Originally Posted by
crappiepappy
Just remember ... the signal comes from your transducer, so you'll have to mentally adjust the depth reading, accordingly (since the transducer bottom is not at the water's surface) .... the actual depth will be the reading on the unit "plus" however deep your transducer is. That is, IF you need to know the actual depth ... from water's surface to the bottom.
I never actually fooled with doing this, myself ... since I always wanted my bait to be "above" the fish ;) .... so I just used the depth of the fish shown on the unit, and set the bait to go to that depth, thereby using the depth of the transducer as a buffer depth (my transducers were rarely more than 12-18" below the water's surface) and that kept my bait above the fish/cover/bottom.
... cp :cool: