Thanks for making this video. I'm someone who needs to have someone explain what you are seeing the way you did. Very helpful. Keep more videos like this coming.
Finally, a layman's video on this topic, which is so frustrating for "duffer" bass-anglers. So many of us are never going to cave-in and throw tons of money on current state-of-the-art systems and this video helped me try to understand better, the one I'm married to. Good job, Dean!
Fluke I CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR MAKING THESE VIDEOS HELPING ME UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE MY ELECTRONICS BETTER,, BROTHER I APPRECIATE IT ... thank you sooo much...!! EXCELLENT VIDEO , HELPS me A TON ...!!!!!!!
Couldn't agree more. Absolutely fantastic! After years of watching videos about how to read fish finders, finally one that actually shows you how to read a fish finder
Gene, there are lots of choices for bass fishing content on youtube. I consistently find myself coming back to your channel to learn. Thank you sir, another great video here!
Enjoyed video. My biggest frustration with bass fishing is finding the fish. Tons of videos of anglers catching fish, but not nearly as many videos about finding the fish. At times it seems overwhelming when looking at all the water on a given fishery. These type of videos definitely help the learning curve - please continue. Thanks
I absolutely LOVE your openings to your videos. Silence, and you setting the hook and catching a fish. And you wait to introduce yourself until the fish is in the boat. Its like fishing ASMR for me.
I like the fact that you cruise around and explain each thing as it comes access your history, most fish finder videos point out a couple arches, bait fish, and maybe mention a hard it soft bottom but don't really explain how they're coming to that conclusion.... I'd like to see more about mapping myself... And yes side imaging too.... And I'm sure there's more about regular and down scan to learn.... Oh and another video on say setting up your fish finder to get the best picture, or clearest picture of what's going on down there.... Thanks for the videos in all respects you rock
You covered everything except determining where to cast based on what the screen shows (that's always confusing). That being said, it's one of the best demonstrations/explanations I've watched. I'm going to try it out next time I'm on the boat. Thank you.
Finally someone does a FF video the right way. Keep em coming fluke, I appreciate what you’ve done for the fishing community! I met you in 2016 at Gander Mtn in Arlington, Tx. You were traveling around with the G Squad.
Hey Gene, This the next step for me to learn from you! I have Lowrance on my boat and would love to find out how to set the thermocline setting. I can tell that is very important to know. Thanks
This is exactly the video I needed I finally dive into a fish finder; the capabilities I should look for and exactly how to use them. It was great meeting you in Utah a few weeks back at the hyrum tournament! Keep up the great content Gene!
Fantastic video. I’m looking at getting my first fish finder to put on my kayak and this gives me the confidence to get out there and use one. Thanks for the great content.
Thanks Dean! I’m slowly building up my fishing kayak and the last thing is about to be added...a fishfinder (happy 70th birthday to me). I used to have one on our pontoon boat, but I never was good at figuring out what I was looking at. That was 15 years ago and technology has moved up at lot.
Awesome! Thank you for pointing out those different things. I have always said I wanted not to fish at all and just drive around. That never happens. I just feel I need a bigger screen to see what I’m looking at. I have a raymarine dragonfly 5”. I’m glad you took the time to make this video. I would say make another one just following up!
Great video man thank you the info about the thermo Cline is my biggest takeaway I know it's there but didn't know I could use my graph to see it I can't wait to get on the water and look at this
Phenomenal video. Clear and concise presentation. Really helped to understand and interpret what is on the screen. Thank you. If possible, some tips on boat / kayak positioning in relationship to whats being interpreted on the sonar screen with regards to how the fish and / bait fish are relating to the structure of cover. I think that would be helpful with these sonar videos. Again, thank you for your time and effort in bringing this content. Greatly appreciated.
Awesome video, like all the rest. Thank you for breaking everything down I've never really understood depth finders until now. I have a lowrance hook 2 7 I'm about to put on my yak and start fishing tournaments. Thanks for all the tips and advise keep up the great work Gene.
That was great Gene. Thanks for answering some of my questions from the last video. Please keep the fish finder videos coming! Need all the help I/we can get!
Great video Gene! I have bought a decent fish finder this year (Humminbird Helix 7) for my kayak this year and have yet to catch a bass off shore with it. Will use these tips and see what i can do. Next video I would like to see is you show the fish on your FF and than cast at them and catch them.
Awesome video Gene. Looking to get into fish finders. I want to start with just mapping, temps and depth. Thanks for the pointers! You’re awesome! Huge fan.
Hi from deep south GA. Great vid, most of the fish finder vids use stored graphs. I like the fact that yours was splashed and dirty just like mine stays on my kayak despite my best efforts, LOL. I think more of helping people ID fish is going to be the ticket, especially those of us that pond/small lake fish.
Thanks for the help I like that lake to but ever since I started kayak fishing there I've yet to catch a fish there anymore lol. I have a lowrance now so hopefully this helps.
Awesome video, I’d like to see the map view of when you come back to fish and how you position over the places you marked. Basically after you find the fish how to come back without spooking them again
Yes, this has been one of my biggest issues, taking my eyes off the screen and looking out over the water, trying to find and setting up on my waypoints, and knowing where the structure / fish is located in reference to my marked on screen way point.
I think alot of guys that have been bass fishing for 30 or 40 years that dont have a clue about anything but reading depth . Im guilty of it too. Thanks for the primary facts that other guys assume we all know . Ive bass fished since 1969. If you use this info , you will do much better .
This type of fishing would be my third choice, as I just broke down and bought a fish finder. I do appreciate you sharing sir. Please share your thought process as you approach a tournament. What is your must do to prepare?
How does your kayake handle the big waves from motor boats. I bought a fishing kayak 3 years ago but have only used it floating the creeks. I have flipped it once where I got sideways up next to a downed tree. Surprisingly it flipped quick. Ive been wanting to fish some lakes around here but am a little concerned about the motor boats and we have lots of fisher people here. My kayak is a sturdy well built fishing kayak but as we know all kayaks can flip. Bona-fide i think is how its spelled, is what I have
I need five of that last fish you caught this coming weekend on Clear Lake in California both on Saturday and Sunday! Can you make that happen!? Lol! Good video keep them coming.
Hey Gene, I recently retired and I'm exploring fishing to occupy my time. I've seen a lot of educational videos on fishing but yours are the best by far!, keep doing what you do.
Great video learned a lot in a few minutes. Thanks for sticking with down image over side. Lots of folks doing you tube are explaining side image which would be great if I had it. I'm using a Ray Marine Dragonfly 5 could you get into how to utilize the SD cards and get charts. For now I'm using my phone for so-so charts via Fishbrain Pro subscription for $75/year. Thanks again for all the knowledge. Does that app you use offer charts?
Great video Gene . Thank you I learned alot , especially about the thermocline area's . The sonar window does confuse me a little . but looking at the down imaging helps me alot better to understand what I am seeing . Could you spend sometime explaining the sonar part ? Thank you I loved this video great catch this is getting saved into favorites lol !
Yes, I’m curious about that too. For instance, at 1:13pm there are a lot of arcs on the sonar, but nothing on the down view. I’m curious what those are and why you knew to ignore. Thanks for the content.
Great video! Although I'm still clueless, this video shed some light for me. My Q is do you always make casts to areas that you'd just passed on? IOW, you don't cast to places where your fish finder hasn't been to. Is that correct? Also, can't you just drop the bait from your boat rather than making a cast? I've seen some folks do just that and if that's the case when do you decide to drop a bait directly below your boat? Thank you so much for your time and God bless!
Maybe you explained it on another video, but I was constantly wondering what the symbols on the mapping meant, the XX I presumed are known "fish attractors" but there are circles and triangles as well.
It's due to the shape of the signal. The 2d is a round signal and the down imaging is a narrow oval going from side to side. The fish stay in the 2d signal longer.
Ok, when you went back to fish those spots where you saw bass, if they were in less than 12 feet - I’m thinking you went back and made your casts based strictly on the map/waypoint rather than 2d/di - Right ? Thanks for these vids - so helpful 😊‼️
What are all the other arches that were mid to top of the screen? This definitely helped me out a lot. I was looking for the wrong stuff the entire time
Well done video. Why raymarine units? Im currently running lowrance units on the boats and kayak but thinking of swapping everything out for hummingbird or raymarine.
Most useful video I have seen showing how to use a fish finder on the water. Simple straight forward.
I specifically typed "Flukemaster Fish finder" because I know he is the best at explaining! Thanks Gene!
Videos like this are so needed. I looked at mine for 25 hours a week for 1 year and a half to get some idea of what I was looking at.
Thanks for making this video. I'm someone who needs to have someone explain what you are seeing the way you did. Very helpful. Keep more videos like this coming.
Finally, a layman's video on this topic, which is so frustrating for "duffer" bass-anglers. So many of us are never going to cave-in and throw tons of money on current state-of-the-art systems and this video helped me try to understand better, the one I'm married to. Good job, Dean!
This is by far the best video I have seen on reading the fish finder. Thank you!
Fluke I CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR MAKING THESE VIDEOS HELPING ME UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE MY ELECTRONICS BETTER,, BROTHER I APPRECIATE IT ... thank you sooo much...!! EXCELLENT VIDEO , HELPS me A TON ...!!!!!!!
Gene Great Video, Very Educational...pumps me up to get out there and apply what you teach. Keep on doing what you're doing.
Great video , the best one I have seen on How to read a fish finder, , & trust me I have been watching a few of them Thanks 👍
Couldn't agree more. Absolutely fantastic! After years of watching videos about how to read fish finders, finally one that actually shows you how to read a fish finder
Gene, there are lots of choices for bass fishing content on youtube. I consistently find myself coming back to your channel to learn. Thank you sir, another great video here!
Duuuude! Thank you so much. Got a fish finder for Christmas and am really intimidated by it. This really helped out alot!
Enjoyed video. My biggest frustration with bass fishing is finding the fish. Tons of videos of anglers catching fish, but not nearly as many videos about finding the fish. At times it seems overwhelming when looking at all the water on a given fishery. These type of videos definitely help the learning curve - please continue. Thanks
Your editing is getting better and better .
I absolutely LOVE your openings to your videos. Silence, and you setting the hook and catching a fish. And you wait to introduce yourself until the fish is in the boat. Its like fishing ASMR for me.
I like the fact that you cruise around and explain each thing as it comes access your history, most fish finder videos point out a couple arches, bait fish, and maybe mention a hard it soft bottom but don't really explain how they're coming to that conclusion.... I'd like to see more about mapping myself... And yes side imaging too.... And I'm sure there's more about regular and down scan to learn.... Oh and another video on say setting up your fish finder to get the best picture, or clearest picture of what's going on down there.... Thanks for the videos in all respects you rock
They say "Ask and you shall receive." Thanks so much for the fishfinder vids! As a "new" angler, these help so much!
You covered everything except determining where to cast based on what the screen shows (that's always confusing). That being said, it's one of the best demonstrations/explanations I've watched. I'm going to try it out next time I'm on the boat. Thank you.
I’m fixing to hook up my hook reveal five so your videos are very helpful thank you so much keep up the hard work good luck to you
Finally someone does a FF video the right way. Keep em coming fluke, I appreciate what you’ve done for the fishing community! I met you in 2016 at Gander Mtn in Arlington, Tx. You were traveling around with the G Squad.
Hey Gene, This the next step for me to learn from you! I have Lowrance on my boat and would love to find out how to set the thermocline setting. I can tell that is very important to know. Thanks
This is exactly the video I needed I finally dive into a fish finder; the capabilities I should look for and exactly how to use them.
It was great meeting you in Utah a few weeks back at the hyrum tournament! Keep up the great content Gene!
I am literally putting together my first fish finder setup together for my kayak and you release this. This is prefect timing lol thanks Flukemaster
Thank you for helping us learn how to find em. Great video.
Fantastic video. I’m looking at getting my first fish finder to put on my kayak and this gives me the confidence to get out there and use one. Thanks for the great content.
Great video. I’m brand new to the FF game and need to learn so much and I just did. Thanks!
Thanks Dean! I’m slowly building up my fishing kayak and the last thing is about to be added...a fishfinder (happy 70th birthday to me). I used to have one on our pontoon boat, but I never was good at figuring out what I was looking at. That was 15 years ago and technology has moved up at lot.
Great stuff. Recommendation for kayak fish finder at current technology levels 2023?
Awesome! Thank you for pointing out those different things. I have always said I wanted not to fish at all and just drive around. That never happens. I just feel I need a bigger screen to see what I’m looking at. I have a raymarine dragonfly 5”. I’m glad you took the time to make this video. I would say make another one just following up!
Great video man thank you the info about the thermo Cline is my biggest takeaway I know it's there but didn't know I could use my graph to see it I can't wait to get on the water and look at this
That was the best explanation and demonstration I've seen so far. Definitely a new subscriber! Looking forward to checking out your other videos!
Awesome, thank you!
Great video, Gene! especially for us newbies. you did a wonderful job with helping us understand what is going on under the water.
thanks.
Phenomenal video. Clear and concise presentation. Really helped to understand and interpret what is on the screen. Thank you.
If possible, some tips on boat / kayak positioning in relationship to whats being interpreted on the sonar screen with regards to how the fish and / bait fish are relating to the structure of cover. I think that would be helpful with these sonar videos.
Again, thank you for your time and effort in bringing this content. Greatly appreciated.
Awesome video, like all the rest. Thank you for breaking everything down I've never really understood depth finders until now. I have a lowrance hook 2 7 I'm about to put on my yak and start fishing tournaments. Thanks for all the tips and advise keep up the great work Gene.
That was great Gene. Thanks for answering some of my questions from the last video. Please keep the fish finder videos coming! Need all the help I/we can get!
Awesome Video! I just installed a New Finder and cant wait to try it after watching this video.
Awesome video fluke. Can you show how you approach those spots and cast to them?
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I learned a LOT and think I'll be able to catch tons more fish than I traditionally have.
Another fantastic video. I'd like to know what you were seeing on your traditional sonar at 5:44 in the video.
Best fish finder video Ive seen.
Needed this video so bad, thank you for this!!
Great video Gene! I have bought a decent fish finder this year (Humminbird Helix 7) for my kayak this year and have yet to catch a bass off shore with it. Will use these tips and see what i can do. Next video I would like to see is you show the fish on your FF and than cast at them and catch them.
Excellent vid, very informative. Just got into boating and you answered a lot of my remaining questions.
This video is awesome! I’ll be getting my first fish finder in a month or so and this video was a big help.
INCREDIBLY HELPFUL VIDEO FLUKE THANKS BROTHER...!!!!!!!!
Really great video . Thanks for the info .
Awesome video Gene. Looking to get into fish finders. I want to start with just mapping, temps and depth. Thanks for the pointers! You’re awesome! Huge fan.
Hi from deep south GA. Great vid, most of the fish finder vids use stored graphs. I like the fact that yours was splashed and dirty just like mine stays on my kayak despite my best efforts, LOL. I think more of helping people ID fish is going to be the ticket, especially those of us that pond/small lake fish.
Great video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise.
Thanks Gene that was a very informative video, I hope I can remember to use what you just taught me.
What I want to see more of is ME catching fish (LOL) (North Carolina) Great explanation.
Great video I had no idea that you can see the thermocline on a fish finder
Nice video. Hope to see more fish finder videos.
I may have missed something about the thermal line on your depth finder. Help me out, how to to spot or find?
Great video
Awesome video. Thanks for the quality content Fluke.
Great video Gene! Thanks for going into detail. Tight lines!
Awesome video. Can you do one of these for side imaging?
Awesome video, thanks for sharing!
awesome video, I want to get me a kayak with the same setup as yours, has everything one needs.
Are you fishing the bassmaster tournament in Michigan this weekend?
Great video! Can’t wait to see another sonar video!
This is exactly what I needed. Thank you.
Thanks for the help I like that lake to but ever since I started kayak fishing there I've yet to catch a fish there anymore lol. I have a lowrance now so hopefully this helps.
Excellent video Gene.
Awesome video, I’d like to see the map view of when you come back to fish and how you position over the places you marked. Basically after you find the fish how to come back without spooking them again
My thoughts exactly.....would love to see this as well. Thanks Gene!
Yes, this has been one of my biggest issues, taking my eyes off the screen and looking out over the water, trying to find and setting up on my waypoints, and knowing where the structure / fish is located in reference to my marked on screen way point.
Just started using a fish finder and u have the same question
Good vid. How bout setting the fish finder up to get the best quality imagine.
I think alot of guys that have been bass fishing for 30 or 40 years that dont have a clue about anything but reading depth . Im guilty of it too. Thanks for the primary facts that other guys assume we all know . Ive bass fished since 1969. If you use this info , you will do much better .
This type of fishing would be my third choice, as I just broke down and bought a fish finder. I do appreciate you sharing sir. Please share your thought process as you approach a tournament. What is your must do to prepare?
How does your kayake handle the big waves from motor boats. I bought a fishing kayak 3 years ago but have only used it floating the creeks. I have flipped it once where I got sideways up next to a downed tree. Surprisingly it flipped quick. Ive been wanting to fish some lakes around here but am a little concerned about the motor boats and we have lots of fisher people here. My kayak is a sturdy well built fishing kayak but as we know all kayaks can flip. Bona-fide i think is how its spelled, is what I have
Great video. It was very helpful
Thank you
I need five of that last fish you caught this coming weekend on Clear Lake in California both on Saturday and Sunday! Can you make that happen!? Lol! Good video keep them coming.
AWESOME video I learn so much from you .Thank you.
Great information, what beam width were you using?
This video helped me immensely
Hey Gene, I recently retired and I'm exploring fishing to occupy my time. I've seen a lot of educational videos on fishing but yours are the best by far!, keep doing what you do.
Thank you.
Great video learned a lot in a few minutes. Thanks for sticking with down image over side. Lots of folks doing you tube are explaining side image which would be great if I had it. I'm using a Ray Marine Dragonfly 5 could you get into how to utilize the SD cards and get charts. For now I'm using my phone for so-so charts via Fishbrain Pro subscription for $75/year. Thanks again for all the knowledge. Does that app you use offer charts?
Very well done, just what I was looking for, thank you.
Glad it helped!
Love it classic catch a fish and bam the intro you know your watching a good vid
Great video bro really informative
awesome video. question- what kayak are you running and what trolling motor set up? thanks
I run a Bonafide SS127 with a MotorGuide Xi3 kayak motor
@@Flukemaster thanks hoss!
I definitely learned something with this video, coming from Florida to sc this helped me out
Enjoyed the video keep them coming 😃
That was a really good video.
But where did you catch the fish? On the road bed?
Good vid Gene thanks for the info stay safe ....
More boat vids would be awesome
Hey can you do a video just like this but on some of the more affordable units to kayak angler's
Great video Gene . Thank you I learned alot , especially about the thermocline area's . The sonar window does confuse me a little . but looking at the down imaging helps me alot better to understand what I am seeing . Could you spend sometime explaining the sonar part ? Thank you I loved this video great catch this is getting saved into favorites lol !
Yes, I’m curious about that too. For instance, at 1:13pm there are a lot of arcs on the sonar, but nothing on the down view. I’m curious what those are and why you knew to ignore. Thanks for the content.
Great video, my question is what craft is he on and how is it powered?
I’m on a Bonafide SS127 kayak and I have an electric motor in the back.
@@Flukemaster Thank you, sir! Love the videos! Learning to up my fishing skills and on the hunt for my new PB down here in FL.
Awesome. Good luck
Great video! Although I'm still clueless, this video shed some light for me. My Q is do you always make casts to areas that you'd just passed on? IOW, you don't cast to places where your fish finder hasn't been to. Is that correct? Also, can't you just drop the bait from your boat rather than making a cast? I've seen some folks do just that and if that's the case when do you decide to drop a bait directly below your boat? Thank you so much for your time and God bless!
Maybe you explained it on another video, but I was constantly wondering what the symbols on the mapping meant, the XX I presumed are known "fish attractors" but there are circles and triangles as well.
This video helped me so much, thank you.
Great vid. Can you tell me why on 2d it looks like fish arches but on down imagining it looks clear. It’s a little confusing
It's due to the shape of the signal. The 2d is a round signal and the down imaging is a narrow oval going from side to side. The fish stay in the 2d signal longer.
Flukemaster was gonna ask the same question but figured I wasn’t the only one😁😂
Flukemaster thanks really enjoying your videos. Keep up the great work
Thank you so much. This is a great help
great video. it helps out alot
Ok, when you went back to fish those spots where you saw bass, if they were in less than 12 feet - I’m thinking you went back and made your casts based strictly on the map/waypoint rather than 2d/di - Right ? Thanks for these vids - so helpful 😊‼️
What are all the other arches that were mid to top of the screen? This definitely helped me out a lot. I was looking for the wrong stuff the entire time
small pieces of debris in the water. There was an algae bloom last week and that was larger chunks of it in the water column.
Great video. I might have just learned something.
Do you or could you make a video of a buyers guide to getting a fish finder or your fish fish finder? (tournament ready/ fun fishing)
Thanks for the video, 1 Question,, How do you know what side of your kayak to throw your bait at to target the fish
I'm still struggling to find this out as a new angler and I haven't found any video on this yet
Thank you like always awesome 👏 video
Well done video. Why raymarine units? Im currently running lowrance units on the boats and kayak but thinking of swapping everything out for hummingbird or raymarine.
I was sponsored by them last year. I'm thinking about going back to Lowrance or Humminbird myself. I need a unit with a good map.