OK I'm a little more awake now got a big whoopin 45minutes of really interrupted sleep!
So just turning it on ain't good enough...go figure! But I really appreciate you taking your time to put that information on here. Cant wait to put it to practice, I know that those lakes in AK have to get on hell of a thermocline. That could also answer some of the questions that I was having with the deeper structures in lakes with only rainbows?
Trying to kinda sum up what you wrote here so that it fits my brain Mr. Bales;
1. Advanced User Mode, NOT AUTOMATIC!
2. Sonar Mode, adjust for smallest cone size of transducer, thus showing a crisper image.
3. Ensure that all extra crap is off; ie: fish ID, noise cancel, etc.
4. Adjust Max depth(?) at a maximum, your sonar should be searching no deeper then the deepest water you will be fishing. Doing this is what speeds up your scroll speed(?) I assume that this is basically the refresh speed of the screen or sonar?
5. Thermocline: adjust power up until you see it.
6. Sensitivity: I think that I understand what your saying here but I feel I really don't know what I'm looking for. To adjust I go up until I see a good bottom and things start to get cluttered, then down a notch. Well I only assume and we know what that does that the "clutter" part is just that, a bunch of crap on the display. I just have never paid attention to what my depth sounders were saying about anything besides the depth of the water I was in.
7. Bottom conditions:
-Hard Bottom will show up as a thin line on the bottom.
-Soft Bottom will show up as a thick line on the bottom.
That is more thinking about electronics than I have ever done! I'm getting one of those DSI from lowrance, thought they look really cool. So this will make all the difference in the world. You know actually knowing how to use the equipment you have
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So thanks again Mr. Bales for the information here.
If there is any chance, some pictures of: hard/soft bottoms and a thermocline would be awesome
Also, is the flasher setting on a graph as effective as a flasher itself?
Joshua Douglas Travis