Thread: depth finder interpretations......

Originally Posted by Phydiox

nice pics! those with the new digi?

yeah. since i aint been doing no fishing i been itching to use it on something

Originally Posted by rango

reading the main board the other day, i discovered something about the lowrance units with gps i dint know. with the map screen brought up, if you hit the exit button three times you will get a speedometer brought up. it also comes up if you got the h20 ifinder. the reason i got the ifinder is to keep a check on my trolling speed from the front of the boat. the speed is hard to see when its on digital but with the speedometer brought up you can keep track of your speed very easy. just an interesting bit of info i figgered those of you with lowrance units might not know. you can get the emulators from the lowrance web page so you can practise using your units on the computer.

Cool, I've got the LMS 337. I'll have to check it out. I'm sure it will come in handy when trolling in the big pond.

Originally Posted by Iamfishing

One feature I like on my Eagle gps/depthfinder is the OVERLAY feature. You can find this item on the Main Menu screen. In the Overlay menu you can select the GPS speed indicator to be depicted on the main screen upper left corner. This allows you to have your depth finder screen tracking the bottom and fish while you have the speed depicted. I use this setup most of the time and all the time when trolling. It allows me to locate the striper schools and have the boat speed tracked perfectly for hookup.

thats a great tip to steve.. what i like about this method is you can choose one of three options on the size you want the display to be. i changed my unit to this method yesterday. with the settings on medium you can see what you want with just a glance

What do you see here guys

denny your picture covered up your question on the pic

Been catching crappie in this spot at with my lines set around 25' deep. In this pic you see the bait down from the surface to around 8' and several crappie ranging from 25 to 30 feet deep.

And another. You can see fish comes under the boat at different depths but generally there's some around the 25' range.

Originally Posted by gabowman

And another. You can see fish comes under the boat at different depths but generally there's some around the 25' range.

Looks like you have your chart speed to fast. That is why the fish on the screen are so elongated. Reducing the chart speed will make these echos become more < fish symbols. Just a suggestion. It sometimes helps me to distinguish elongated bait fish schools from individual fish.