Lowrance Side Scan Images

This aqua vu footage shows what the tree looks like with the rocks nearby.

Lowrance side scan images.

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. Basically the side imaging transducer has to be mounted externally. The structure map helps you capture very crisp images. 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.

Lowrance product expert jacob scott walks through the basic settings set up and interpretation of active imaging sidescan. Side imaging and aqua vu posted on march 08 2018. 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. So much cheaper at humminbird unless we use several sonar connected ethernet.

The lowrance structure map can be accessed on the carbon and hds. 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. Interesting detail at lowrance the probe is delivered separately so count more expensive for a complete kit. It should be mounted on the side of the boat without any obstructions blocking the visuals of the side imaging transducer.

The image now becomes your map. Check out this breakdown active i. For those who have logged sonar with a side scan reefmaster can help you open and export it as a map. Humminbird is integrated while at lowrance you have to buy a particular box.

The side imaging or structure scan. You can mount it on a motor using the transducer brackets. This image shows the shadow of a tree very well even though the tree shows up poorly. Fish targets light up your display.

Fish are easier to find and easier to identify with fishreveal which combines on one screen the proven performance of lowrance chirp sonar and the high resolution images of fish holding structure from downscan imaging. You should also avoid any form of cavitation which can hamper the quality of the images. 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. Sonar is a massively cool technology and to me side scanning and down scanning are two even cooler technologies.