Super User Wayne P. Posted January 8, 2015 Super User Posted January 8, 2015 Wayne, is there any current running there? OK, this is getting to be cheating lol. Great thread. Amazing posts Wayne. Thanks for sharing them. No current in the first picture. It was on the same lake as the picture I sent you and preditor/prey post. Quote
Super User Paul Roberts Posted January 8, 2015 Super User Posted January 8, 2015 OK. I was wondering about the position of the bass in relation to the rocks. Also, what's going on at 15 ft there -in the 2D color shot? Plankton? Thermocline? 1 Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted January 8, 2015 Super User Posted January 8, 2015 OK. I was wondering about the position of the bass in relation to the rocks. Also, what's going on at 15 ft there -in the 2D color shot? Plankton? Thermocline? Good catch. The thermocline was just forming at the 15' level. Quote
prjavelin Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 What happens if you mount a trolling motor tranducer backwards and you move to the front. What kind of image do you get? Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted January 13, 2015 Super User Posted January 13, 2015 What happens if you mount a trolling motor tranducer backwards and you move to the front. What kind of image do you get? If it is a Side Imaging transducer you get the left side displayed on the right side and the right side displayed on the left side. Hank Parker had a XTM 9 SI 180 T attached backwards on his trolling motor a few years ago and didn't seem to notice the difference. When I saw that, I sent him a message about it and he never responded. I know how to install one, I have one that I don't use anymore. I wasn't unaware enough to attach it backwards. I copied this picture of a SI and a DI trolling motor puck installed. Quote
Super User Team9nine Posted January 14, 2015 Super User Posted January 14, 2015 Here's a few from my 798ci HD SI with compact (standard) transducer. Wayne, feel free to comment/correct anything I've labeled incorrectly. -T9 BLUEGILL SPAWNING BEDS SUBMERGED BRIDGE WITH RIPRAP BANK LINING ROADBED INTO CHANNEL AND CRAPPIE SUSPENDED AROUND/UNDER BRIDGE SCHOOL OF WHITE BASS HIGH IN WATER COLUMN WITH REFLECTED SHADOWS ON BOTTOM FEEDER CREEK SPLITTING A POINT WITH A LARGE WASHED IN TREE IN THE MOUTH Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted January 15, 2015 Super User Posted January 15, 2015 Here's a few from my 798ci HD SI with compact (standard) transducer. Wayne, feel free to comment/correct anything I've labeled incorrectly. -T9 BLUEGILL SPAWNING BEDS S00008.PNG SUBMERGED BRIDGE WITH RIPRAP BANK LINING ROADBED INTO CHANNEL AND CRAPPIE SUSPENDED AROUND/UNDER BRIDGE S00025.jpg SCHOOL OF WHITE BASS HIGH IN WATER COLUMN WITH REFLECTED SHADOWS ON BOTTOM S00049.jpg FEEDER CREEK SPLITTING A POINT WITH A LARGE WASHED IN TREE IN THE MOUTH SI5.JPG Good job of explaining what SI is showing. If you want to really sharpen the images, you can use the HDSI transducer instead. Sort of expensive though. 1 Quote
stfreed Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 Tire I found using side scan. That is a smallmouth bed just behind the tire and you can even see the four pound smallmouth as the white spot in the bed. We caught that fish. :-) Quote
Super User Hi Salenity Posted January 24, 2015 Super User Posted January 24, 2015 This was on a powerplant lake. The plant was down for a few days for repairs so the temps had dropped. This had the shad schooled up extremely tight. As I went over the school in the first pic the graph showed a false depth of 3'. Sorry I just took the pics with my phone... Lazy Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted January 24, 2015 Super User Posted January 24, 2015 This is a shad school at lunch time for bass and crappie that I took Tuesday. Only a few were large enough to be assiged the FishID symbols. This shad school was not disturbed, YET Quote
mik0317 Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 Just got a new Humminbird Helix 5 SI and saved some screenshots from first time on water with it. Still learning how to adjust settings and would appreciate any comments/suggestions. 1. Baitfish ball? 2. Crossing a channel or old roadbed? 3. Fish/baitfish? Thanks, Mike Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted March 14, 2015 Super User Posted March 14, 2015 Just got a new Humminbird Helix 5 SI and saved some screenshots from first time on water with it. Still learning how to adjust settings and would appreciate any comments/suggestions. 1. Baitfish ball? 2. Crossing a channel or old roadbed? 3. Fish/baitfish? Thanks, Mike Good looking settings and I agree with your image analysis. Quote
mik0317 Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 Thanks for the confirmation, Wayne! I have a question re: location of object indicated by the cursor in this screenshot - is the distance shown the surface distance or the slant distance to the object? Thanks, Mike Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted March 14, 2015 Super User Posted March 14, 2015 Thanks for the confirmation, Wayne! I have a question re: location of object indicated by the cursor in this screenshot - is the distance shown the surface distance or the slant distance to the object? Thanks, Mike Slant distance. When you do that, you can return to that location by watching the distance number change and do not have to create a waypoint. Quote
Super User Hi Salenity Posted March 14, 2015 Super User Posted March 14, 2015 Thanks for the confirmation, Wayne! I have a question re: location of object indicated by the cursor in this screenshot - is the distance shown the surface distance or the slant distance to the object? Thanks, Mike Is that 122' of water? WOW! Quote
mik0317 Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 Is that 122' of water? WOW! If I'm reading the info correctly, it's 122' slant distance to the marked object from the boat and the object is in 33' of water. Quote
Super User Hi Salenity Posted March 14, 2015 Super User Posted March 14, 2015 Lol, I need coffee. Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted April 6, 2015 Super User Posted April 6, 2015 I took this screen shot yesterday with the ONIX. It shows the vehicle creek crossing on the left side. All the other lines are vehicle tracks too. Quote
livemusic Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Wayne, you are to be commended for sharing your knowledge and your images! I think I saw where this thread began couple of years ago? Have there been tech enhancements since then? Is your model considered pretty state of the art? If not, what would you buy today? Do you consider your finder a must-have tool for you? Is there an appreciable difference in a unit that costs around $2,000+- versus one that costs $3,000 or more? Thanks. Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted April 22, 2015 Super User Posted April 22, 2015 Wayne, you are to be commended for sharing your knowledge and your images! I think I saw where this thread began couple of years ago? Have there been tech enhancements since then? Is your model considered pretty state of the art? If not, what would you buy today? Do you consider your finder a must-have tool for you? Is there an appreciable difference in a unit that costs around $2,000+- versus one that costs $3,000 or more? Thanks. PM sent Quote
Slefler Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 Sorry for the crappy picture, it was raining so I was trying to be quick, it's off a HDS7 Gen 2. I just wanna know if this anything or what I'm looking at. Quote
Slefler Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 Without the fish ID do you just go by the long arches? Is there a way to tell what kind of fish they might be off limited feedback like the picture without DS or SS? I've got both but I'm trying to get better with sonor first although I do love DS. Quote
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