Lowrance Side Scan Images

Humminbird is integrated while at lowrance you have to buy a particular box.

Lowrance side scan images.

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. You should also avoid any form of cavitation which can hamper the quality of the images. Check out this breakdown active i. This image shows the shadow of a tree very well even though the tree shows up poorly.

Fish targets light up your display. Basically the side imaging transducer has to be mounted externally. It should be mounted on the side of the boat without any obstructions blocking the visuals of the side imaging transducer. Genesis live real time mapping.

Sonar is a massively cool technology and to me side scanning and down scanning are two even cooler technologies. You can mount it on a motor using the transducer brackets. This aqua vu footage shows what the tree looks like with the rocks nearby. For those who have logged sonar with a side scan reefmaster can help you open and export it as a map.

Side imaging and aqua vu posted on march 08 2018. The structure map helps you capture very crisp images. Side imaging shows really nice images but how about the real deal and see what it really looks like. 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.

You can as well decide to share it with the hook. The side imaging or structure scan. Interesting detail at lowrance the probe is delivered separately so count more expensive for a complete kit. So much cheaper at humminbird unless we use several sonar connected ethernet.

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 image now becomes your map. Lowrance product expert jacob scott walks through the basic settings set up and interpretation of active imaging sidescan. 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.