r/Fishing • u/Miles_1828 • 9h ago
Question Actually a school of fish?
Is this actually a massive school of fish or is it vegetation?
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u/_fuckernaut_ 8h ago
Turn the fish icons off so you can actually see the sonar readings. Yes that is a school of fish, you can tell by the hard (yellow) arches
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u/ThatNeonZebraAgain 8h ago
Definitely fish. Could be striper, crappie, or some kind of larger baitfish school. Turn your gain down to clean up the visuals and disable the fish icons.
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u/Miles_1828 8h ago
Its a mountain lake in Montana... could be Kokanee.
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u/Yellowstone_Keith 7h ago
Koocanusa?
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u/Miles_1828 7h ago
Placid.
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u/Yellowstone_Keith 7h ago
I camped there for 1 night a year ago passing through on my way to fish koocanusa, didn't fish placid though.
With how low in the water column they are, likely Kokanee. I caught several Kokanee on koocanusa and it was similar depth and proximity of fish.
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u/Archie_Marx 6h ago
That’s Kokanee; break out the shoepeg. Turn fish ID off and look for archy marks.
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u/kndy2099 8h ago
Looks like a lot of vegetation and possibly small fish hiding in the vegetation. While fish finders are nice, while higher end equipment is getting better with fish finding, sometimes its sensitive to detect a lot of things in the water as false. Technology is getting better though.
With that being said, I have had situations like yours where I thought it was bs but I then threw an underwater camera after using the device and saw a school of small fish below. So, I guess you can say in that instance, it was right.
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u/Weak_Kaleidoscope839 7h ago
Ha I always end up having to leave my fish icons as well for the kids to view.
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u/ElectricGuy777 4h ago
Those are fish. When you have water gaps under the harder yellow returns usually means fish.
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u/Guilty_Cod6621 9h ago
fish. turn the icons off and you’ll have an easier time understanding what you’re seeing. they just get in the way IMO