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Gents,
For years I've been frustrated in the winter with my fishing results.
This year may end no differently, BUT for now, I'm able to use my SI and it's wonderful. HDS 9
All I did was cruise around looking for bird activity,
get in the area and let the SI do the work, looking for large bait schools,
I found them and it worked like a charm.
Perch and Crappie eventually turn on.
i got a good screen shot or 2 that I'll post.
Happy Minnow Dunking !
I got an HDS 7 on the new boat and love it. But ive always said, the electronics will lead you to the fish, but that doesnt necessarily mean you can catch them ;)
[QUOTE=brettw;2877044]Gents,
For years I've been frustrated in the winter with my fishing results.
This year may end no differently, BUT for now, I'm able to use my SI and it's wonderful. HDS 9
All I did was cruise around looking for bird activity,
get in the area and let the SI do the work, looking for large bait schools,
I found them and it worked like a charm.
Perch and Crappie eventually turn on.
i got a good screen shot or 2 that I'll post.
Happy Minnow Dunking 
you got that right
I got one also(HDS7 touchscreen) and have the SI ducer installed but the boat is still sitting in the yard. What is wrong with this picture??? I thought with all this high tech stuff it would just go catch fish and bring um back to me. :dono
What am I looking at?
Yea, please explain what we're seeing.
HDS 9 side image, scanning 100 ft to each side, in 40 ft of water.
passed over huge bait cloud,
perch , crappo below it, can't see them
Good pic, amazing how big bait balls can be.
This image sort of messes with my mind !
Maybe I will have to wait for 360 degree imaging.
You can tell how tall in the water column the school was by the long shadow it produced.
Guesstimating the school was 40 ft wide x 100ft + long x 20ft tall
how does the hummingbird SI compare to the Lowrance?
Not sure about the Humminbird SI but here are a few pics from my 7 HDS downscan on Russell. Was checking out a channel drop I have fished a lot in the past. Never knew why the fish worked the drop like they did until now.Quote:
Originally Posted by sniper
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Sniper, I think Humminbird is pretty good but I am not able to compare them. They all must be good or you would hear someone busting on a products quality. I can change a sensor and get picture perfect images but it will not show fish. I just use the down image and 2d to find fish. But looking around the side imaging comes in handy to see what you missed. Lowrance Eagles was all I ever used before my Hummingbird. I have the H998c and use of a H999c and both do pretty good. :biggrin
I have a DI Hummingbird Unit, now I want the side scan.....seems like I'm in fairly shallow water most of the time & I believe the SI would work better in that situation.....very cool pics Ronnie! That looks like a hot spot....just needs a Christmas tree or two!
My opinion, compares very wellQuote:
Originally Posted by sniper
Stump, are those pictures magnified by your unit?
No that is the way they were took without zooming in.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawgg
Those are the kind of images I can get if I play with the sensitivity buttons. I don't play around that much with the buttons but I should when looking around. Thanks for showing them it's always a treat to see what the units can do. P.S. Thanks for the prayers it is appreciated deeply. :highfive