Wayne P.

What you don't get is traditional sonar that has the inverted cone shaped pulse. It takes that type of sonar to fish stationary using a vertical presentation. The imaging technology is a search tool and takes movement for the imaging pulse to "scan" so it can produce the picture like images. For fishing you need both technologies. With the DSI units that would mean getting another traditional sonar unit as a companion.

I haven't seen anyone mentioning how deep is deep and its potential for fish location in the summer. If a body of water has no current, it will stratify and even water that is less than 20' deep will not have any fish on the bottom at the 20' level. Look up the defintion of THERMOCLINE. This image shows the thermocline and there would be no bass or their food deeper than about 22'..The deepest water in this area is about 43'. It also shows active feeding bass at about 17' on the edge of the drop on the left side of the image. Even a simple inexpensive sonar unit will show this feature and help you elimintate a lot of water that is devoid of fish.

No, it is HumminbirdPC like I stated. It was included with the purchase of a Navionics software card for sonar units. It has been discontinued since I got it, but is still supported. I don't know if that will be part of the future Navionics products or not. The Web App is their replacement for it. That is viewable by going to their web site and clicking on Products, then Web App. It contains most of their current data including an extra mapping layer is generated by users uploading their recordings to produce their own maps with HD contours where there are Navionics errors, less detail, or no data at all. Data applied to the Web App is updateable to mobile devices, but I don't know if it is or will be a shareable individual planning function. I think it may be when the popular Sonar Charts feature gets caught up with all the data being processed since that program is so new. Visit the Navionics site for more details. additional note: a Navionics rep visits this site occasionally and may have more input about what is ongoing.

I have the NavionicsPC App on my computer. I do the waypoint thing on my computer and have it set to sync with my other devices. Whatever I do on my computer shows up on my phone and tablet.

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Favorite waters are 1 hour, 1 1/2 hours, 10 hours and 17 hours. Closest is about 100 feet.

A friend of mine has a boat just like that. It is made of very thin aluminum. SInce it was so lightweight, we used to use it for frog gigging It was very unstable with just the two of us with just a gig, paddle, and flashlight. Both of us are around 170#. The last time I saw it, there was a crease in the middle of the bottom from one side to the other. Don't expect much from it and you won't be disappointed with it.

I assume you have a shoot-thru transducer installation instead of a thru-hull Lowrance installation on that high performance hull. That is a good installation for a fiberglass hull. Most won't install an Alumaducer shoot-thru in an aluminum hull for high speed use.

I base hook size on the bait size, I don't want the plastic to take up all the hook bend. The one I posted is 4/0 Additionally I largemouth bass fish and use an appropriate hook for that species.

The perfect weedless hook for wacky Senkos. They will handle any bass in any cover. You can't buy them, but you can make them like I do.

It is done via an Ethernet cable with Humminbird or Lowrance products that have that connection feature. Check the specs of the units you are considering if you want that function. Shared data is temperature, GPS data, sonar, and other sensors. Lowance just added map sharing for their current models.

Weighted swimbait hooks are what I use. I run the hook through the body and barely bury the point on top of the bait so not much hooksetting power is needed. I prefer the hooks with the spring keeper on the eye--easier to re-rig.

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Just use a 1 gallon milk jug filled with sand. Simple, easy, cheap.

Yes, to get high speed depth readings. It can be a foot higher and still get idle speed depth and scanning readings. Using the Imaging is an idle speed or trolling motor speed function. Good choice for a mounting surface for that large unit:

Hunting Run is easy to fish and you can catch dozens of them easily if you have minimum fishing skills and don't just beat the banks. It is loaded with small bass--has some large ones too. I have fished there 5 times this year and caught a total of 667 bass with the least number for one day being 63 on June 14th.

You have the right location, just the wrong position. You have to consider the width of that transducer--all of the bottom of the transducer should be below the hull bottom. The middle of the thickness of the left side should be even with the hull bottom--the bottom half would be below the level of the hull bottom. That would have most of the middle and all the right side below the hull bottom. The installation instructions show that postion.

For actually finding and fishing for fish, regular 2D sonar is best. Imaging will help you interpret what the 2D is showning. 2D sonar has a somewhat inverted cove shaped pulse and covers more area at one time. Imaging uses a thin front to back pulse that is wide to the sides and produces a somewhat picture like image. It takes movement for the imaging pulse to "scan" so the unit can produce the images. You need both for fishing.

You will not get on plane depth readings with the SI transducer in that position.

That model has an internal GPS antenna and a color display Stuff you would need Mount base MS M Power cord PC-10 Transducer XNT 9 20 T transducer for transom mount or transducer XP 9 20 T for shoot-thru or transducer XTM 9 20 T for trolling motor mount

SOME newer Lowrance units only have a MicroSD card reader. You cannot write mapping data to the mapping card unless you purchase the programming that the mapping companies use to mfg the card data---good luck with that.

The Sonar Tutorial on the Lowance web site will help you with how sonar works: http://support.lowrance.com/system/selfservice.controller?CONFIGURATION=1001&PARTITION_ID=1&secureFlag=false&TIMEZONE_OFFSET=&CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=2967

Yes, transom mount motors can be used at the bow with the head turned 180 degrees. A boat that small has limited room for a foot controlled motor and surface to attach it to the boat. There is also a foot controlled transom mount motor available too. That has less hardware. It is the Bulldog series Motor Guide.

The issue is not the sonar unit, it is the motor--fix that. One of the grounding measures is a ground wire from the trolling motor skeg to the negative of the sonar unit power cord. There are dozens of possible resolutions to the RFI issue. It may take rebuilding the motor itself or replacing the motor to eliminate it. A friend of mine using a Lowrance HDS at the bow had to get his MotorGuide Tour rebuilt to reduce the RFI and he still had to add a ground wire to eliminate it. One size does not fit all.

ANY electric motor/electronic circuit can affect a sonar unit if that RFI is on the same frequency/s that the sonar unit uses. It can be single motor of any brand or model of trolling motor.