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The area under the boat that isn’t covered by the side imaging beam is very small (approximately 5 degrees to either side of vertical). The conventional down-looking sonar that is built into the side imaging transducer covers the areas below the boat and the Side Imaging Units allow you to view a split screen that will show both 2D coverage and Side Imaging sonar simultaneously.
Thank you for this! You're so right on subtracting the depth of the water? I just asked this question on another video. All the other examples were absolutely baffling and didn't make any sense to me from a mathematical standpoint. I agree with @boydlittou9446 below, the manufacturers really need to step in and explain this.
Hall snapped? Not sure what you are asking but if your steering wheel just spins, I would pull the cable out of the steering gear box and manually move your motor back and forth to see if the cable moves or if it’s your steering box. I didn’t have a steering failure, I was remodeling a pontoon boat and need to remove the helm. You may need to replace the cable and steering box. If you do, you may want to replace it with hydraulic steering.
@@FishinwithSquirrel sorry I meant helm and I plan on replacing all of it, but just do not know how I would get the cable out of it to Pool it all the way out if it is stuck in the helm. It snapped on me and it acts just like a vehicle when you’re steering shaft snaps or comes apart, had no steering at all, but I believe the cable is good.
@JohnSanders-bf3xi You should be able to remove the pin and pull the cable out unless it is just too corroded. Ising the steering wheel to remove it is just easier and keeps you from busting your knuckles. If you are replacing it anyway, you could just cut it
No need to clean fish on the boat! Blacks has a fish cleaning house with water wash down and waste barrels. Super nice set up. You should give Blacks Camp a try.
Always be prepared to catch a big fish! The minute you aren’t prepared, you have a Monster Break you off! See Tennessee River video I posted , losing a 1k fish.
You shouldnt have to subtract anything. You are correct. If that was true then you would have 2 different distances if using a different khz. Because the angle would change in water column. I think im correct lol. Maybe i have questions to. Good video. Ive always thought same as you do about this topic.
So overall, what is your opinion on the HD Pro versus your old HD Live? Do you think the Pro is better ? Worth the extra cost? What is better about it? Or Worse? Thx.
Haven’t ran it enough to really give an honest opinion yet. My hds live and carbon ran on 800 gave me excellent images. When I get a little more run time on it I will do a comparison video. 🐿
@@FishinwithSquirrel I think that would be a great idea for a video ! Looking forward to it Squirrel ! I am going to be putting my old HDS 12 live on my bow next week. I am going to see if this can help my find the crappie in the trees. I can use the trolling motor then and see if the 12 finds em ! Those were some good cats you guys caught !
My transducer is mounted on the back left (port side) pontoon . Here is a link to the installation.How I get awesome images from my Graph! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7cqwV5TQf_0.html
See you decided on the Pro 16. I went with the Live 16. Only had it a week so far. The larger size really helps and I am seeing things and fish I never saw before. So far I am very happy with it. I am looking forward to your future videos to see how yours looks. Caught 31 on Lake Oconee Friday. Caught 39 on Lake Russell a few days before that. New unit is paying off already ! I know you are going to love your new unit as well ! Keep up the good work and great instruction Squirrel !
Good job explaining everything. I think engineers lay awake at night studying on how they can make life miserable for folks.😂😂 Can’t wait to see the new images!
Range - water column = distance from boat. Pause the screen, look at the depth, go to the top of screen and water column is the same depth, so if you see crappie in water column they are under the boat. They show up on 2D the same time they show up in water column, 2D is under the boat a cone 1/3 the depth.
Harry, thanks for the comments, I appreciate you viewing my channel. Crappie were not under my boat, I spotlock and cast to them. Check out this video, I think it will help clarify things. “MASSIVE 20' wide school of crappie right under peoples' feet and they don't have a clue! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k4NglvYG6gs.html
Split your screen, side and 2D. 20 feet of water……20 degree cone, 6.6 ft cone. Go over a bush shown on your 2D, with your logic, the bush will not show up on the bottom of side scan.
The modification is still working. My SKEG will deploy and retract now. I haven’t pulled the back cover plate off to see how the plastic tube is holding up. Soon as I do, I’ll post another video. Thanks for watching 🐿
The image is from SI and DI combined. If you run exactly over something, you will see it on both sides of SI. Bait fish is directly under your boat. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Oc9jSTpAyWc.htmlsi=74G45jD5OuveYi4r&t=376 That is why they are on both sides of SI. So your video is true only for part of the water column which is not covered by DI beam. If you want to measure horizontal distance to them, you need to subtract their depth from that number to get the correct distance.
How about finding a big rock underwater with traditional sonar and waypointing it. Then pregressively drive your boat parallel to it at incremental or decreasing distances from it with side scan until it just shows up right at the interface between the dark area and light area? That will help you ‘calibrate’ your mental image of what is going on I think??!!
And yeah... Always tether your rods on a kayak or paddle board for that reason... Or keep a magnet on a rope . I know that spot in the video.... It's actually quite deep there. Directly behind you is where the chattooga River comes in which is quite shallow... But along that bank where it goes straight up at the shore... It's deep.
