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Image - Does This Look Like a Fish #12128755 03/07/17 02:23 PM
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Got this off my DS the other day. There were a lot of fish showing up on DS and sonar.
Almost looked too much like a fish in the middle of all that clutter to be true.


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Re: Image - Does This Look Like a Fish [Re: Fisherdad58] #12128998 03/07/17 03:56 PM
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It looks like a fish, but that's not how a fish would display. It is a cluster of small bait.

Depending on your speed, the fish can be single dots or long lines. Good sized one at 4 foot!


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it's a cormorant

Re: Image - Does This Look Like a Fish [Re: Fisherdad58] #12129696 03/07/17 08:59 PM
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Looks like a cluster. Several fish close together that causes a unusual echo return. Could be a couple of fish tightly packed feeding.


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Re: Image - Does This Look Like a Fish [Re: Huckleberry] #12129716 03/07/17 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted By: Huckleberry
it's a cormorant


Actually entirely possible given it was at Falcon which is infested with them.


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Re: Image - Does This Look Like a Fish [Re: David Burton] #12130034 03/08/17 01:03 AM
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Originally Posted By: David Burton
It looks like a fish, but that's not how a fish would display. It is a cluster of small bait.

Depending on your speed, the fish can be single dots or long lines. Good sized one at 4 foot!



Slowww trolling speed. Sometimes I think that down scan sees stuff that's not there in shallow water.


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Re: Image - Does This Look Like a Fish [Re: Capt Craig] #12130040 03/08/17 01:05 AM
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Originally Posted By: Capt Craig
Looks like a cluster. Several fish close together that causes a unusual echo return. Could be a couple of fish tightly packed feeding.


Unusual for sure. It caught my attention.


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