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Here are a couple of pics of one of our 4' x 8' crappie beds. Caught four crappie out of the bed after I took these pics. Still learning how to use this thing but lovin' every minute of it!
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cool pics, i'm getting ready to buy me a new graph and still trying to make up my mind
If you buy a Lowrance, go as big as you possibly can. I have the HDS 7 and I wish I had the 8 but just couldn't possibly swing it. The 7 won't do the three/four way screen split plus the 8 has the shortcut buttons. I wouldn't advise buying the HDS 5 for use with Structure Scan. It works but the screen is just too small.
Sixfin, can you cursor over on the side view and mark waypoints
like the "other guys"? I mean I'd think so, but I haven't heard it yet...
Sixfin,
Do you know why the "bottom image" is different in the creek channel? It seems to be alot wider.(Maybe a harder bottom} I am referring to the downscan image.
Tom
Jwhite,
Yes, you can cursor over and mark waypoints. The trick to it is to have your GPS antenna close to your transducer. If you don't have them close, you have a built in offset that you have to contend with.
Crappiecrazy,
The downscan was taken on a different pass, from a different angle. Thats why things don't seem to jive.
In downscan looks like your propwash to the left of the bed. Is this correct?
Where did you get your LSS-1 from and how long did you wait? Looks like I need to get one.
Yes Speck, you are correct. That is propwash. I had put my name on a list at Jet-A-Marina. Give'em a call. They were getting them in pretty quick.
Is this the only screen color??..Looks like gray scale..
Any particular reason you running 800kz at such a shallow depth?
No, there are several other color palletes.Quote:
Originally Posted by DonG
I have to agree 100% with sixfin on this. I have a 7 but just recently bought the 8. That 8 blows the 7 out of the water. First the screen size is better, the quickset buttons add to it. On the seven you have to keep going back into the menu if you need to change something. Plus it's nice to have that 3/4way split on the screen and see it all. The window are a little small but it's all infront of you.Quote:
Originally Posted by sixfin
I'm still playin' around with it but the manual says that you get better clarity on 800khz and better distance on 480. I will change it and see what happens.
Very cool pics. thanks for teasing me
On you 2nd picture , on the left side of your bed , what is the streak going from top to bottom ? My guess its air bubbles from an anchor you dropped??
Tha's propwash from where I had made a pass over it before.
In your second screen shot, before you got the the bed is that all fish lieing all allong the bottom??? I know the cloud streaking from the top of the water column is prop-wash but what white cloudy lookin stuff is lieing all over the bottom. To me it would have to be something just off the bottom I would think, just because You can distinctly tell bottom.Quote:
Originally Posted by sixfin
nice shots
I don't have HB or Lowrance SI, but from the pictures I have seen I think I like the Lowrance better...
I'll wait until the dust settles to make a choice..:)
Crappiecrazed,
I'm not real sure what that is holding off the bottom. Its small whatever it is. We have been catching some scattered bluegill here and there strange as it may seem.