Lowrance Elite-4X Dsi Fishfinder

[NEjitterbugger]

I am looking to get one of these for my canoe, it will be my first time using electronics for fishing. I really want to be able to distinguish drop offs/ ledges, etc. will this get the job done?

 

Thanks

[zachb34]

It will do what you ask and more I can see every piece of grass sticks everything I can even tell the bottom composition and see a thermocline if there is one

[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.

[tnriverluver]

It will do what you ask and more I can see every piece of grass sticks everything I can even tell the bottom composition and see a thermocline if there is one

This!!!  I have several Elite4 DSI Gps, and Elite5 DSI Gps, along with a Mark4 DSI gps units.  They are amazing units for what they will show you in amazing detail.  I still have a traditional sonar in each of my boats also but seldom if ever even turn them on anymore.  And don't listen to people that tell you they won't show fish.  Just the opposite is the truth, from the tiniest minnow to the big fish chasing that same minnow will be seen if you learn how to read what you are seeing on the screen.

[Wayne P.]

This!!!  I have several Elite4 DSI Gps, and Elite5 DSI Gps, along with a Mark4 DSI gps units.  They are amazing units for what they will show you in amazing detail.  I still have a traditional sonar in each of my boats also but seldom if ever even turn them on anymore.  And don't listen to people that tell you they won't show fish.  Just the opposite is the truth, from the tiniest minnow to the big fish chasing that same minnow will be seen if you learn how to read what you are seeing on the screen.

Can you see fish and your presentation when using vertical presentations using Down Scan?

[tnriverluver]

Can you see fish and your presentation when using vertical presentations using Down Scan?

Yes you can as long as the bait is moving a little you can even watch the fish hit the bait.  There is a video on youtube of a guy crappie fishing vertical jigging with a 1/32 oz jig under a bridge on the Tn River.  You can watch his jig and the crappie hitting it on his Elite4.  This is what sold me on these units.  The fish do not show up as fish or arches on these units but as a line that moves as the fish swims though the beam.  For instance you can pull up over a bait ball that will be very obvious as to what it is and watch the big fish underneath feeding on the bait.  They will show up as a diagonal line as they move up from underneath to attack.  Lowrance has a good tutorial on this.

[Wayne P.]

Thanks, so he is tied to the bridge to do that?

 

Can you do that with the use of a trolling motor and no anchor or tying to some structure and keep a jig, dropshot, blade bait, or spoon within the imaging pulse that is just a few inches from front to back?

 

I am well aware how stuff is represented with imaigng at speeds from zero to about 10 mph. I use it everyday, all day, when on the water.

[tnriverluver]

Thanks, so he is tied to the bridge to do that?

 

Can you do that with the use of a trolling motor and no anchor or tying to some structure and keep a jig, dropshot, blade bait, or spoon within the imaging pulse that is just a few inches from front to back?

 

I am well aware how stuff is represented with imaigng at speeds from zero to about 10 mph. I use it everyday, all day, when on the water.

I believe he was anchored at the time.  Can't find the video now but it was less than a year ago that it was posted.  As the fish move you will see them even if the boat is not moving.  2D does better at finding the fish when they are sitting still of course.

[Wayne P.]

I believe he was anchored at the time.  Can't find the video now but it was less than a year ago that it was posted.  As the fish move you will see them even if the boat is not moving.  2D does better at finding the fish when they are sitting still of course.

That is the point of my first post. You need both for fishing. Scanning is a search tool, stuff has to move or be within the very thin imaging pulse before the unit can display it.