Fishfinder quiz: which fish are hidden behind these screenshots?

Who is hiding under the boat? Try to analyze these captures with the help of the articles in the report. © Benjamin Le Provost

To finish this report on fishing fishfinders, a little game is proposed to you in order to put into practice the points discussed. Try to analyze the sonar images and indicate your answer in the comments. An article will reveal the answers within a week. Good luck to all!

A little game to finish this report through which we have swept the essentials on the fishfinders and the settings that I make. The goal is for you to guess which species of fish is present under the boat?

With the help of several clues, analyze the capture and indicate in comments your answers. Within 1 week, a new article will bring you the answers as well as the necessary explanations to analyze them at best. Don't hesitate to read the previous articles.

It's up to you!

A trip to Ushant in March

Hints:

  • Early season outing
  • Fresh water at 10°C
  • Area: Breton point - Ushant island
  • Airmar CHIRP Medium probe

In addition to guessing the species, try to analyze the catch and behavior of the fish.

Capture du début de saison 2021
Capture of the beginning of the 2021 season

No fish but a very particular technique

Hints:

  • Fishing with heavy jigs
  • Yellow location search mainly
  • Rocky area of northern Brittany at the beginning of the season

Try to guess the fishing technique used?

Une capture d'écran réalisée lors d'une session de pêche en verticale. roch
A screenshot taken during a vertical fishing session.

In the middle of nothing

Capture realized in September 2020, off Brehat, in the middle of nowhere.

Hints:

  • Presence of birds on the water
  • Presence of sardines (not visible on the screen) but upstream of the drift.

To whom do these big echoes correspond?

Qui peut bien se cacher sous le bateau ?
Who could be hiding under the boat?

Fishing in a strong current

In a zone of strong current, under a beautiful hunting of birds, I realized this capture during a summer session last year on a plateau of the north Brittany.

Hints:

  • Numerous birds in the area
  • Rapid drift due to strong current
  • Area known to have active fish in mid-tide during high tidal range
une belle capture ! mais qui se cache dessous ?
a beautiful capture! but who is hiding underneath?
a beautiful capture! but who is hiding underneath?

A huge detection over 200m long

During high tide slack water on the Ushant area, I took this screenshot during an outing in spring 2020.

It is the kind of capture that we all dream to see one day so much the density is strong.

Hints:

  • Open sea slack water, little drift
  • Zone : Ouessant
  • Season : Spring
  • Technique: Fly fishing with a jig
Enormément de poissons sous le bateau !
Lots of fish under the boat!

A complex capture with a lot of information

During an outing in June in the area of Ile de Batz

Hints:

Try to describe this capture as best you can by finding THE species present.

Une capture assez complexe mais apportant beaucoup d'informations ! Saurez vous la décrypter ?
A rather complex capture but bringing a lot of information! Will you be able to decipher it ?

On a deep zone off Cherbourg

Capture d'un HDS 9 de Lowrance avec une sonde Airmar TM 150 CHIRP médium
Capture of a Lowrance HDS 9 with an Airmar TM 150 CHIRP medium probe

Last capture realized on a zone off Cherbourg, more than 15 nautical miles from the coast.

Few clues for this capture which is easily recognizable.

Herring jig fishing in 150 and 250 grams only.

What species are present? What is the type of spot?

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