Garmin: Traditional vs Clear Vu

[Bartableman7]

I see fish on a spot with traditional view and no fish using the clear vu screen.  Why?  Please explain the difference.

[RHuff]

The arches on traditional MIGHT be fish.. It picks up anything that’s there from fish to floating debris to air bubbles. Clearvu on the other hand only picks up true structure. There are no arches or anything on clearvu. The only thing that clearvu picks up on a fish is it’s air sack. It will be a fine or definite dot. When you put the two side by side and you see brush on the bottom with arches it could be fish or could be something else. If you see arches in tradition and nothing in clearvu it is probably not bass.. 

 

Key: Put traditional and clearvu on split screen. Look for arches on traditional and dots on clearvu that resembles the same pattern. If they are truly bass you should see a dot in the same location on the clearvu screen as you see the arches.. Keep in mind the arch is picking up the top shape of the fish as the signal bounces off. If the arch is curved left or right then that is the fish swimming through or you passing over them on the signal cone. When I say match your arches with your dots I mean when your boat is at a stand still or drifting right over top of the fish..