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Ok guys what do you look for on your sonar when trying to locate perch? I've always been told they will look like a weed bed on bottom and you will rarely mark individual fish. Sometimes this seems to work sometimes not so much! Any help would be great!

That's how I usually locate them but sometimes also I will mark very few n catch a bunch!!! I will be out Tonight trying for salmon but I will try to take a few pics of what I think they are on my graph

Ya I have a pic on my phone of what I thought were perch but we caught nothing! But I can't figure out how to post a pic yet!

I use down imaging to located Perch. Next time out I will get a snap shot and post it.

Y down imaging over sonar???? Just curious to know

Noah wrote:

Y down imaging over sonar???? Just curious to know

I run down scan split screen with regular sonar. The down scan has better individual target separation in my opinion.

SafeCracker wrote:

Noah wrote:

Y down imaging over sonar???? Just curious to know

I run down scan split screen with regular sonar. The down scan has better individual target separation in my opinion.

Exactly. When I find perch on down imaging, I know without a shadow of a doubt its perch. With regular sonar it could be gobies, rough bottom etc etc.

I found this image on the web that illustrates what it looks like when they are hugging tight to the bottom. Boosting the color line on your sonar helps to distinguish bottom from fish on the bottom. I circled the area of fish holding tight.



Not having your sonar unit set up and adjusted properly will let you keep on driving past fish like this.

I always thought those were rocks on the bottom