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FCV-38 Fish Size Guide

FCV38

Written by Ian Upham

Updated at December 20th, 2022

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Fish Size Guide 

 

The following guide shows the basic tools used to measure Fish Size when using the FCV-38 Fish Finder. 

For more information, please refer to the Operators Manual : Operators Manual

 

Please Note : For the measurement tool to work, system must be in Split Beam mode (MODE : SB)

 

 

 

How to Show / Hide Fish Size Graph

 

 

1)   Click the Graph icon   Icon  Description automatically generated with medium confidence

 

 

2)   Click the Fish Size Graph icon   Qr code  Description automatically generated

 

 

 

 

You should now have a Graph shown on the screen that looks like this :

 

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Key information shown in the graph :

1)   Estimated size of largest fish detected

2)   Total number of fish detected

3)   Overall average size of fish detected


 

 

How to set the method of Measurement

 

*We recommend using the Specific area tool for testing the system performance

 

 

1)   Click the Sounder Icon   A picture containing text, picture frame  Description automatically generated

 

 

2)   Click the Fish Size Measurement Icon   A picture containing text, monitor, picture frame  Description automatically generated

 

 

3)   Click the Specific Area icon   A picture containing shape  Description automatically generated

 

 

4)   The Header bar should now show Fish Area “Size 1” and Mode “SB”

 

You can now use the trackball and cursor to select the area you want to measure.

 

Move the cursor to the area you want, click and hold the LEFT mouse button and drag the cursor to make a box.

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 Any fish inside the Yellow box will now be measured and the data shown in the Fish Size Graph.

 

 

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Check the Total number of fish detected number is Green.

For best results total number of fish over 100 is preferred.

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