Find lost boat motor with sonar questions
Has anyone ever found a lost boat motor with there sonar. A friend of mine lost his brand new Evinrude 25 hp outboard motor last Wednesday morning.:banghead Bad thing is he was so upset that he really has no idea as to just where it came off the boat. I thought that it would be no problem finding it with my humminbird 899 side scan sonar but it is not showing up as I thought it would. People are telling me that it is mostly made of plastic and aluminum and it doesn't show up good on sonar. I can see other stuff like logs brush piles and even fish with my sonar. We even had another man with his Helix 7 churp side scan unit and he is unable to find it. Anyone know what I may need to try to find this motor. We have pulled a gaveling hooks with blind luck as not seeing this motor with sonar. There is a lot of deep moss in this lake and I don't think it will let the boat motor show up as well. What would you all suggest to try or settings to try on my sonar. Would DI or 2D be better as to finding this motor. I know this friend is at his wits end by now and I would really like to find his motor for him. Any help will be appreciated with thanks in advance.