Your opinion of image, walleye?

[lmerr3737]

Image taken in 2020 in Caney Fork River, TN. Helix 12 Mega si/di.
Looking for walleye staging to spawn.
Would like your opinion of this image.
I was not successful in catching anything.

[SLYDoggie]

Hard to say on the fish. They are definitely hugging the bottom but could also be carp or other bottom hugging fish.

By the way, I think you have an artificial "ridge" on the bottom transition of the right side of the image. I had a similar situation and found that I could get a much better and more accurate representation of the bottom transition with a change to the Noise Filter settings in the CHIRP Sonar settings on my Solix. Sounds strange but it made a big difference on how the bottom looked in my case. I never could figure out why even flat bottoms showed this constant "ridge". By the way, the noise filter settings are not progressive. Each one has a different impact to the image quality so you need to try each setting. You may want to give it a try next time you are out.

[lmerr3737]

Thanks for the input, don't know the species since I did not catch one. I have other screenshots of lots more fish in this area. The time of year and the location I was at had me hopeful for walleye! Always a bass fisherman, caught some good smallmouth this day but walleye is on my bucket list.

[Bulldog0156]

I'm going to say not walleye. I would say the returns are generally too thick and long for how far from the transducer they are to be walleye. Unless they're all over 10 pounds.

[Jetch114]

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could easily be walleye. This was a school of walleye. I caught a few off the bunch with this 11.5# being the biggest.

[OkieLure]

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could easily be walleye. This was a school of walleye. I caught a few off the bunch with this 11.5# being the biggest.

[lmerr3737]

Nice! That"s what I'm talking about! Thanks for the image post.