounder Reading

[ozscott]

You catch any of them Bige? Cheers

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[BigE]

Sure did

[ozscott]

Nice mate. I like it when tech actually helps catch fish (still have to know what your doing with a rod in your hand of course but modern sounders are awesome).

Cheers


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[paullee]

Hi all, wondering if I can get options on my sounder readings from the last 2 trips out fishing for mackerel. The first week I got a 15kg Spanish and a couple of longtail tuna. Second trip nothing. I get solid shows as per below and the fish were caught close to where the sounding is but although I know all fishing (esp mackerel) can be hot and cold but I would think towing live slimes through these shows would at least get a hit if these were mackerel or tuna. Do you guys adjust sounder sensitivity when in close? I leave mine on auto low? Opinions on what these are please. Cheers Paul

[disorderly]

With Spotties/Doggies/Spanish both my Garmin units will likely show some scuzzy baitball hugging the bottom or bommie with more distinct individual mackies in a school above and the bait will often be tighter and more concentrated and probably closer to the bottom if the Mackies are actively feeding ......up here you can be hooking the different mackie species one after the other but then soon as you approach high tide and the run slows then the fish go off the bite sometimes even while you are watching them swim around totally ignoring whatever you throw at them.....you can also try dropping a metal jig without wire with a fast retrieve and sometimes even jag a curious fish thats followed the jig even if they are not hungry...

[paullee]

Hi disordely thanks for the reply. What do schools of tuna look like for u? Most things I’ve read on Gold Coast mackerel prefer high tide and full moon. I towed around for a couple of hours after the high which put me in the “bite time” according to almanac. 1 good fish makes the day. Cheers and thanks again. Paul

[disorderly]

I'm in FNQ mate....apart from occasion Yellowfin/Longtail Tuna we catch on jigs or trolling for Spanish, the majority of Longtails we get is because we have spied them actively feeding on the surface and decide to tow a couple of Laser pro's behind..sometimes they take them sometimes not and they often dive when approached and pop back up to start feeding again further away from the boat....same with mack Tuna which we love to get a couple for reef bait.....

Ryan moody's sounder skills courses are actually pretty good and he uses Garmins..its well worth doing the first one and if you think you got something out of it wait for the 2nd one to go on special and do it as well......

https://www.ryanmoodyfishing.com/cou...nder-skills-1/

[ranmar850]

We get a lot of mackerel and tuna, YFT and longtail, feeding on schools of bait sub-surface. There may be no surface indication of what is going on below. A couple of screenshots below.



the bait schools tend to show a vertical wall when they are like that, and the larger fish just around them. The picture above is not a perfect representaion of that, the bait school appearances tend to vary with the actual size of the bait.





The picture above shows bait on both the bottom and then up on the surface with the larger predators moving in on them. Mackerel and tuna don't show up as dense schools, more likely as strong individual traces.




The midwater traces above are typical of mackerel or wahoo, in those waters where it was taken.



To the RHS of the above shot, you can see mackerel or wahoo sitting over the drop-off between 5 and 10 fathoms , typical behaviour. The lighter cloud below would be something like fusiliers, larger demersals are hugging the bottom.

[paullee]

Thanks Ranmar awesome info