Have you guys found that the down screen fish finders are better at finding structure and fish? Thinking about upgrading from my old Hummingbird units.
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Have you guys found that the down screen fish finders are better at finding structure and fish? Thinking about upgrading from my old Hummingbird units.
I have down and side, love them both. Its def a step up and helps a lot.
They night not be better finding structure but it sure is easier to see what it is.
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscktihicd.jpg
This is a stump in 2D on my Helix 10.
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...psua3ln7qb.jpg
This is the same stump on Down Image. Sorry for the less than perfectly clear photos. They were taken by my phone rather than screen shots off the Helix.
Thanks. The down image shot is definitely easier to read. I can't understand how a "down shot" shows the stump from the side. But I like it better!
I've shown those pics to some non-fishing friends and they accused me of cheating. The Helix is light-years ahead of what I used for years. I go all the way back to the green-box Lowrance flasher then used Humminbird Super 60 and 30 during much of my bass tournament days. I did get into the Lowrance and Eagle paper graphs, which I said were the best locators I had ever owned until I bought this new Helix. I have A Humminbird 1199 HD DI/SI on the console.
You like the Helix better than the 1199?Quote:
Originally Posted by mrdux
I bought a 999 last year. I wish I would've waited. So far I'm not satisfied with mine.
Honestly, I'm rigging a new boat to start guiding and haven't ran either unit many hours. I'm not as big a user of SI as many here and the DI on the 1199 is computer generated. I have been amazed at the detail shown on the Helix 10 DI/GPS. I've ran 788, 898,998s and now the 1199. I knew what the unit was capable of and what it was not. I just wanted the largest screen I could afford on both units. I will say the Helix 10 is SO MUCH brighter and clearer in my mind.I don't want a SI unit on the bow.Quote:
Originally Posted by tcounty
Here are more and some clearer pics from a thread I started; I'm using a LakeMaster v3 card and the green area next to the boat icon is a flat that had 6 or so feet of water on top at winter pool.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/fishi...elix10-di-gps/
I'm reading this to mean the helix 10 is a true DI and not a computer rengeneration of other sonar is that correct?Quote:
Originally Posted by mrdux
That is correct. That is also why I wanted the dedicated DI on my bow. Rickie (rnvinc) is my cousin and also one of the most knowledgeable folks out there when it comes to fishing electronics and why they do what they do. He has commented on this same thread on the electronics forum. Me? I just want to turn the thing on and see what I need to see. I could care less WHY it does what it does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boatbottom
Dang ... I had to come all the way to Mississippi whew ... Just kidding ... Doug asked me to pop in and help ...
HB SI core units do not have a "down pointing" piezo ... HB DI units do ...
Therefore the DI image in a SI core unit is a computer generated blend of the left and right SI image ...
In my seminars I like to explain HB imaging Sonar beams (DI and SI) as similar to a flashlight ... Casting a thin slice beam ..
If we take a flashlight and shine it at our shoes (as in a HB DI unit) ... Our shoes would be very bright ...
If we take a flashlight in each hand and shine them at our buddies shoes standing next to us (as in a HB SI unit) ... No amount of computer generating can make our own shoes very bright ...because neither flashlight is illuminating our own shoes very well ...
DI from a dedicated "down pointing" piezo will always be better than "DI from SI" ...simply because a DI piezo is pointing right at the stuff directly under the boat ... The SI piezoes are pointing at the stuff out to the sides ...
Rickie