It should be mounted on the side of the boat without any obstructions blocking the visuals of the side imaging transducer.
Lowrance side scan images.
This image shows the shadow of a tree very well even though the tree shows up poorly.
You can as well decide to share it with the hook.
You can mount it on a motor using the transducer brackets.
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.
Interesting detail at lowrance the probe is delivered separately so count more expensive for a complete kit.
Sonar is a massively cool technology and to me side scanning and down scanning are two even cooler technologies.
For those who have logged sonar with a side scan reefmaster can help you open and export it as a map.
This aqua vu footage shows what the tree looks like with the rocks nearby.
Basically the side imaging transducer has to be mounted externally.
So much cheaper at humminbird unless we use several sonar connected ethernet.
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.
Genesis live real time mapping.
The structure map helps you capture very crisp images.
Check out this breakdown active i.
Fish targets light up your display.
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.
Lowrance product expert jacob scott walks through the basic settings set up and interpretation of active imaging sidescan.
The lowrance structure map can be accessed on the carbon and hds.
You should also avoid any form of cavitation which can hamper the quality of the images.
The image now becomes your map.
Humminbird is integrated while at lowrance you have to buy a particular box.
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.
The side imaging or structure scan.
Side imaging and aqua vu posted on march 08 2018.