Humminbird is integrated while at lowrance you have to buy a particular box.
Lowrance side scan images.
Fish targets light up your display.
This image shows the shadow of a tree very well even though the tree shows up poorly.
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.
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.
The lowrance structure map can be accessed on the carbon and hds.
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.
You can as well decide to share it with the hook.
Genesis live real time mapping.
Basically the side imaging transducer has to be mounted externally.
Interesting detail at lowrance the probe is delivered separately so count more expensive for a complete kit.
The side imaging or structure scan.
Check out this breakdown active i.
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.
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.
You should also avoid any form of cavitation which can hamper the quality of the images.
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.
Lowrance product expert jacob scott walks through the basic settings set up and interpretation of active imaging sidescan.
Sonar is a massively cool technology and to me side scanning and down scanning are two even cooler technologies.
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.
Side imaging shows really nice images but how about the real deal and see what it really looks like.
This aqua vu footage shows what the tree looks like with the rocks nearby.