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Big Fish! What did I find??? #6063367 04/13/11 10:22 AM
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Here's an image I just captured. Check out the Big Fish can you guess what I found?






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Re: Big Fish! What did I find??? [Re: Doug Vahrenberg] #6063468 04/13/11 11:52 AM
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A big cat or striper?


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My guess is a big kitty.

Whatever it is its big - check out that thick shadow on a 120ft scan.

Re: Big Fish! What did I find??? [Re: longhorn1687] #6064449 04/13/11 04:06 PM
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Paddlefish, 3 of them

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Re: Big Fish! What did I find??? [Re: HonkyVoodooFishing] #6064504 04/13/11 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted By: Team MadMac
Paddlefish, 3 of them
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Re: Big Fish! What did I find??? [Re: Mesquite Mark] #6064555 04/13/11 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted By: Mesquite Mark
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Paddlefish, 3 of them
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Re: Big Fish! What did I find??? [Re: Phoenix_Ed] #6064592 04/13/11 04:38 PM
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would you guess those fish to be any where from 30 to 60 feet from the left of your boat?

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Re: Big Fish! What did I find??? [Re: Chad711] #6064625 04/13/11 04:43 PM
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Here is a couple that swam under my boat when I was crappie fishing last month.

I'm thinking cat and paddle.





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that lowrance SS fish looks GOOD

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I say cats on Doug's.


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Re: Big Fish! What did I find??? [Re: parttime] #6065223 04/13/11 07:02 PM
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Dayne,

what unit are you using. Is it strictly a DI unit or is it combination side scan/DI.
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Re: Big Fish! What did I find??? [Re: Dayne] #6065272 04/13/11 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted By: Dayne
Here is a couple that swam under my boat when I was crappie fishing last month.

I'm thinking cat and paddle.



eek2dame those are nice shots


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That was taken on my LOW hds 8 on down scan. I have quit using 2d sonar as down gives me a much better pic.

Re: Big Fish! What did I find??? [Re: Dayne] #6066431 04/14/11 12:03 AM
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im gonna have to pony up and get me di/si unit. u guys take some awesome pics of underwater. thanks for the info.
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Re: Big Fish! What did I find??? [Re: doc606] #6066474 04/14/11 12:15 AM
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This is where Humminbird Side Imaging Zoom comes in handy...



This is an image of 3 Spoonbills see the "Bills"

The 3 Spoonbill are at a variety of different heights look at the distance the sonar shadows are away from the fish.

Fish at top of screen is farther from the both approximately 19' but closer to the bottom since sonar shadow is closer. The Middle fish is about 17' from the transducer but suspended higher since the sonar shadow is farther away that the top fish. The fish at the bottom of the image is about 15' from the transducer but suspended high in the water column since the shad is farthest away from the return.

BTW all the scattered white dots are Crappie all over this area as there was probably 50 boats in this old channel below the dam and everyone was yanking them in...



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