Thread: Finding fish with side imaging

Rite on Rickie.

Originally Posted by rnvinc

One idea is to find structure using the SI and set a waypoint on it...then reposition the boat to effectively fish the structure with the 2d sonar or the DI sonar...
Rickie

This is how I use mine. IMO setting the range to 150+' looks good on screen shots but is not much punkin' while actually on the lake even on the larger screen units.

Or you can not worry so much about actual fish but use your si on 100 to 150± to locate fish holding areas such as humps, points,turns in a creek followed by large flats and such. By doing this and leaving other less appealing areas to fish later.you save a lot of time doing this and for the most part will be the best or most productive areas anyhow.(there's just some structure that no matter how good it looks it will never hold fish just because of its location in relation to the areas that i mentioned above.)if your already familiar with an area then i would say that to scan no more than 60ft. In water lets Say maybe twenty ft.or less would work great.also something else that is helpful,once your done scanning at long range using the 455 if you'll change to the 800 while scanning the closer range that i mentioned,the 800 will make fishes stand out better than 455 would.see how these fish stand out using the 800khz

Here's another using 800.see how bright it makes the fish returns look. the fish on the left side are the most obvious, but look on the right side out close tothe edge.there's fish showing out there

Kosmo.....were you going 5mph when you did those?

I tried using si for seeing fish in brush today, short range, one side, absolutely no good at all

Originally Posted by brettw

I tried using si for seeing fish in brush today, short range, one side, absolutely no good at all

That's where that fantastic DI Lowrance has comes in play...

Set a waypoint on it and scan with the DI...

Rickie

Originally Posted by BobB

Kosmo.....were you going 5mph when you did those?

no i proberlly was idlling .that second picture is in ky. Dam marinia. You can tell by how much turbulence that can be seen at the top of the water column in my shots.in this picture Im going fast enough that my boat is starting to rise