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  • Sea monster!

    Guys,
    I captured this animal, whatever it is, just sound of the bay bridge yesterday using my new Humminbird Mega Imaging.
    Whatever it is, it's clearly fish-like and hovering just off bottom. It's between 7 and 9 feet long.
    Any clue what it is?

    https://www.facebook.com/chesapeake....type=3&theater

    Also, I'm finding myself staring only at the screen now. The new imaging is really cool.

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  • #2
    Alan,

    Looks like Chessie the Manatee lost has lost his bearings again.
    Mark
    Pasadena, MD


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    • #3
      Originally posted by Mark View Post
      Alan,

      Looks like Chessie the Manatee lost has lost his bearings again.
      That seems to be the consensus. At first I thought it was a shark, but the tail is going the wrong direction. Then I thought, maybe a manatee but the tail looked forked. In the shadow it looks curved so maybe the tail just caught a funny shadow as it swam.

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      • #4
        http://www.savethemanatee.org/chessie_bio.htm

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        • #5
          Don't have a clue what it is, but the water temps are still way too cold for a manatee to have made it's way up the bay.
          Kevin

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          • #6
            Hard to say, but like you I am learning how to decipher the images on my 798 ci DI SI...I use the blue palette that I think makes it easier to see...a horizontial shaped tail is definitely a dolphin, whale, manatee trait and not a shark...pilot whales are about that size and can stay submerged for long periods of time...and you captured a nice school of fish about 10 feet off the left side about three feet off the bottom...
            Last edited by ronaultmtd; 04-11-2017, 07:24 AM.
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            • #7
              I was going to say Sturgeon, but the tail seems wrong.
              Bruce

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              • #8
                images.jpg

                Reminds me of a girl I met while serving overseas. I'll never forget a tail like that.

                I have once again proven my wife to be correct that I should not have a social media account.

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                • #9
                  If you don't mind giving someone who only very recently purchased his first fish finder a lesson, how can you tell the length to be 7-9 feet from that image?
                  Bill

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by LivinTheDream View Post
                    If you don't mind giving someone who only very recently purchased his first fish finder a lesson, how can you tell the length to be 7-9 feet from that image?
                    That image is zoomed in 2X. However, from the fish finder screen I can move the cursor around and get an estimate.

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