Great pics man! I just love posts like these!!!

What unit were you using to take these?

hb 997

Here are my very first two and only two snapshots with my 998. It was so cool - I went to lewish smith lake for the first time and all structure, contourse, brush, timber, etc..was quite readily visible - I am sure I will get better with it in time.

I was struck by these photos particularly - I am not totally sure what they are - but we were casting to these floating docks on the lake - they are only held in place by cables above the water column so the side imaging can easily see under them - I think "fish" were stacked up under them? not entirely sure - Only hooked one fish on my first time use of a swimbait - hooked him on the shady side of that dock and he came unbuttoned :'( - we ended up catching a few nice fish a piece though - and of course I was peeled mainly to the screen which probably accounted for catching less fish - but an investment in future fishing excursions.

Thanks gale for your photos - you really can see rock pilings rock ledges, submerged trees - having fun with it so far - thanks for the photos!

On the negative side, my GPS isnt working - "no GPS fix" it reads - it reads as GPS connected, and it shows satellites on the diagnostic view - called hb customer service - they said something will likely need to be replace - but only they say a 3-5 day turn around to fix this - it was a huge bummer on my day though yesterday - I had spent probably 2 hours marking a number of really good points that looked prime - we will see how they turn it around - So far it is I suppose a testament to their customer service - if that is they turn it around quick - but it was a huge downer after spending 2 grand to get something that just doesnt work in a big way - no biggie though....the side imaging though and sonar features were spot on though - freaking awesome so far.

Sorry about the second snapshot - kinda ruined it with that range screen in the middle....

By the way, to give perspective - this was a creek arm off the main lake with floating docks just 5-10 feet from each side of the boat - the water drops off in this lake from the bank very quickely even in this creek arms down to 30-50 feet - this creek arm was probably ranging from 50 to 90 feet wide....

my 798 is doing the same thing. "no gps fix" I guess mine will have to go back too. Im glad they have good CS but its beginning to look like their quality control has been laid off.

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Yeah, if that is happening with any regularity, it will start to hurt their brand name - especially with every little thing making its way onto internet forums for everyone to read 

Otherwise, I am quite pleased with the unit and as long as they fix it then I will be happy - the turn around they said was 3-5 days - and they are gonna replace it if needed - I really think they will fix it quick - and if that is the case then I think that speaks volumes about the company, but yeah, perhaps not for QA department