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Update on Garmin Striker 7 sv. I've been trying to use the sv more often to learn how to interpret what I'm seeing. After adjusting the mounting, getting it more level, the signal is better, seems normal now. After playing around with the gain, I'm starting to see indications of what seems like fish. They appear as faint cloud images, not white dots as other unit show. The structure images are great. It helps alot to reduce the sv range to about 40 ft which helps structure and fish show up much clearer. I'll keep working with it to see if the cloud images are actually fish by going back over the area with the traditional view. It's so hard for me to take the time to learn this as I'm so focused on fishing. Sure that true for most of us. Going to go tomorrow and Friday so I'll report results afterwards.

Well I adjusted the transducer to make it more level. Seems to helped some. This is my first experience with dv and sv sounders to I'm going through a learning experience. I very much like the traditional view. I am starting to tell where the fish are now. It's definitely a trial and error learning experience. Had to play around with contrast and gain to get the best indication of fish, structure, etc. I'm still working with the settings on dv and sv. I can see the structure on dv and sv but am having problems picking up fish indications, especially on sv. I'll continue to adjust the settings to see if I can improve get a better indication of the fish. Sure hope so after spending $500. I'll keep you informed.

Ordered mine from BPS 2 wks ago. Go it last week.Mounted it and took it out to a city lake close by. Screen displays are great. My transducer is not perfectly level so the sv trend is off somewhat. I've adjusted it and plan to take it back to the lake tomorrow. So, so far I really like the traditional and dv. I'll report on the sv later.

I grew up on Santee. Had a house on Wyboo. Fished alot of club tournements, won some. Haven't fished it in 20 years, but I'll give you my 2 cents worth. Wyboo, Potato Creek, Taw Caw are NOT the best areas to fish. Like you said, its tough. Best bet is to wait until late april/may and start fishing top water. Try the flats out on the main lake headed toward Goat Island. Fish the cyprus trees/grass beds and back water ponds. My suggestion for this time of year would be to follow the dam over to the Rocks Pond area. Lots of back water ponds over there;good fishing. Also lots of flats with cyprus trees. Also trailer up to Packs Landing at the North end of the lake. Great fishing up there; SB/worms around the cypress trees/grass. One of the hottest areas this time of year is in the lower lake around Angels landing. Its a good boat ride from Wyboo but worth it. Follow the dam all the way to the canal, go down the canal and turn left. Find Angels landing and go back iinto the coves, backwater ponds. You'll have lots of company. Hope this helps. Really miss that lake. There are 30+ lbs sacks caught this time of year up there. Good fishing.