Lowrance Side Scan Images

You should also avoid any form of cavitation which can hamper the quality of the images.

Lowrance side scan images.

The lowrance structure map can be accessed on the carbon and hds. It should be mounted on the side of the boat without any obstructions blocking the visuals of the side imaging transducer. Humminbird is integrated while at lowrance you have to buy a particular box. Fish targets light up your display.

The image now becomes your map. You can as well decide to share it with the hook. Side imaging and aqua vu posted on march 08 2018. Lowrance product expert jacob scott walks through the basic settings set up and interpretation of active imaging sidescan.

Basically the side imaging transducer has to be mounted externally. This image shows the shadow of a tree very well even though the tree shows up poorly. The side scanning sonar affords me the ability to approach a structure and scan until i find whether the fish are holding in the shallows or the depths and on which side. The side imaging or structure scan.

You can mount it on a motor using the transducer brackets. Check out this breakdown active i. That gives you the ultimate fishing view allowing you to target fish and get the best view of how they are relating to structure without the need for a chirp. So much cheaper at humminbird unless we use several sonar connected ethernet.

Genesis live real time mapping. This powerful fishfinding tool combines the proven target identification of lowrance chirp sonar with the high resolution images of bottom detail and structure from downscan imaging. I can then set a drift and rig the rods for how the fish are holding in that moment rather than blind casting to a spot. For those who have logged sonar with a side scan reefmaster can help you open and export it as a map.

Most anglers who fish from a boat have some sort of sonar so we ll start there and save the side scan and down scan tweaks for another article. Fish are easier to find and easier to identify with fishreveal which combines on one screen the proven performance of lowrance chirp sonar and the high resolution images of fish holding structure from downscan imaging. Side imaging shows really nice images but how about the real deal and see what it really looks like. Sonar is a massively cool technology and to me side scanning and down scanning are two even cooler technologies.