Using your sounder to identify fish types

[dogbox]

I like to cruse around the water way when I go fishing, I like the hunting aspect of fishing which is why I find myself fishing a loan. My friends get frustrated when they come out because they just want to get there line in the water ASAP anywhere.

Anyway on Thursday I sounded some ground near Oatley park in an area I have never sounded before.

I came across dozens of fish arches hugging the rocky bottom a bottom so ruff I wasn't game to put the anchor down for fear it would never come back up.

The arch location was interesting , they appeared to be in every rock crevice not above the rocks, depth about 4m in a formation of what I would call schooling packed tight.

If I would to have a stab I would say they where black fish.

Dose anyone have any thoughts they can add to using your sounder to identify fish types

dogbox

[locodave]

Geez, if I could do that I would be bringing fish home!

[oz_brett]

I have the "baby chirp" transducer they are supposed to be good for target recognition but it doesn't read deep enough for me Ive gone back to using 200khz HD. Hunting the fish down is the best way to fish if you ask me dogbox, The first time I saw this technique was with a fellow Raider who wouldn't drop the line untill he found the fish - we had kingies for dinner that night 3 good sized ones caught in a very short time.

[oz_brett]

Also the reason I was late arriving to the Humps last week, 2.5 km N/E of the humps I was marking large schools of fish hugging the bottom I couldn't resist ended up with toothy reef fish but there must have been something good in the area 2 charter boats also hung around there.