Hey Zane, I have had swordfish chase a line of blue
eye to the boat late in the afternoon, all lit up
and aggressive, but i have never caught one bottom
fishing. I use 38 KHz as the sound footprint is
tighter than 28 Hz and you don’t get as much side
load scatter and interference on near vertical
bottom. When I was long lining for swords in the
same area we used to catch plenty of them with the
remains of reef fish and dogsharks in their guts, indicating that they were feeding close to the
bottom during the day. Also, an autoliner that
worked the same area used to catch the occasional
swordfish on his bottom set gear so we know they
are in the area. It’s just that in the time it
takes to fish and catch a swordfish, I can catch
more blue eye worth a lot more .I have never marked
one on the sounder as I have my sounder set on
40/80 fathom range and Shift. Bottom lock is set
so I’m just scanning the bottom 15 fathoms.If you
catch a good sword, email me a photo. Good luck.
Cheers,Jo Rowley
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