Sonar Frequency Explained 

Great video! I do have a question, though I always see videos talking about frequency high and low shallow and deep water, but what's considered as deep and shallow water? Like, what should I have my frequency set on if I'm in, let's just say, 20-60 feet or 100 or more what's considered deep or shallow

It really depends on the transducer, the best resource I’ve found is the Garmin transducer selection guide. It will tell you the maximum depth at each frequency for each different transducer for clear vu and side vu, at 100’ you shouldn’t be too limited. Traditional will work well at all frequencies in those depths. I would start at the lower frequencies and work up. you can google it, easy to find

Thanks so much.

Lower frequency penetrates farther in the water column and generally less detail. Much of the frequency and image detail is driven by the quality of the transducer. Thanks for watching and have a great day!

That’s great!! I just got a Bonafide SS127 and fished a bass tournament in it. What a blast. I have some kayak videos in the que that will be rolling out on Saturday mornings for the next 4 weeks. Thank you for the comment, have a great day!!!

How Cool. You will enjoy the Yak. It is still fishing but in a way a different environment; so peaceful and quiet. You can get into new areas.

Agree, something about paddling I’ve always enjoyed. Simple, no stress.

Max has a wealth of knowledge on his channel, I try to stay at the beginner level. If your not already watching go to the Russell Marine channel, they do a great job on product comparisons. Thanks for watching!!

Have a great day!!

That great!! Thanks for the comment, have a great day

That’s great!!! Hope you have a great season fishing

@@DoubleTFishing I just got the SideVu imaging and I am going have to work at it to understand what I am seeing.

It takes a little bit to gain trust in it. Go to the “fish the moment” channel and look at some of Johnny’s sidevu videos. There not Garmin but he does a great job of explaining how it works and interpreting what you are seeing. I use it mainly to find structure. A 9” screen is pretty hard to actually see fish.

Will do, have a great weekend!!

Your welcome Buddy, have a great day!!

Thank you, have a great day!!!!

Appreciate the kind words Richard, have a great weekend!!

Glad it was helpful! thanks for watching

I’ve been re-making some of the earlier videos and this one is on the list👍🏼. I liked the information but can definitely make a better quality video, thanks for watching. Happy 4th of July

Thanks, I appreciate that!!! Have a great weekend

You should be able to adjust your contrast or gain depending on which sonar screen your talking about (traditional or clear vu) to reduce noise clutter. If it’s vertical lines along the screen check that your power is above 11 volts, your ferrite bead is on your transducer cable and your not powered off your trolling motor battery. I have to adjust my brightness throughout the day for sunlight conditions but the gain and contrast I don’t mess with allot once they are set. If your transducer is getting air bubbles under it the picture is really bad. A little clutter isn’t a bad thing, I’ve been guilty of making the image so clear I’m missing the fish marks lol.

Mine shows it also after the latest software update!!!! Haven’t been on the water since the update, I’m excited to try it. I make the videos a couple months before they go online. I had a GT 52 most of last year, if I remember it was 840k hertz. Have a great day!

I’m not sure which type unit and transducer you are using and I’m definitely not a deep water angler but using traditional sonar with my Garmin ECHOMAP the high wide chirp transducer will reach almost 250 meters so I wouldn’t think you would be limited much and could use your higher frequency, now clear vu I can’t reach 90 meters according to the chart. I’d recommend looking at your transducer specifications to determine what frequency to try. The other method would be to start out at a high frequency and turn it down if needed until you get a clear image of the bottom. If you are running an ECHOMAP try that traditional split frequency screen and play around with that to make sure your seeing suspended fish correctly

That’s odd? I have it on my home screen with the other sonar icons? Try building a combo and see if it gives you an option to add flasher. They hide the A-scope in the traditional. You have to open the traditional sonar, go into the menu then turn on A-scope to show the flasher on the side of the screen if that’s what your searching for? Have a great day Robbie. Send me a picture of your Home Screen doubletfishing@outlook.com

It only has 800khz in clear vu but you do have 455khz and 1120 kHz in side vu. The GT56 has more options.

@@DoubleTFishing My DI is 840.

It was a northwest fishing report image on the web. Yep I cropped out the bottom with the source. I’ll put credit in the description, thanks for catch that!!!!

I was asking about the chart you showed. Good information. Can you provide the link to it would like to make copy to keep in boat

Yes, unfortunately it is an image so I don’t have a link but if you search “sonar cone angle coverage” in your web browser and select “images” it is a few pages down. If you do Instagram send me a message with you email and I’ll send you the image.

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