Sea monster!

[Yak Fish]

Guys,
I captured this animal, whatever it is, just sound of the bay bridge yesterday using my new Humminbird Mega Imaging.
Whatever it is, it's clearly fish-like and hovering just off bottom. It's between 7 and 9 feet long.
Any clue what it is?

https://www.facebook.com/chesapeake....type=3&theater

Also, I'm finding myself staring only at the screen now. The new imaging is really cool.

[Mark]

Alan,

Looks like Chessie the Manatee lost has lost his bearings again.

[Yak Fish]

Alan,

Looks like Chessie the Manatee lost has lost his bearings again.

That seems to be the consensus. At first I thought it was a shark, but the tail is going the wrong direction. Then I thought, maybe a manatee but the tail looked forked. In the shadow it looks curved so maybe the tail just caught a funny shadow as it swam.

[Seasalt]

http://www.savethemanatee.org/chessie_bio.htm

chessie_lg.jpg

[Crotalus]

Don't have a clue what it is, but the water temps are still way too cold for a manatee to have made it's way up the bay.

[ronaultmtd]

Hard to say, but like you I am learning how to decipher the images on my 798 ci DI SI...I use the blue palette that I think makes it easier to see...a horizontial shaped tail is definitely a dolphin, whale, manatee trait and not a shark...pilot whales are about that size and can stay submerged for long periods of time...and you captured a nice school of fish about 10 feet off the left side about three feet off the bottom...

[EMSer]

I was going to say Sturgeon, but the tail seems wrong.

[dirtyjake237]

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Reminds me of a girl I met while serving overseas. I'll never forget a tail like that.

I have once again proven my wife to be correct that I should not have a social media account.

[LivinTheDream]

If you don't mind giving someone who only very recently purchased his first fish finder a lesson, how can you tell the length to be 7-9 feet from that image?

[Yak Fish]

If you don't mind giving someone who only very recently purchased his first fish finder a lesson, how can you tell the length to be 7-9 feet from that image?

That image is zoomed in 2X. However, from the fish finder screen I can move the cursor around and get an estimate.