Quick disclosure, This is a long read, Im brand new to fish finders, i have no idea what im doing lol

 

I have a canoe with a trolling motor with a lowrance trolling motor mount. i also have a separate 12v battery for the fish finder.

 

I tried my fish finder on a local pond that wasn't more than 10ft deep. the pond was covered in weeds. all i could see was blobs and lines over the screen. It seemed like it was telling me the right depth.

 

I took the fish finder home, took it off the trolling motor and put the transducer vertically on a floating device and through it in the pool in my back yard. Less blobs but still blobs and lines in crystal clear pool water. 

 

I call lowrance  tell them my problems, they tell me to send the unit back, 2 weeks later they send the unit back and say theres no problem. 

 

I retest the fish finder in pool again , same problem.

 

I bought a lowrance hook 4 with the same transducer as mine, swap out transducers and retest. Same problem

 

I try the hook 4 with its transducer, the same problem. blobs and lines

 

I have my settings to shallow and sensitivity to auto. i tried different frequencies and surface noise settings, still the same

 

Im attaching photos and videos

 

Videos

https://goo.gl/photos/6i2KU1ApnT94yxWh8

 

https://goo.gl/photos/TruVr9sdsBrxfUVw8

 

https://goo.gl/photos/KyeUdQpPfc7aGB3g7

 

https://goo.gl/photos/Ltkvaxbv8rJ3Qc3d8

 

Please help

 

Did it look like that while you were moving with it on the boat?

15 minutes ago, Savage33 said:

Did it look like that while you were moving with it on the boat?

 

yeah looked like that and worse.

3 minutes ago, xDirty said:

 

yeah looked like that and worse.

 

What do you mean when you say you put the transducer vertically on a floating device?

Maybe you can post pics of it setup on the canoe and setup in the pool.

What transducer do you have selected?

I had the HDI selected when the wizard came up.

I took it off the canoe so i dont have pics of that setup

 

Heres a pic of the setup in pool

can you show us what the transducer is mounted too it looks like its taped to some pool noodles 

nothing really to show, those are two water bottles taped together

Go into your installation settings and make sure you have the correct transducer selected.  

 

Good luck.

They sent me a new transducer and it works now. Something is going on in the pool and it doesn't work right. I went to a lake with 20ft water and i was able to read everything. Thanks everyone from trying to help