Kayak Sonar Discussion

[chris138]

Originally Posted by GregAndrew

Well, this thread has not seen much action for a while. Though I might add a few pics for discussion. What do you think you see here?

My guess is this is a giant squadron of bat rays feeding on smelt.

Haha rad marks Greg, why do I get the feeling your downrigger cam is in there somewhere.

[FullFlavorPike]

Maybe that first photo is a large torpedo weight, with a fish coming off the bottom, eating the attached bait, and then pulling a GTFO downwards and out of the sonar cone.

[GregAndrew]

Originally Posted by FullFlavorPike

Maybe that first photo is a large torpedo weight, with a fish coming off the bottom, eating the attached bait, and then pulling a GTFO downwards and out of the sonar cone.

That is a very good start, but there is more to it than that.

[Polychrest]

Great info in here. Couple of noob questions.
1. What depth should I switch from High to Mid CHIRP?
2. Any reason to not use CHIRP?

[GregAndrew]

Originally Posted by Polychrest

Great info in here. Couple of noob questions.
1. What depth should I switch from High to Mid CHIRP?
2. Any reason to not use CHIRP?

You are better off thinking of that first question in reverse. You want to use medium where you can and switch to High when you are getting too much clutter on your screen. But the answer is going to be based on your settings. The lower you have your sensitivity set at, the shallower you can use it.

After using Chirp, and getting my settings worked in, I dont see any reason I would go back to standard.

[GregAndrew]

Originally Posted by chris138

My guess is this is a giant squadron of bat rays feeding on smelt.

Haha rad marks Greg, why do I get the feeling your downrigger cam is in there somewhere.

The second shot had my camera down there. Had to bring it up off the bottom and into the mix. You can see it 8 or 10 feet off the bottom on the left side.