Little Bay de Noc Fishing Reports

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12/22 Report

Frank S · Veteran Member

You've got me curious, Jim. How are telling the difference between the smaller fish and the bigger ones? Using a camera maybe? There are times that my signal on the Vexilar is stronger than others, but I've caught plenty of dinks that showed as a heavy line. Have a good Holiday Season, Frank

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Frank-

Remember that the sonar is not showing a return of the actual fish but rather marking fish's swim bladder due to the large difference in density between gases and liquids. Bigger fish have larger swim bladders and give a larger return. Yesterday I only marked three or four decent sized fish all night and this morning I marked around 10.

I use a Lowrance LMS522c-igps on the ice. By having the sensitivity and colorline set correctly I can usually tell the size of the fish from how thick of a return it produces. Also large fish will change color from from black>blue>red.

When I have returns smaller than my jig with no color change I know they are small fish and I try not to catch them. If the mark is as thick or thicker than my jig then its almost always a keeper and when its twice the thickness of the jig with alot of red you know its time to get ready! biggrin

Its not a perfect science as I actually did try to catch the 14.5 inchers because they were about the same thickness of my jig. confuse

Frank S · Veteran Member

Thanks, Jim. I can tell more when using the RayMarine during the summer, guess I need to practice more with the Vexilar flasher. Using the return from the jig as a "guage" makes it clearer to me. See you out there, Frank

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I still have my old Lowrance x67c I used before I got the 522 last year. Maybe sometime if we hook up on the ice I could let you use it for a night and see how you like it.