Found a boat today

 

Cool. Try again with less side distance set

Bass and White Perch around shad.

 

 

Cool. Try again with less side distance set

I was almost at the ramp when I noticed it. I know where it is now and will try and get a better pic

New toy

A 360 and a 5 port

New toy

A 360 and a 5 port

Showoff...lol

New toy

A 360 and a 5 port

 

 

Good setup.

 

It finds fish too:

 

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)

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Note that my speed is slow since I was basically drifting with a slow current.

Edited June 10, 201510 yr by juhealy

Any idea what this mass could be? Garmin Echo 201

Any idea what this mass could be? Garmin Echo 201

Bait ball

Bait ball

Without shad though... bluegill or perch?

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?

So

Some fish hanging around a brushpile.

Humminbird Helix 5 DI/GPS

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.

 

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.

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

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Chirp on left, 200 on right, off a standard transducer and same settings:

 

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?

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.

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.

 

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

Found 2 more boats today. just took a pic of one since it had fish on it

Did some messing around with the 899 today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great shots!