fish hawk

[fish magnet 1]

Can anyone tell me what is the ideal temps to look for Kings

also how distinct is the temp change

just bought a new fish hawk, so don't know a lot about it

Also if any one knows how to determine the thermocline

on a hds7 Lawrence

any help would be appreciated 

Thanks

[whaler1]

Your going to get many different opinions to your question  They will all be right and they will all be wrong.  Although different people will prefer different temps, put me down for 50 degrees.

[fathobbit0074]

50

[Tim Bromund]

42 degree water for the bottom of your spread and and work up from there.  When the big mature kings are not actively feeding they like to hang in the ice water.

 

They will move up in the water column to feed and then drop back down,  but will still aggressively hit baits that swim past them.

 

Most of my bigger king bites come from the deeper rigs in the ice water.

 

Tim

Edited August 6, 2013 by Tim Bromund

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What Tim Said     

[hawkeye625]

Also agree with Tim, that being said my biggest fish 2 weeks ago came out of 60 degree water. 

 

The thermocline will show up a little lighter than a rigger line on your graph, it shows a light blue on my hds5.  If your not seeing it the water might be too mixed up from winds or your gain may not be set high enough.

[Gill-T]

Turn the sensitivity up and just drift before you start trolling.......you will be shocked what is under your boat when moving at super slow speeds. 

[ray koziatek]

http://www.wtv-zone.com/riparian/tempchart.html

[Big Dave]

42 degree water for the bottom of your spread and and work up from there.  When the big mature kings are not actively feeding they like to hang in the ice water.

 

They will move up in the water column to feed and then drop back down,  but will still aggressively hit baits that swim past them.

 

Most of my bigger king bites come from the deeper rigs in the ice water.

 

Tim

 

[Adk1]

actively feed 42-46 by the book  I have read

Edited August 7, 2013 by Adk1

[TyeeTanic]

Agreed with Tim.

 

We like to target 42F with at least 1 line (normally meat or MC Rocket) and definitely put most of our lines around 46 - 48F.  We never really go above 52F - unless we aren't producing much and want to have some fun with rainbows.

[fish magnet 1]

thanks for the great answers

[steelfire]

Fish magnet, you can usually see the thermocline on your lorwrance if you have the sensitivity turned all the way up. Mine is always set at 100%. Usually if the the thermocline is at say 80' you will see alot of clutter on the screen from the surface to 80' then it will clear up from 80'down. where it clears up is your thermocline. I can also sometimes see the arch of the current if we are trolling thru one. Its still amazes me to be able to see the fish on the sonar zoom up and follow the downrigger weights and either hit it or swim back down.

 

This sonar pic is from one of my local lakes from early spring. You can see the thermocline is about 10' down.

Edited August 10, 2013 by steelfire

[Rambo93]

steelfire, what is all that other clutter at about 20 feet

[steelfire]

Rambo93, Those are my four downrigger balls the sonar is tracking. There set at about 4 feet apart. That particular day all the rainbows that were actively feeding were from 20' down to 30'

[Rambo93]

Steelfire, I thought so but wasnt sure. Thanks! Very cool