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798 running 2d on a big school of white bass. Notice the jigs going down and the fish coming up to get them. My wife and I had a great time catching them on our ultra-light spinning rods and tube jigs on Lake Martin, Alabama. No interpretation necessary, just set the unit to dumb mode, little fishy appears, drop a jig on it.:Rofl
Nice shot, 2D is not obsolete yet.
pretty cool
Way to go RCC...
:ThumbsUp
Rickie
I was always told to turn fish symbols off. Was I told wrong?
Great shoot RCC. Wish I could get my 2d to look that good.
I've been told the same thing, but I always run fish symbols on my front unit. I'm usually slow trolling of vertical jigging, so if it shows a fish, it generally is. That being said, I still look for other blips and arches to be fish, as well. I just spend extra time and concentration on the areas that show the actual fish symbol.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilbur
That was likely in reference to 2d units mistaking submerged objects for fish & displaying a fish symbol. You're supposed to see fish "arches" (whole or partial) on the screen, when a fish is passing through the ping cone.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilbur
Personally, I don't miss the false images that can occur on 2d. I would love to have seen a DSI or DI screen shot of that same school of fish :ThumbsUp
... cp :kewl
Some use the "Fish ID" feature in the HB unit to discern which beam the fish echo is in...especially for vertical fishing techniques...Quote:
Originally Posted by wilbur
Orange fish will be in the narrow 200kHz 20° cone...
Blue fish will be in the wider 83kHz 60° cone...
So if there were orange Fish ID echoes at 10' down in 30' of water...
And blue Fish ID echoes at 20' down in 30' of water...
The orange Fish ID echoes at 10' down would be right under the xducer in the 20° cone and the baits would need to be set at 8-10' to catch these orange echo fish right under the xducer...
Conversely...the blue Fish ID echoes at 20' down could be several feet away from the boat in the wider 60° cone...and less likely the need to be setting baits at 18-20'....
Rickie
I would have liked to have seen those on DI or SI as well, but at the time I was trying to get my rod bent as many times as possible and not operating my appliances as I should have been:Rofl. I like the little numbers beside the fish. In the heat of the battle, they can be a quick reference. I just wish I would have known what Rickie posted in the above. I'll try to remember that the orange fish are the ones in the narrower cone.
I thought the blue ones were tuna.:dono
This is exactly how to fish/catch and not play with toys. The best tool for catching suspended fish is Fish ID you can quick reference fish depth. This way you can present your bait in the strike zone. If I am scouting or looking for brush, I use SI/DI. When I am presenting baits and fishing, I use 2d with Fish ID. If I am vertical fishing, I want 2D with switch fire in max mode to see my bait in strike zone.Quote:
Originally Posted by RCC
Love the pics and tight lines!
I thought that thing was so sensitive it showed blue for his fish and yellow for his wife's. Nice pics.
Thanks guys. Im not sure if my lowrance has different color symbols cause I have it turned off. I will turn on and see.
Lowrance does not have the dual beam feature.