Whole in the Water
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Not sure but I would think that unless there was a big, dense school of them they may be hard to see on the sounder??
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Deepaaaar
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Squid looks more like lines than clouds.
Proframer
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Kinda what I thought, faint vertical blue lines often fills the hole screen?? probably means they are spread out more than other bait that shows red and orange.
Pretty sure I was seeing them deep, usually starting at 100 going down to 200.
Won't be back in Barkley until next season but excited to get back there.
Deepaaaar
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Sorry, I was meaning horizontal lines. Larger herring can looks similar, I think, but I've managed to target opal squid a time or two and they resembled horizontal linear features instead of the classic blotchy herring clouds.
Like black bombers (rockfish)?
Deepaaaar
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Oh, the marks are still small and resemble bait, unlike rockfish, but they have more horizontal texture and usually hug the bottom. I mean, I've only successfully targeted them a handful of times, so I'm not the definitive guide. I'd just have a squid jig ready to go on the boat at all times if you know they're around. A friend of mine tied up a rig with one squid jig and two or three sabiki-style flashy flies that herring would hit. That way he can drop it into the bait if he's unsure what it is and usually pick something up.
Doubleheader
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You’re looking for a thick line along the bottom, that’s the squid spawn. My Garmin shows up in blue. Can see the slabs mixed in their gorging.
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