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Have a si and a DI with a tilted ducer at the console,these are pics of them under docks,they are on at same time taking pics,they are not link up but separate Attachment 238988next plcAttachment 238989di,Attachment 238990siAttachment 238992diAttachment 238993si
MoreAttachment 238994Attachment 238995si. Depth is not right on DI with slanted ducer. On some of these pic DI will show fish much better than si when not in water column also if fish are near top in deep water they will show up on DI and not on si at times,
I move DI slanted ducer a little farther back after these pic to get out of much of the interference with si ducer,also when I took these pics there was much alogue in the water,have not been back for awhile ,motor has been broke,now water rose almost 10 feet in less than 2 weeks so with so much trash not sure when I may get to go again and take more pic,sure love testing new ideas
Here,s a tip if you have docks on your lake,if you will raise the right side of your ducer just a little ,you can see better under docks on your si and still will not hurt pic of bottom ,also if you notice most of the time when searching with si you are usually closer to right shore which is coming up anyway which will actually give you a better bottom pic of both sides of boat when going along near shoreline,I have been helping some here who also want to see under docks better and still be able to use it like they got it for,try it and if you do not like it ,it is easy to put back as was
I like seeing Guy's ideas that are "outside the box" of normal ...
Good job Gene ...
:HandsClapping
Rickie
I'll have to get some pics of my 598 with split screen showing one side SI and DI. It does the same thing. I found it on accident scanning dock for shooting.
Can you run the SI on 800 and the DI on 455? Is that second pic a stake bed or a bunch of narrow spaced pilings?
Very cool idea.
ORANGEAGENT,ALL THOSE PIC'S ARE UNDER FLOATING DOCKS,THE DI PICKS UP THE FLOATS ALL THE WAY BACK,ON ONE PIC ITS A HOMEMADE DOCK WITH A BOARD HOLDING THE FLOATS IN THE FRONT,YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE BOARDS ARE PUT TOGETHER IN THE MIDDLE
Gotcha, I am new to SI and it is taking me a little while to figure out what I am looking at. I am supposed to get a HDSI ducer in the mail tomorrow to replace the compact that came with my unit, hoping it goes from wow to WOW!
So did you just get a DI transducer and put it on the transom of your boat facing out to the right?
I have an extra HD DI cable in my closet I have been trying to figure out what to do with it!
I spoke to Gene last night. These 3 following pictures are DI with the beam shooting out to the side. Gene has an earlier post showing how he tilts the transducer. I rotated the pictures to make it easier to understand what you are looking at. The boat would be on the left side of the picture, and the beam is shooting towards shore. You will see the scale showing how many feet away the beam is shooting. The second picture shows rectangular dock floats with fish in between them. There are 4 rows of floats, one is hidden by the graft line. The last picture shows the board Gene talked about in the beginning of the thread. The board looks to be on the angle because Gene was pulling away from the dock as he got too close. Gene posted his pictures in groups of 2. With side looking DI, and regular SI. You can see by the pictures, that the side looking DI picks up the fish much better than the SI does.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowePro
Man that is soooooo cool!!!!!!
What is a HD DI cable ...??Quote:
Originally Posted by LowePro
What is the part number printed on the cable ... ??
Rickie
With siding imaging you have to be moving, can you set in one place shoot the dock and see the fish under the dock? That would be great.
agruss
agruss,with di or si you need boat moving to get good pic,however with di it only need to barely move.if you see fish under dock while big motor is on,you can tell where they are so why would you need to see them while sitting still? however I do have a di up front on a pole that when I move a lever I can see the fish under the dock but I find that I don't need it,so I use it to see brushpile in front of boat,still testing it .