Nah...I've never caught or seen any fish on the sonar in the tires, but you ease on down about 75 or a 100 feet or so and you best hang on cause you either got fish or hang ups. When you see the tires, it's like a sign telling you to pay attention. The old tractor tire has about silted in, but they got smart and figured out how to stand the other 4 tires up.