Why do all the fish swim in the same direction....

[MuskieJunkie]

When i'm not trying to entertain, i cannot stand the fish icons!

How about the "fish alarm", it beeps every time it marks a fish icon. My friend always has it on in his boat and it drives me nuts (but it's his boat so what am I going to do).

This is also the guy that saw a boat with multiple sonar and GPS units front and rear and said "why does that guy have all those screens on there?"

[Capt. Quicksteel]

Well let's see, was he serious?!?! Half of us on this thread are really stupid! Now we just need to argue about which half!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[merkman]

I am guessing it is because,

If they turn toward you they will hit the glass, if the turn away from you they will be electrocuted.

Just a guess.

[The Grebe]

PierBridge...okay, this one sounds pretty good...this makes sense, so this is what I'm going to tell him when I go up to the lake this week-end.

There's some pretty good stuff on here and I'm gonna use half a dozen or so, before I spring yours on him.

[Sonicrunch]

good jog grebe!!! One of the best threads this year!!

[UdeLakeTom]

Originally Posted By: Ude Lake Tom

If you have a clear enough lake, you can see that the fish do not follow a line. They are all over the place and move in whatever direction the bait is. I mean come on...check out an aquarium sometime and watch which direction the fish go.

That is because they are being watched. When watched they'll go in different directions to confuse you.

Now I know why I never catch fish....I have my bait facing in the wrong direction. Gotta quit watching where they were too.

I'll put it down in the direction they are heading instead.

[Ed Carlson]

Actually with the new down-view sonar technology...you may be able to establish directional movement of targets? Once they get more widely in use I suspect this will become more doable once the tweaks get tuned in.

To a lesser value you can now in a vertical mode on most any graph and sonar.

On a graph a streak will indicate directional movement, and one can establish vertical movements in relation to your location and path of travel.

On a flasher, to date, all you have to go on is they are getting closer or moving away from the center of the beam. A well trained eye on a flasher will establish a fish fallowing up and by how strong the target return signal is where in relation to the center of the beam that particular fish may be located.

Again mostly a vertical value, as far as East or West...still a guess unless a second ducer is in use with a Vex switching unit and you establish directional movement that way.

[gvt]

I'll let you guys in on a little secret of mine. Always use two graphs oriented in opposite directions. This stacks the fish up under the boat. Make sure they are pointed the right way or all of the fish will leave the area!

[fishmon]

If you hang a 20" box fan over the other side of the boat and turn it on it will send the fish the other way, just make sure you use a GFI outlet and a longggggg extention cord.

[B-man715]

I'M IN A CAB FROM BURNSVILLE!!!!!

[mojoputter]

Well duh, your boats only going in one direction too...HELLOOOO

[S.D. Ice Angular]

If you hang a 20" box fan over the other side of the boat and turn it on it will send the fish the other way, just make sure you use a GFI outlet and a longggggg extention cord.

Dang, I wish I had a "20" Box Fan"!!