Sonar Data Collection

1 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

receive sonar data recorded by a sonar device on a marine vessel, wherein the sonar data is recorded during a plurality of fishing trips;

analyze the sonar data to detect sonar data corresponding to one or more fish;

receive locations corresponding to the fish; and

use the locations to display the detected fish on a map.

2 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the locations are recorded by a Global Positioning System (GPS) device on the vessel.

3 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein a record of the detected fish and locations are transmitted to a cloud software service.

4 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to:

receive dates, times, environmental conditions, or combinations thereof corresponding to the sonar data; and

display the dates, times, environmental conditions, or combinations thereof on the map.

5 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to use the locations to display the detected fish on the map comprise computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to indicate locations with a sonar signal return greater than a predetermined sonar signal return level.

6 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to:

analyze the sonar data to detect one or more structures; and

display the structures on the map.

7 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to:

analyze the sonar data to estimate the size or depth of the detected fish based on sonar signal return strength; and

display the size or depth on the map.

8 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to use the locations to display the detected fish on the map comprise computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to display a concentration of detected fish on the map.

9 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to use the locations to display the detected fish on a map comprise computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to display the detected fish on the map using colors, patterns, or numbers.

10 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to remove false positives from the sonar data.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to remove false positives comprise computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to compare the sonar data to stored sonar data recorded at a same location as the sonar data.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to remove false positives comprise computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to compare the sonar data to stored sonar data recorded at a different location from the sonar data.

13 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

receive a location, a date, a time, environmental conditions, or combinations thereof;

retrieve sonar data recorded during a plurality of fishing trips corresponding to the location, date, time, environmental conditions, or combinations thereof; and

display the retrieved sonar data on a map.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to display the retrieved sonar data on the map comprise computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to indicate areas with a sonar signal return greater than a set sonar signal return level.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the retrieved sonar data comprises individual records of detected fish.

16 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

receive a location, a date, a time, environmental conditions, or combinations thereof;

retrieve sonar data recorded using a sonar device on a marine vessel corresponding to the location, date, time, environmental conditions, or combinations thereof; and

analyze the retrieved sonar data to determine one or more suggested fishing locations.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to display the suggested fishing locations on a map.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the sonar data comprise sonar data recorded during a plurality of fishing trips.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the retrieved sonar data comprises individual records of detected fish.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to analyze the retrieved sonar data to determine one or more suggested fishing locations comprise computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to suggest fishing locations with a greater than average number of detected fish.