Big Fish...What did I find???

[Doug Vahrenberg]

Here's an image I just captured. Check out the Big Fish can you guess what I found?

[tjj]

Knowing you...it's probably several big bass chomping on shad.

[BIGEYEZ]

Looks like gar fish. You can see their snouts.

[aikdog84]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by tjj &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Knowing you...it's probably several big bass chomping on shad.</td></tr></table>
Now thats funny

[bluebait]

First thought spoonbill, but they do look like they are feeding on shad so i will go with Gar..

[RoadrashPaul]

I will agree with gar or spoonbill.

[Doug Vahrenberg]

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...

[Doug Vahrenberg]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by tjj &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Knowing you...it's probably several big bass chomping on shad.</td></tr></table>

Those would be 3 World Record Bass...since I was looking at 120' of coverage to each side of the transducer.

[Flattman]

Doug, which unit was that? Also, was that magnified image on 2X? Just curious, I have been running some docks with my 798 set on about 40 or 45 and only using one side, the side toward the dock and it really does a good job of scanning the docks. Thanks for the pix.

Ron

[Doug Vahrenberg]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by Flattman &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Doug, which unit was that? Also, was that magnified image on 2X?
Ron</td></tr></table>

Look in the top right and you will see the zoom level was on 2X. These were taken with an 1198c.

[Flattman]

Thanks Doug, those are some nice shots.

Ron

[bluebait]

Great shots Doug. Theres a sunken boat below the ramp out in the middle of the old channel that makes for some great snapshots, but this time of year as many fisherman as there are you would have to be there during a thunderstorm at 3:00 in the morn. to get very many passes by it!! LOL

[Doug Vahrenberg]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by bluebait &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Great shots Doug. Theres a sunken boat below the ramp out in the middle of the old channel that makes for some great snapshots, but this time of year as many fisherman as there are you would have to be there during a thunderstorm at 3:00 in the morn. to get very many passes by it!! LOL </td></tr></table>

At Bledsoe Ferry Ramp? I've got some neat images of the ramp that will shock people what's under the water...Getting ready to post!

[G-ride]

One question, and I know it has been discussed before but I guess I never got my pea brain wrapped around it, but how would you go about judging "exactly" how deep the fish are in these images?

[bluebait]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by Doug Vahrenberg &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">

At Bledsoe Ferry Ramp? I've got some neat images of the ramp that will shock people what's under the water...Getting ready to post!

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Yes just below the Bledsoe Ramp..

[Doug Vahrenberg]

That is where 2D sonar and DI are irreplacable! THe y only shot vetically so they can tell height or depth only.

[fishsniffer]

I'm a little confused...

If those fish are marked directly below you in the water column then how come their shadow shows on SI? I thought for a shadow to show on the SI the fish has to be marked on SI not DI. Isn't the water column portion of SI technically DI?

[Doug Vahrenberg]

This is all side imaging. These fish are to the side of the transducer and below it.