Top 3 Fish Finder Mistakes (Most Anglers Make)

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Do you know how to read your fish finder? Ever had trouble knowing what's showing on your fish finder screen (or bottom machine screen)?
Ever thought your bottom machine was "lying" to you because you could see so much on the screen but couldn't catch any fish?
Regardless if you fish in saltwater or freshwater, knowing how to read a fish finder can make or break your fishing trip.
The BIG PROBLEM is that almost all fishermen (even many full-time guides) aren't using their bottom finder machines correctly (and this is across the board regardless of what brand fish finder you own).
Some of us only know how to use the chart plotter, GPS, and depth finder...
And very few of us (including me until we filmed Fish Finder Mastery) are getting the most out of our Fish Finder screen.
So in this video, we reveal a few of top Fish Finder mistakes that most saltwater fishermen are making.
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[@mollask26]

@salt strong good vid👍 more to the point, what are those wraparound sunglasses you're wearing here. I need some

[@lornehargis2614]

This is great. Exactly what I was asking for. Not knowing that you already had this month's in the works. Thank you.

[@joeyl6911]

Thanks Salt Strong! Very simple straight to the point video which I learned from. I too thought the bumps were from a rocky bottom. Keep them coming.

[@p3teytran]

Wow I always thought those wavy bumps were structure too! Very good to know that its just the action of the waves. Gold mine!

[@thomasbertrand7404]

Been fishing for over 25 years. Have used fishfinders a bit, but, very helpful video for an ameteur. Ty guys

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[@SophisticatedRedneckery]

Nice vid! A lot of people miss that about the bottom and waves. Thinking it’s a rocky bottom. Greaat point!!!🙌🏽

[@ericlee5201]

Great info guys - both for the novice and for the seasoned guys who need to remember the basics! Thanks!!!

[@cliveburgess4128]

I have never been able to read these machines very well, many!! years ago, my paper machine was amazing, grouper, snapper and cobia all had a distinct signature, never failed, I used to make notes on the paper and when the roll was done cut them out and keep them in my log book.

[@wabassin11t30]

Finally, it’s starting to make sense!

[@rayward3835]

Great, in depth, literally, information. Waiting on your next awesome video. Great!

[@bcamcam2]

Of all the fish finder videos I've seen, I have still yet to see one that shows how to set up the fish finder to begin with, i.e different frequencies, chirp vs no chirp, and when and how to use gain and noise reduction.. i would love to see a video on that.

[@thebanksfamily7328]

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[@jamesathendune9026]

Thank you for the explanation. What are the light blue - white specs around the baitfish, patches of algae or reflections of current?

[@captainrickyfla6170]

As a new captain these videos are extremely helpful. Very glad I stumbled upon this channel. God bless

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[@calcrappie8507]

I find significant information from a flasher unit (I still use a Vexilar FL-8 and old school Lowrance Green Box). They have their utility. Especially bottom composition (hardness) rocks, sand, clay, muck. Not a big fan of auto-tune stuff. If I move over muck, I don't want the gain artificially boosted to compensate for the signal being attenuated by the muck. Just ends up making more work for you while searching for the correct bottom and reading structure. With time, you become very good at reading signals and bottom composition. Determining weed types works better on a quality chart/screen recorder though. Paints a better picture.

[@leftyk1968]

Awesome video, so much info about my finder. Mine is a raymarine axiom and now i kick my self knowing i missed so much fish !!!

[@BrandonBReelKillerFishn]

thank you so much I can't wait to see more I have a Garmin 4 striker and have never used a fishfinder before but I knew it would be helpful for me and my Jon boat Fishing.I'm not going to actually mount it to my boat either I'm going to have it on a pole so hopefully it will work out for me

[@rudy2684]

How deep can the striker 4 show fish? And maximum sea deapth? In salt water that is

[@hankschrader149]

I have 2 of them and they are great units! Hopefully by now you're putting yours to good use

[@hankschrader149]

@@rudy2684 I have trouble with mine picking up deep bottoms in salt, not sure why?

[@rudy2684]

@@hankschrader149 i had to upgrade my transducer to the gt23 as the standard one was showing me fish arches at a maximum of 70 meters which is not enough. The gt 23 is much better

[@trumpforever1696]

Very informative, I used to make the mistake of thinking something that passed the transducer line was ahead or behind my boat, won't waste my time again, thanks 👍

[@proffishingandhunting2938]

Very nice explanation we are preparing a complete research about this topic because people really don’t know how to read screen properly keep it up 👍 & lets go fishing 🎣

[@capitolbassfishing]

the time vs. location vs. direction part was SOOOOO helpful. I have always looked at fish finder screens like, HEH? Where are the fish... question ... do they make a finder that shows a top down view of the cone IE the cone circle that shows where the fish are heading...they have to right?

[@THEBOSS47MLG]

I was running Sabiki rigs for RedSnapper but I only saw large clumps of bait fish every so often, and it was always fuzzy. I don’t really have a size reference for the the size of the reading and the size of the actual fish.

[@reedtompson7039]

Hi guys Chris from Australia - great video and the description on the use of the sounder . I wish I knew how to send you some photos of my sound when we were at tuna fishing in Victoria Australia I will try to work on it

[@jeremylogsdon8596]

So when you see a ball of bait how do you know where and when to throw the cast net

[@gerardamitranno8837]

Great video,I hope you guys go into more details ,Thanks

[@joemaxie8439]

Thanks for the information. I know now to put the transducer im the front of the boat.

[@daveh9907]

Thanks for the Education, so Know Your Environment, means I should be scuba-diving before running a fish finder....?

[@floridawaterboys3489]

If it's real time and the fish are directly under the transducer when they just come on the screen what if you change the diameter of the of the cone? If I made the cone larger wouldn't they come in the view as soon as they enter the cone before they reach the transducer?

[@jimmyrisley4843]

Very informative video. Thank you

[@murraydevelopment]

Good job. Great info. @ the 5:20 mark it looks like a Pleaseeasaur riding a T-Rex to me... :)

[@paulhuval6579]

That was cool thanks for the information..👍

[@laudiewtailau4651]

This is superb!! I got the Gain and Targeting on my Garmain GPS585. Just wonder how those work on Sonar

[@docbailey3265]

I got the course and it’s good stuff. Would recommend.

[@rudy2684]

How much does the course cost if i may ask?

[@ethanbown]

Incredible video. Thank you so much.

[@PA96704]

Thanks everyone preaches arches which I only saw an arch once in 20 years. Thanks for your breakdown.

[@sgtcaco]

Side scan is way more informative.

[@trustytrucking9917]

This is gold. Thanks guys

[@johnyewtc1]

The third tip absolutely cleared up my confusion about reading the results being presented by the screen. Thanks!

[@sauve12]

That third tip totally confused me at the end when he was talking about bait fish not being behind the boat after showing up on the screen... He said not to throw 12:30 If someone can help with what he was getting at that would be great

[@chrisz.9974]

So if off shore, how can we identify weed patches that are submerged in the water while trolling versus a school of tuna or a wahoo or something?

[@alligator801]

If you touch the screen where its marking , will it give you the numbers to where the fish or maybe a reef are?

[@socalsaltwateranglers]

Thanks for the informative vid guys. From time to time I'll have a fish start coming into view, backs up out of view and then comes back into view and finally goes across the screen. When it comes in and out like that, what does that exactly mean? Is it following me? I did have dolphins around on those days but not sure if that could've been it. Hope that makes sense. New Sub 🤙🏻

[@chadingram6390]

Had a Lowrance that showed a very bumpy bottom because of the waves, switched to a Garmin and it smoothed out the bottom to show it's actual contours. They don't all distort the bottom due to the waves, the Garmin was able to correct it

[@tommckelvey3609]

Which Garmin "smoothed out the bottom" and corrected for the waves?

[@chadingram6390]

@@tommckelvey3609 The Echomap, both the Lowrance and Garmin were about $700 each, this was about 4 yrs ago. I fish in Rocky Point, Mexico which is mostly a smooth sandy bottom but the Lowrance always showed a wavy bottom with 1-2 ft bumps, which we knew was not the case by dragging a weight while fishing.

[@mexicanamerican21]

Very good explanation!

[@conductor4Christ]

Very informative.

[@mjbowhunter]

How wide is the cone typically in a 30ft column of water?

[@gerardamitranno8837]

What about adjusting the gain on your screen and the range bar ???

[@viviendolapesca]

Thanks for the content sharing, too much to learn from your channel. Keep doing so!

[@mattw9987]

Great video guys! Question about the cone, how can I determine the size of the cone for different frequencies for different depths?

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[@GoogleUser-yj1wy]

I'll check it out! As long as it doesn't cost anything

[@Moondog9322]

OK, great information. But, what should my scroll speed be on my fishfinder if I'm in Spot Lock ? Thanks. Liked and subbed.

[@philiphaddock8090]

That is some really hot water! I find it hard to believe that there are any fish period.

[@shihanjulio]

147.9 degrees is a bit warm !!!!!!!!

[@jameshoward8408]

Yeah I saw that too...where r u guys fishing Hades? 😅

[@steveriso3802]

A lot of helpful information thanks. My question would be when would I know or how to know when the bottom is rocky or jagged if that’s the waves moving the boat and it’s really flat

[@shawnmarla9663]

Steve Riso a better fish fined will better show the bottom

[@pakaornellas3361]

Good stuff 👍🤙🤙

[@delstep2255]

Well done. Save me from a lot of time wasting.

[@bobcirulnick3598]

This course clears up the mystery of how to most effectively use your fish finder sharing technical expertise as well as pragmatic instruction. Captain Peter Deeks does an excellent job breaking down what one needs to know to use a fish finder to catch fish.

[@Saltstrong]

Thanks for making time to leave the nice comment Bob!

[@alhynes2913]

Question - you have shown us what bait fish and some fish look like on the screen, now I want to catch the fish. How can we tell how far the fish are from the boat?

[@timhudson8958]

What about the new forward scan fish finders .

[@andizgarta6773]

Cool vid

[@perichiii57]

Very good tutorial guys..nice job.

[@Saltstrong]

Glad you liked it!

[@tommyschutz9008]

Where or how can I sign up for your course

[@stevepoulos]

What about speed with relation to current flow? If you're spot locked, but the current is 3 mph, is that the same as doing 3mph on a still lake with little current?

[@Saltstrong]

It might be similar but overall a different situation

[@softballbryan]

Water temp is warm!

[@johns8254]

This was very helpful, cleared up things. I just learned that the guy I fish with is full of crap lol

[@johnjeson3052]

Very good video

[@bisayangboleroofficial7091]

Nice video lod.

[@jelly_fishing]

Nice video

[@gerardhaubert8210]

Does this course address fresh and salt water

[@dalebertdurando1496]

One mistake I see often finding the correct depth while trolling. When the fish off to the side, it will look deeper than it is since its further away. Sometimes it appears a fish came off the bottom then went back down (in a big arc). In fact it may be a long way out (looks deep) then passes under the boat (looks shallow), then the boat moves away from the fish (looks deep again). The fish may not have even moved but the distance changes. One would assume the fish went deep, and you set your trolling depth too deep.

[@ultimatejay]

I have a problem when trying to get over structure I have seen on my screen. Once I see structure in my screen like you said it’s now behind you somewhere. How to I navigate back right over the top of it? Wind and current always screw it up and even when I mark it and use my navigation it never works for me! Any help would be appreciated

[@icatchthings]

ultimatejay I recommend the second u see it depending on where ur bottom finder is wired on the bottom of the boat it’s probably in the back corner so I recommend purchasing a spot marker, then the second u begin to see the object come up in the column you will be able to see how u drift in comparison to the mark then u anchor accordingly

[@dtdionne]

As soon as you see structure or anything of interest you need to highlight it and make a waypoint. Regardless of the speed of your boat, the scan rate of your view, the mode and view your in, the gps in your tech knows where that is even when you don’t. MAKE A WAY POINT. Then switch to chart mode and navigate to it...AND FISH IT.

[@hakandemirkan1671]

Omgg. How can i but this divice? Do you send to Syria?

[@chrissimmonds4898]

Settings is a bigger issue figuring out for me. Rather then what's on the screen.

[@UrbanFisherman]

Awesome

[@officialWWM]

So, what I conclude from this is that the information on your screen is really just a guide for what's in the area. I tend to use mine to find structure and drop offs as opposed to looking for actual fish. By the time you see it on your screen and cast to it, it's probably long gone...

[@ClumsyCars]

Or you see them while trolling at 6 mph and by the time your buddy shuts the boat off and you stop drifting youre 300 ft off the spot now.

[@TryABaconSlice]

Or you drive into the wind/current, wait til you mark an area of high density fish and then cut the engine and drift back over it

[@jeffarcher400]

I have a very expensive forward scan sonar that I rarely see anything on. The conventional down looking view spots things. Definitely going too fast.

[@trumanstanley8040]

ThAnks

[@boashna]

water temp is important. I leave an area based on water temp only. too cold or too hot and most fish move to the deep . deep holds cold water in lower part and hot water in upper water . it also hold salt water in lower part as it is heavier and fresh water on top as it is lighter.

[@CurrentJAM]

I'm having issues distinguishing between bait and my target fish

[@cobiaslayer683]

149.9 degrees Fahrenheit. Looks like you transducer temp. Sensor is a lil wacky

[@22shoffer]

Saw that too and was wondering about that.

[@thomasbertrand7404]

I can read depth changes in shallower water just by difference in water but deeper water usually not. Locating bait not breaking the surface, forget it. Depth finder changes the game and it is a big ocean out there.

[@pamwalter8109]

Thank you, thank you, this is exactly what I needed right now to help me figure out my new Garmin for my Kayak! I spent a ton of time on utube and did not get what I needed, then came across this. I should have know to start with Salt Strong for help.

[@Saltstrong]

Thank you for watching! Happy to help!

[@atlanticocean640]

I’ve had cheap sounder’s and expensive ones and the best one I found with hardly any tweaking and worked in all depths showed fish unbelievable was the new koden sounder with the bells and whistles but. It was almost 10 grand. But worth it

[@MisterQueue67]

Just noticed the water temp....147 degrees Fahrenheit? That's hot as hell!

[@Juann_898]

They probably have the transducer near the engine or something😂

[@C2_Sea1996]

Sir,how to know fish going direction in boat running condition like..,north east,north west and south east, south west..please teach clearly with videos example

[@rexrugg9543]

I am a Redfishing master. Hackberry, La. I think this video is ok. Their CVR is a lower quality unit. Go with a Garmin 386. Rex A. Rugg

[@Rico11b]

What water are you in that reads 147.9 degrees F??? I think your stuff is broke

[@bofa1330]

147.7 degrees F water temperature little high lol.

[@SannySariTV]

May i know if how much that fish finder equipment?

[@Saltstrong]

Great question! Make sure to ask this over in the Community (www.saltstrong.com/) where the coaches spend their time.

[@donbloodworth7258]

Anyone else notice the temp on screen is 147.9 degrees f?

[@mikenaples4046]

Don Bloodworth - Florida’s hot, bro. 🥵

[@ripptydevibes2581]

It always used to crack me up when my buddies ALWAYS think we are on structure and im shakin my head like maaaan thats the SWELL appearing on the bottom view lol

[@timnell207]

I’ve been watching rust repair videos. At first glance I thought the thumbnail was a picture of a rusty quarter panel.

[@jsnyper4357]

Helpful.

[@anthonycorkill3705]

How is it 147 degrees fahrenheit though?

[@coachrandall8190]

So when would you throw your cast net

[@Saltstrong]

Great question! Make sure to ask this over in the Community (www.saltstrong.com/) where the coaches spend their time.

[@radarwill]

It could be this or that or that.... Sign me up I'm ready to waste money on this course!!

[@willdixson9359]

Florida has some super hot water! LOL

[@micklane4070]

My target fish are flathead and mangrove jack

[@pain2174]

I want the trout course relisted

[@Saltstrong]

The trout course is still available... it's the 3rd listing on the Courses page linked here: www.saltstrong.com/courses/

[@caranx89]

lo mejor es llevar ganancia lo +ALTO posible y minimo de ruido. 50/200 con cono 40/10º con doble frecuencia tiene esta ventaja sobre un chirp (pueden funcionar a la vez). Si sabes el angulo, sabes el radio. Tienes que ajustar Veloc barrido; zoom?auto/manual o el util BL. Alarma peces grandes y voltaje. Sonda furuno fcv 628 es ya rango profesional (y tienen +ajustes). pd: en español!!upsss...muchas vienen con transductores baratos, tienes que poner airmar.

[@Saltstrong]

Thank you for watching!

[@2olvets443]

People don't understand the cone. and how that circle goes from small diameter (close to transducer), to a large diameter deeper in the column. This is why many choose to use planer boards to cover a lot larger area.

[@chadmako4636]

Why is the water 147 degrees!?

[@Roccopaul73]

I truly think you guys are great ,but why must your brother need to scream he made me drop my rod twice 🤬😳🤣

[@johnnymissfire8464]

Its all history, only the a scope if turned on is live. and at the bottom of the a scope it will tell you how large the bottom of the cone is on a garmin.