05-21-2024, 04:47 AM
(05-20-2024, 06:55 PM)filletedalive Wrote: Hoping some of you would be willing to shed some light on what I am seeing on my garmin striker 4 fish finder.
This is with the 200hz signal and the screen scroll set to auto.
I get these diagonal lines or slashes. I have yet to see a defined “arch” on the screen. The bottom readings feel like they are accurate only cause I can see bowls, humps, sunken logs, and I think bushes. But I am not sure what to make of these diagonal lines.
I would appreciate any feedback. This is my first fish finder mounted on a float tube.
Those diagonal lines are fish rising up off the bottom. Likely snatching chironomid pupa that are starting their ascent to the surface.
I have a Garmin on my tube (kicking/rowing) and see these all the time when targeting trout. It's exactly the kind of activity I'm looking for when hanging a chironomid imitation off of an indicator.
Suspended fish (on a slow-moving watercraft) show as horizontal lines across the screen.
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