Identify Hard or Soft Bottom on YOUR Fishfinder

[@breezy0037]

You are one smart cookie!

[@1Cast1Fish]

Thank you :)

[@bigk3381]

Thanks for sharing and as always "Tight Lines and Full Limits To Ya"

[@1Cast1Fish]

Thanks for watching! Good luck :)

[@stillinyaisstillinur3300]

This is very needed

[@1Cast1Fish]

Glad it was helpful, thank you

[@TheFishingMommy]

Super interesting, thanks! That last one, was it a hard bottom with gravel sections?

[@1Cast1Fish]

Yes it was! This area a harder bottom area, and it has a small bit of rock it looks like on the bottom as well.

[@TheFishingMommy]

@@1Cast1Fish awesome-I would never have gotten that without your video. Thanks a million-super helpful! I’ve been kind of a “bareback” angler for a long time because I’m a kayaker but now I’m moving into fishing some tourneys so I’ve got a lot to learn.

[@1Cast1Fish]

@@TheFishingMommy We all start somewhere, the difference is, most never put in the time and effort to learn...Glad this video was helpful and hopefully easy to understand. Good luck in the tournaments.

[@TheFishingMommy]

@@1Cast1Fish TYSM! Appreciate ya!

[@snowbank9386]

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[@charlieboutin3341]

I’m going with hard bottom from the thick and kinda bright line. Great informational video. Really appreciate your work Paul. Thanks a lot. Happy Easter brother! 🐰🪺👍👌❤️

[@1Cast1Fish]

Hope you have a great Easter as well. . This area is a harder bottom area, and it has a small bit of rock it looks like on the bottom as well.

[@JohnAmes]

very cool video my friend

[@1Cast1Fish]

Thank you 👍

[@charlesdaigle7963]

Paul. I have a basic garmin striker 4 with the two chirp frequency 77 & I can’t remember what the other is. Anyway can I upgrade to a transducer that will provide me vivid vu? Or do I need to upgrade to a whole different system?

[@1Cast1Fish]

You will need to upgrade the to a new unit as well. The GT20 transducer if I remember right is like $100+ and a new Vivid can be had for about 160 or so.

[@YourNextCast]

Always appreciate the wisdom my friend. Thanks for sharing and Happy Easter.

[@1Cast1Fish]

Same to you!

[@ThereisnogodTING]

Looks hard to me. A good second bottom suggests another clear sonar return. Then a third bottom as well If it was soft the sound waves would have been absorbed and not returned. Hopefully I've read it properly, learned a lot from this video thanks

[@1Cast1Fish]

Glad this video helped explain things a bit, I have had alot of requests for this for awhile now. As for the image, you are on the right track...this area a harder bottom area, and it has a small bit of rock it looks like on the bottom as well.

[@MooMooOutdoors]

Great information. Thanks.

[@1Cast1Fish]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Camh1968]

Hi. Using TM275LHW in 20m depth, what frequency is best to determine bottom density?

[@1Cast1Fish]

Any frequency should work fine, you just want a color that shows good contrast between hard or soft returns, and possibly put the depth in manual and increase it so you can see any 2nd or 3rd bottom echo returns.

[@Camh1968]

@@1Cast1Fish fantastic on point response thank you. What colour pallet would you recommend to achieve optimal contrast? Do rocks, shells, gravel bottom all have same density colour indications?

[@1Cast1Fish]

I actually like the standard colors...believe it is called Blue on the Striker 4

[@1Cast1Fish]

Not sure on shell, but rockss and gravel are both going to be very hard returns. If its hard and flatter then likely gravel, bumpy then maybe bigger rock...or even sharp angles can be hard stone

[@Camh1968]

@@1Cast1Fish interesting thank you. What’s an ideal maximum boat travel speed to establish accurate bottom density images on sounder?

[@quake2u]

Your videos are great, Thanks

[@1Cast1Fish]

Glad you like them! Thank You

[@theshorefisherman1]

Excellent Tutorial!

[@1Cast1Fish]

Glad you liked it! Thank you

[@Camh1968]

I don’t quite understand the voids… Why / how do voids below a solid surface appear on the sounder if there is still substrate?

[@1Cast1Fish]

Has to do with the echo...the void should be about equal to the water depth

[@Camh1968]

@@1Cast1Fish thank you

[@vishalsagvekar157]

Hi brother I have a fishfinder but I see fish running, how do I find it through fishfinder

[@1Cast1Fish]

Fish must be within the transducer cone area to see on the fish finder

[@jameshowly08]

6:13 its my tuuurn... Based on the first scan it appears hard stroke, second and third more softer which mean my boat passing the coral+weed.. probably both but hard is more dominant 🤔

[@1Cast1Fish]

I agree that this area has a slightly harder bottom IMO

[@3DOutdoors]

Good information.

[@1Cast1Fish]

Glad it was helpful!

[@NorthWoodsWes]

Hard!

[@1Cast1Fish]

This area is a harder bottom area, and it has a small bit of rock it looks like on the bottom as well.

[@stevenbentley4610]

Is it a soft bottom?

[@1Cast1Fish]

This area a harder bottom area, and it has a small bit of rock it looks like on the bottom as well. Look at the thick line for our hard returns . The presence of a strong 2nd and even 3rd bottom also indicate the area is likely a harder substrate.

[@Drone-QC]

Does it work with woman as well?

[@1Cast1Fish]

Only if your nice :)

[@Drone-QC]

@@1Cast1Fish I'm always nice :P

[@Reload77725]

This is a terrible video. If it's set correctly, you should not see a second bottom on your screen. No one learned anything from this video.