05-17-2011, 06:49 PM
Just note, that sonar you have is a good one, but there are much better ones. [
] If the fish don't sit still very long, they may not show up on the sonar. Like mackerel in the ocean. They are constantly on the move, and though you're catching the hell out of them, they'll never make a smidgen of a mark on the sonar, because they don't sit still long enough. LOL [:p] Think about it. If something looks good on the bottom and it makes sense, go with your gut. Don't roll by it because you're not marking fish.
One of my favorite fish to target in the ocean is black seabass. The only thing we ever mark is baitfish, unless it's a huge school of tiny ones. We zoom our sonar in as far as it will go, and look for tiny little pieces of structure. We drift it with live bait, and usually pluck one or two trophy sized fish off each tiny little piece of struture; and never marked a fish. While everyone else is fishing the main structure that is heavily pressured, we're a mile away fishing structure you can only see zoomed in, many times smaller than a trash can. that's a pro tip, write that down.
Don't hook live herring and shad through the mouth, that will kill them deader than a door nob. In one eye, and out the other. Or, in the back behind the dorsal fin. (not through the dorsal fin) You can also hook them in the butt hole, if you want him to swim up. The bait is going to swim against the grain, naturally. So, if you hook him in the back, he'll swim down. If you hook him in the butt hole, he'll swim up. Write that down too. [cool]
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] If the fish don't sit still very long, they may not show up on the sonar. Like mackerel in the ocean. They are constantly on the move, and though you're catching the hell out of them, they'll never make a smidgen of a mark on the sonar, because they don't sit still long enough. LOL [:p] Think about it. If something looks good on the bottom and it makes sense, go with your gut. Don't roll by it because you're not marking fish. One of my favorite fish to target in the ocean is black seabass. The only thing we ever mark is baitfish, unless it's a huge school of tiny ones. We zoom our sonar in as far as it will go, and look for tiny little pieces of structure. We drift it with live bait, and usually pluck one or two trophy sized fish off each tiny little piece of struture; and never marked a fish. While everyone else is fishing the main structure that is heavily pressured, we're a mile away fishing structure you can only see zoomed in, many times smaller than a trash can. that's a pro tip, write that down.
Don't hook live herring and shad through the mouth, that will kill them deader than a door nob. In one eye, and out the other. Or, in the back behind the dorsal fin. (not through the dorsal fin) You can also hook them in the butt hole, if you want him to swim up. The bait is going to swim against the grain, naturally. So, if you hook him in the back, he'll swim down. If you hook him in the butt hole, he'll swim up. Write that down too. [cool]
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