Lowrance Side Scan Images

Side imaging shows really nice images but how about the real deal and see what it really looks like.

Lowrance side scan images. Interesting detail at lowrance the probe is delivered separately so count more expensive for a complete kit. This aqua vu footage shows what the tree looks like with the rocks nearby. The image now becomes your map. Basically the side imaging transducer has to be mounted externally.

That gives you the ultimate fishing view allowing you to target fish and get the best view of how they are relating to structure without the need for a chirp. Side imaging and aqua vu posted on march 08 2018. Fish targets light up your display. You should also avoid any form of cavitation which can hamper the quality of the images.

This image shows the shadow of a tree very well even though the tree shows up poorly. For those who have logged sonar with a side scan reefmaster can help you open and export it as a map. The structure map helps you capture very crisp images. Sonar is a massively cool technology and to me side scanning and down scanning are two even cooler technologies.

You can as well decide to share it with the hook. The side imaging or structure scan. It should be mounted on the side of the boat without any obstructions blocking the visuals of the side imaging transducer. 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.

Check out this breakdown active i. Genesis live real time mapping. 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.

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. You can mount it on a motor using the transducer brackets. The lowrance structure map can be accessed on the carbon and hds. 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.