Comfortably Numb Posted June 2, 2015 Posted June 2, 2015 Cool. Try again with less side distance set Quote
Super User slonezp Posted June 2, 2015 Super User Posted June 2, 2015 Cool. Try again with less side distance setI was almost at the ramp when I noticed it. I know where it is now and will try and get a better pic Quote
Super User Hi Salenity Posted June 2, 2015 Super User Posted June 2, 2015 New toy A 360 and a 5 port Quote
Super User slonezp Posted June 2, 2015 Super User Posted June 2, 2015 New toy A 360 and a 5 port Showoff...lol 1 Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted June 2, 2015 Super User Posted June 2, 2015 New toy A 360 and a 5 port Good setup. It finds fish too: 1 Quote
juhealy Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) I have a couple for the group. Looking for any and all advice/comments as I am VERY new to the electronics. I just got my boat a few weeks ago. I am using an Elite 7 HDI on the bow with the transducer mounted to the trolling motor. Over all very happy with the unit. I have only been playing with the overlays, and colors. I haven't touched any other settings yet. Not sure what this first picture is, I am assuming that what ever it is, it has the same hardness as the bottom since they are both yellow: Screen004 For this next one I am assuming bait fish around the rock on the bottom. What I don't know is where those vertical/diagonal lines on the down scan are coming from. (Ignore the vertical stripe on the Structure Scan, that is interference from the trolling motor that we are working on) Screen006 Note that my speed is slow since I was basically drifting with a slow current. Edited June 10, 2015 by juhealy Quote
MI.Kayaker Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Any idea what this mass could be? Garmin Echo 201 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted June 13, 2015 Super User Posted June 13, 2015 Any idea what this mass could be? Garmin Echo 201 Bait ball Quote
MI.Kayaker Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Bait ball Without shad though... bluegill or perch? Quote
Super User slonezp Posted June 13, 2015 Super User Posted June 13, 2015 I couldn't tell you what kind of bait. Looks like 8 or so larger fish surrounding it. Are you sure you don't have shad in the lake? Quote
kellenMO Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 So Some fish hanging around a brushpile. Humminbird Helix 5 DI/GPS Quote
Super User flyfisher Posted July 5, 2015 Super User Posted July 5, 2015 Question about the Helix 5 SI unit picture posted here...I am new to the unit and still learning it and have caught a few fish based on what i have seen on the screen. My question is why does the left side of the image show vertical lines? I know horizontal lines are from the kayak rocking side to side but i can't figure out why the vertical lines are there and only on one side. I guess it could be the bottom or because when the picture was taken i stopped moving. I did notice the same type of lines when i was paddling though too. Anyways, love the unit and am definitely getting into the whole electronics aspect of fishing, I think it is time to get some marker buoys though as it will help me to mark offshore type structure since i am in a kayak it makes a little more difficult to hold my position, especially after catching a fish. Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted July 5, 2015 Super User Posted July 5, 2015 Question about the Helix 5 SI unit picture posted here...I am new to the unit and still learning it and have caught a few fish based on what i have seen on the screen. My question is why does the left side of the image show vertical lines? I know horizontal lines are from the kayak rocking side to side but i can't figure out why the vertical lines are there and only on one side. I guess it could be the bottom or because when the picture was taken i stopped moving. I did notice the same type of lines when i was paddling though too. Anyways, love the unit and am definitely getting into the whole electronics aspect of fishing, I think it is time to get some marker buoys though as it will help me to mark offshore type structure since i am in a kayak it makes a little more difficult to hold my position, especially after catching a fish. Those lines look like wave action erosion at different water levels. Use about a 1/3 of the SI range you have set. Quote
NKY TRITON Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 Here is a shot of Chirp on the right versus 2d sonar on the left. The Chirp transducer (TM-150M) is on my trolling motor along with an LSS-1. The 2d is the bilge PDRT-WBL. Charlie Quote
Karma Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Cool pics I have been looking at upgrading the electronics the previous owner had on my boat when I bought it. Two Humminbird Piranha Max 10s. Forget being manufactured before I was born... I am pretty sure they were discontinued before I was born. I wish a few of you guys had included the name of the unit you were using with the photos. Quote
Super User tomustang Posted July 29, 2015 Super User Posted July 29, 2015 Chirp on left, 200 on right, off a standard transducer and same settings: 1 Quote
dolomieu Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 If you want to really sharpen the images, you can use the HDSI transducer instead. Sort of expensive though. I'm thinking about picking up a Helix 7 SI for my kayak. Would the HDSI transducer increase image quality a great deal over the compact transducer? What kind of price are we talking? ~$300? Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted July 29, 2015 Super User Posted July 29, 2015 I'm thinking about picking up a Helix 7 SI for my kayak. Would the HDSI transducer increase image quality a great deal over the compact transducer? What kind of price are we talking? ~$300? "a great deal"? no, better YES. It improves all SI models that are shipped with the compact SI transducer. Humminbird has a transducer exchange program. Contact them when you get the unit, and don't open the mount package. The exchange price including shipping is about $85 caskey_b that posted images above did that for his 899ci HD SI Combo. 1 Quote
nosdog2 Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 Here is a recent one from here in Maryland. This guy was in a boating accident right near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge about a week ago, they found him using side scan. RIP. 2 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted August 15, 2015 Global Moderator Posted August 15, 2015 Here is a recent one from here in Maryland. This guy was in a boating accident right near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge about a week ago, they found him using side scan. RIP. Creepy Quote
Super User slonezp Posted August 15, 2015 Super User Posted August 15, 2015 Found 2 more boats today. just took a pic of one since it had fish on it 1 Quote
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