anyone know about lake O fish

[chukkk]

I was about a mile out of Ashbridges bay today on lake Ontario. I seen on my fish finder hundreds of good size fish in 40 fow all between 20 and 30 feet deep. I tried gulp minnows and everything else like lures, jigs etc and never got a nibble. This parade kept up for a couple of hours .

 

Would these be trout and what is the best method to catch them . The water was clear for several feet down.

 

Any suggestions would be most welcome

[Spiel]

Well the first thing I'd ask you is, does your sonar display those neat little fish icons/symbols?

Followed by, what setting did you have the sensitivity at?

 

With the info given I'd wager you were marking baitfish.

[chukkk]

Thanks Spiel ...That is a distinct possibility as I had the sensitivity set to high as I was trying to see my lure . Yes it does have the fancy little fish symbols and that is the closest thing I saw to a fish all day. It is a Humminbird x717 fish finder

[Spiel]

Chukkk if you're running the the graph with those little fish symbols the first thing you need to do is turn 'em off, they're meaningless! With that done it's time to adjust the sensitivity, you can in most cases set it up high enough to see the lure but with the fish I.D off you'll learn to differentiate what is fish, noise clutter and bait.

[chukkk]

Thanks very much for your help spiel.. I have just got back into fishing after a lifetime of working. I have all the toys plus some that I really don't need but I'm sure we all do. Thanks to help like yours I am learning. This forum is standard for me on a daily basis and it is amazing what you can learn here especially by just asking for help.

 

I will take your advice on the fish finder in fact I will have to go right this afternoon (lol) to try it out

 

Thanks again