Thread: Discussion on Lowrance Elite 5 DSI/Chartplotter ....

I don't think image 6 is showing your "line" ... but, it may be showing your bait or a large sinker being pulled back in

The last image is likely the thermocline ... it's at about the right depth for this time of year.

Nice images !!

I'm assuming the contours are from the base map, as I've seen those 7/17/27 foot contours at Taylorsville ..... what lake were these taken at ??

You do know that you can zoom down closer to your waypoints than 150' .... and I gotta ask : "Did you catch any of those fish showing in your screenshots ??"

... cp

I haven't bought one yet, I was at Bass Pro in Branson and I looked at the elite seven are what ever it was a generation two with the three screens and it was just a little higher, but it sure did look good. I think that is what I'm going to get it they will guarantee that I can get the same clarity out on the water as they get in the store on the simulator, I will have it mounted on my transom, I have a smaller boat and I sit up front with stick stearing

Okay guys I am All In. Just purchase the Elite 5 dsi online for $280. Best price I could find but had to pay sales tax of $25... Thanks TN... Now I need to go back and re-read the 70 pgs of chat info on this thread. lol Wife is going to love that. I do have one question for those who mounted their units on their Trolling Motors. Is there a special or recommended mount for this? I don't think one comes with the package for the trolling motor. And where would I get one...
Thanks All. Looking forward to getting this heat and humidity behind us and enjoying a great Fall!

Thanks for the feedback. That was my basemap (all i had at the time). Taylorsville lake. I now have a Navionics chip, but havn't put it in yet. I know i can zoom down to 20 ft I believe, but that waypoint was only the hump. The "flat" of the hump was emence. once I got on it, i was just looking for fish, brush, logs or watever. Later I fished several secondary points that made finger like projections off of the hump. When I found this, I thought it was a honey hole, but I did not get a single bite. I was told later that the fish were probably striper. I know the baitfish were shad-I saw them all day- they were balling up too, as if they were being stalked. Ill have to confess I was fishing for bass this day. Hope thats not a bad word here. Im also an avid crappie fisherman, just new to it, and I thought this looked like a bassy spot. Later, as the sun had gone down, i saw a some crappies bieng pulled off the hump, but I had to leave, as I had to get up early the next am.

Originally Posted by Knot2Bad

Okay guys I am All In. Just purchase the Elite 5 dsi online for $280. Best price I could find but had to pay sales tax of $25... Thanks TN... Now I need to go back and re-read the 70 pgs of chat info on this thread. lol Wife is going to love that. I do have one question for those who mounted their units on their Trolling Motors. Is there a special or recommended mount for this? I don't think one comes with the package for the trolling motor. And where would I get one...
Thanks All. Looking forward to getting this heat and humidity behind us and enjoying a great Fall!

K2B ... I believe the TM mounting bracket does come with the unit, but in the event it doesn't ... they're about $20 online. ( https://www.google.com/#q=lowrance%2...0motor%20mount )

This mount is far superior to using the transom mount setup, because it puts the transducer tight against the TM ... rather than having it "sticking out/down" like the transom mount would. Here's a picture of what I'm talking about :



... cp

Thanks Pappy, I saw this mount and read a review saying is was not good for the Motor Guild Trolling motors (which of course I have) because of some configuration thing that I didn't quite understand. I think it had something to do the prop tube OD being beveled or not on parallel plane. If it comes with one then More Better... I just wanted to check with those who already have dealt with the problem. I hate learning curves ha ha. Thanks for the info... I am also looking at how to mount the Body higher up by the seat rather than on the floor. This would stop me from having to bend over to adjust things or put in way points. I know the unit can swivel and you can adjust it so you can see it but I'm a touch it kind of guy.

I use a stick, steering boat and I set up front. I was wanting to put mine on the transom, but I could see how it would get scarred up pulling over limbs are chips are what ever in the water will it damage the transducer to get it scratched I see the trolling motor mount I guess its inside, so it will not get damaged. Let me know cause I'm going to do something pretty soon one way or the other. Thanks

Originally Posted by farmer1940

I use a stick, steering boat and I set up front. I was wanting to put mine on the transom, but I could see how it would get scarred up pulling over limbs are chips are what ever in the water will it damage the transducer to get it scratched I see the trolling motor mount I guess its inside, so it will not get damaged. Let me know cause I'm going to do something pretty soon one way or the other. Thanks

In another life I performed inspection on construction materials using Ultrasonic Instruments. We used both straight beam and shear wave to perform our inspections. To get the shear wave we used Lucite wedges at various angle that we connected our transducers. With fish finders we use Straight beam (AKA Longitudinal beam). I will not get into freq, beam spread, attenuation, penetration, sensitivity and all that to keep this simple. The principle used don't change with the application. The transducers we are using are both the generator and receiver of the sound. Sometimes called Pitch/Catch. The reason we get a signal back from the fish, wood, concrete or what ever else we happen to get a reflect from is because sound has a known velocity in any given material. In our case Water. When the sound hit a fish, wood, concrete etc. the velocity changes and a percentage of the sound is reflected back towards the sending transducer. The greater the difference in velocity from water the greater the reflection sent back to the transducer which then provided the screen with an image. The more reflection back the stronger the image. That why a hard bottom reflects more than a muddy one. The mud is attenuating/absorbing the sound. This is also why our units don't work in air because air is a terrible transmitter of sound energy.

I might try to build my own mount once I see the transducer that comes with the unit. The important things to consider should I decide to do this in my view are 1- Ensure your transducer is totally immersed in the water when in use with out any obstructions directly over the face of or in-front of the transducer, Any air other object that is not water will either reflect or attenuate the initial sound (signal) 2- Make sure your transducer is mounted focused at perpendicular to the bottom as this will give you maximum reflection back from what ever objects the sound happens to be reflecting off of. Yes you can get greater reflection from an individual object if angled directly at it but overall perpendicular to the bottom will give you a best overall picture. 3- Ensure your transducer is securely mounted and will not move during operation or use. Its really not that complicated but helps to understand a few of the things going on.

Well I am rambling so enough said. For those who didn't understand whats going on I hope this helps a little.