sonar

[scoazectiti29]

Given that no explanation is given in the game regarding how the sonar works, I filed a support ticket but the person who took my request into account must not know this, they simply referred me to the discord or support forum.
It's not very professional, when I buy a device and I don't know how it works perfectly I read the instructions, I'm not going to look for other users to help me, if I pay for DLC it's also to buy explanations.
So here is my question; how does the sonar work, what are the areas that we see, the passage of fish, what direction, what distance, depth?.... thank you in advance.

[eddie]

you tube is great help for sonar

[scoazectiti29]

Originally posted by eddie:

you tube is great help for sonar

yes in English..... but I don't understand

[TayoReal]

sonar is just a gimmick, fishing in fishing planet games all depends on the weather. my advice is to play the game first without dlc at least until lvl 50 to understand the game as a whole and then decide whether to buy DLC or not.

[Sup_DiM0N]

Fish only spawns at the tip of the hook, there are no fish freely swimming in the water, what you see is animation just like fish jumping or dolphins.

[Rdizz]

The way I have been using it and with success.

The echo sounder and radar really are just giving you spots where fish can spawn, if that makes sense. So for immersion just pretend there are school of fish below you.

the sonar will tell you where around your boat as indicated by the Triangle the Front tip is the front of your boat the back of the triangle is the rear. Position your boat accordingly as you can only fish from the rear.

An outline fish is top water, lined is mid water table, & solid are bottom fish. (as can be seen on the bottom left corner of the sonar screen) The circles are the distance, for this I mean.. I don't know just use your best judgement. Last line far cast, middle line medium cast and closest line short cast.

The echo finder tells you the specific depth and the size. so reading the echo finder is a bit more precise and from what I gather all the information comes from the back of the boat.

so if an echo finder looks like this (see below). You would want to use a medium sized hook for mid water for a fish you think would be in that area for best chances of catching a fish. and if a Fat boi is at the bottom maybe a larger hook on a bottom rod with some finely cooked steak perfectly seasoned.


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If you use these tools correctly you will be able to find your own hotspots. They are all over the map. One of the best things I find about the ocean map is these hot spots are easier to find and plentiful unlike most of the other lakes where its really just one spot people farm. The ocean map really gives you reason to hunt. These spots do change so you can hunt all day. Every part of the day can be fished now as opposed to most of the other lakes when its not peak time you advance time. I find in the ocean you can always find honey hole somewhere.

[bplus410]

Originally posted by TayoReal:

sonar is just a gimmick, fishing in fishing planet games all depends on the weather. my advice is to play the game first without dlc at least until lvl 50 to understand the game as a whole and then decide whether to buy DLC or not.

How does this help the OP in any way?

Regarding your post... I'm not level 50 and approaching 800 hrs. The dlcs I've purchased expedited leveling to access waterways and better utilize the waterways that have been unlocked. I wouldn't still be grinding this game with it's deliberate gate keeping if I didn't purchase dlcs. Don't get me wrong I absolutely despise their business model! In spite of that I don't have a problem tossing in a few $s in for the game play they've created every few hundred hours of usage.

[Sup_DiM0N]

Sonar is very good at finding depth and the rest is whatever you like to believe and imagine.

[TayoReal]

Originally posted by bplus410:

Originally posted by TayoReal:

sonar is just a gimmick, fishing in fishing planet games all depends on the weather. my advice is to play the game first without dlc at least until lvl 50 to understand the game as a whole and then decide whether to buy DLC or not.

How does this help the OP in any way?

Regarding your post... I'm not level 50 and approaching 800 hrs. The dlcs I've purchased expedited leveling to access waterways and better utilize the waterways that have been unlocked. I wouldn't still be grinding this game with it's deliberate gate keeping if I didn't purchase dlcs. Don't get me wrong I absolutely despise their business model! In spite of that I don't have a problem tossing in a few $s in for the game play they've created every few hundred hours of usage.

btw my advice is my own personal experience. I bought dlc after playing this game 300hours (sturgeon farming) and even then I bought only congo 1 week dlc (the one without boat) and yes from lvl 50 to 80 at that time I only needed less than a week. now I'm level 90 with a total of 600hours playing.

[TayoReal]

Originally posted by TayoReal:

Originally posted by bplus410:

How does this help the OP in any way?

Regarding your post... I'm not level 50 and approaching 800 hrs. The dlcs I've purchased expedited leveling to access waterways and better utilize the waterways that have been unlocked. I wouldn't still be grinding this game with it's deliberate gate keeping if I didn't purchase dlcs. Don't get me wrong I absolutely despise their business model! In spite of that I don't have a problem tossing in a few $s in for the game play they've created every few hundred hours of usage.

btw my advice is my own personal experience. I bought dlc after playing this game 300hours (sturgeon farming) and even then I bought only congo 1 week dlc (the one without boat) and yes from lvl 50 to 80 at that time I only needed less than a week. now I'm level 90 with a total of 600hours playing.

and why do I say sonar is just a gimmick? yes because so far playing fishing planet I used sonar only to find out how deep the water is. whether there are fish in a location or not? it depends on the weather on the fishing planet.

[Rdizz]

Originally posted by TayoReal:

Originally posted by TayoReal:

btw my advice is my own personal experience. I bought dlc after playing this game 300hours (sturgeon farming) and even then I bought only congo 1 week dlc (the one without boat) and yes from lvl 50 to 80 at that time I only needed less than a week. now I'm level 90 with a total of 600hours playing.

and why do I say sonar is just a gimmick? yes because so far playing fishing planet I used sonar only to find out how deep the water is. whether there are fish in a location or not? it depends on the weather on the fishing planet.

I have found this to be somewhat true in the lakes but my experience has been completely different on the ocean map, and I hope this makes its way into the fresh water.

If you see fish on the sonar they are there in the ocean map. Unless you are near birds.... At that point the sonar shows nothing... I do not know why this is but it is. Birds = fish even if sonar says no. Without birds you can rely on the sonar.

if you are in a spot that is showing fish on the sonar/echo and not catching anything simply put yo are using the wrong setup. Change your Bait/Lure hook size and try again. You will without a doubt always snag a fish if the sonar says they are there.

This has just been my experience with it. But not so much on the fresh water lakes... Mostly its just go here pluck em outta ah barrel and forward time.

[Geauxboy]

Originally posted by Rdizz:

The way I have been using it and with success.

The echo sounder and radar really are just giving you spots where fish can spawn, if that makes sense. So for immersion just pretend there are school of fish below you.

the sonar will tell you where around your boat as indicated by the Triangle the Front tip is the front of your boat the back of the triangle is the rear. Position your boat accordingly as you can only fish from the rear.

This is the way I look at it too. It is very helpful and accurate when looking for hot spots, but of course as another poster said, it's really just a visual and is not accurate at all because the game's rng is coded differently.

[TayoReal]

Originally posted by TayoReal:

Originally posted by TayoReal:

btw my advice is my own personal experience. I bought dlc after playing this game 300hours (sturgeon farming) and even then I bought only congo 1 week dlc (the one without boat) and yes from lvl 50 to 80 at that time I only needed less than a week. now I'm level 90 with a total of 600hours playing.

and why do I say sonar is just a gimmick? yes because so far playing fishing planet I used sonar only to find out how deep the water is. whether there are fish in a location or not? it depends on the weather on the fishing planet.

as context right fish finder, center sonar echo, left speedometre
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198980654099/screenshot/2441595099900705113/

[TayoReal]

Originally posted by Rdizz:

The way I have been using it and with success.

The echo sounder and radar really are just giving you spots where fish can spawn, if that makes sense. So for immersion just pretend there are school of fish below you.

the sonar will tell you where around your boat as indicated by the Triangle the Front tip is the front of your boat the back of the triangle is the rear. Position your boat accordingly as you can only fish from the rear.

An outline fish is top water, lined is mid water table, & solid are bottom fish. (as can be seen on the bottom left corner of the sonar screen) The circles are the distance, for this I mean.. I don't know just use your best judgement. Last line far cast, middle line medium cast and closest line short cast.

The echo finder tells you the specific depth and the size. so reading the echo finder is a bit more precise and from what I gather all the information comes from the back of the boat.

so if an echo finder looks like this (see below). You would want to use a medium sized hook for mid water for a fish you think would be in that area for best chances of catching a fish. and if a Fat boi is at the bottom maybe a larger hook with some finely cooked steak perfectly seasoned.


____________________________________________________
-20


-50 ><(_)>



-100 ><(___)>
_____________________________________________________

If you use these tools correctly you will be able to find your own hotspots. They are all over the map. One of the best things I find about the ocean map is these hot spots are easier to find and plentiful unlike most of the other lakes where its really just one spot people farm. The ocean map really gives you reason to hunt. These spots do change so you can hunt all day. Every part of the day can be fished now as opposed to most of the other lakes when its not peak time you advance time. I find in the ocean you can always find honey hole somewhere.

the person who made the discussion only asked about how "sonar" works and he didn't give an explanation about what sonar he meant because now fishing planet especially kaiji no ri map has 2 namely echo sounder and fish finder and he blamed fishing planet without giving an explanation. you have given a good explanation. .

[scoazectiti29]

thank you very much Rdizz for taking the time for such an explanation, only I forgot to specify that I am talking about the sonar of my boat in fresh water, and in any case the Google translation of your text really gives something of incomprehensible in French.

I can see the depth clearly, but that's the rest, where are the fish that I see passing by?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3271692702

and when I move forward, what do these peaks correspond to? we no longer see any fish

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3271692953

[Sup_DiM0N]

Fishfinder can only operate at slow speeds and them spikes just fishfinder incomprehensible reading so you need to slow down for it to work. The thing you see passing by are ghosts they are not there, but you can stop your boat and try to cast few times and you might get something to spawn. Just search YouTube for hotspots whatever fish you targeting otherwise you will waste time chasing ghosts.