WPCfishing Posted May 20, 2015 Posted May 20, 2015 My Lowrance 5x HDI is lousy in water less than 10 feet deep. Is anyone else experiencing this with there FF? Quote
Comfortably Numb Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 My HDS8 was terrible in shallow water. Just showed clutter Quote
wasabi_VA Posted May 25, 2015 Posted May 25, 2015 I'm struggling with the same issue with my Elite-4 HDI. Lots of clutter. Especially sucks for me as a crappie fisherman. Quote
Super User retiredbosn Posted May 27, 2015 Super User Posted May 27, 2015 I was under the impression that Di units do not work well in shallow water. I know u have to be moving for them to work. I have no idea how Lowrance Di units work when in 2d, but I suspect the unit is using a Di traducer and then translating that into a 2d display. If this is the case then there isn't much u can do. If, however, u have a standard transducetr then its a settings problem. BTW just because u have a display that is capable of Di that doesn't necessarily mean u have a Di transducer. Lowrance is pretty bad about selling units capable of Di and or Si but u have to purchase the transducer separately. This is one of the reasons I went Humminbird. I was looking at a Lowrance unit, the salesman informed me that although the unit was capable of structure scam and Di, that the transducers were extra, that it came with a standard transducer. Quote
Super User slonezp Posted May 28, 2015 Super User Posted May 28, 2015 Can you adjust the upper range? You should be able to get rid of much of the surface clutter. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted May 28, 2015 Global Moderator Posted May 28, 2015 My Garmin is very clear in shallow water (yes, those are shad/white bass it's reading). d Again (the spots on the DI side are water spots) Quote
Super User WIGuide Posted June 2, 2015 Super User Posted June 2, 2015 I'm struggling with the same issue with my Elite-4 HDI. Lots of clutter. Especially sucks for me as a crappie fisherman. Try taking you sensitivity off of auto and turning it down a bit. I've got an HDS Gen2Touch that reads great in shallow water and an older Lowrance that before my built in tm tranducer started to die was just as good. Quote
Comfortably Numb Posted June 2, 2015 Posted June 2, 2015 I never used auto sensitivety on a Lowrance. Shows way to much clutter like that. Quote
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