Lowrance Side Scan Images

The structure map helps you capture very crisp images.

Lowrance side scan images.

Lowrance product expert jacob scott walks through the basic settings set up and interpretation of active imaging sidescan. The image now becomes your map. Side imaging and aqua vu posted on march 08 2018. Sonar is a massively cool technology and to me side scanning and down scanning are two even cooler technologies.

The side imaging or structure scan. Fish targets light up your display. Interesting detail at lowrance the probe is delivered separately so count more expensive for a complete kit. 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.

This aqua vu footage shows what the tree looks like with the rocks nearby. So much cheaper at humminbird unless we use several sonar connected ethernet. 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. You can mount it on a motor using the transducer brackets.

You can as well decide to share it with the hook. Basically the side imaging transducer has to be mounted externally. The lowrance structure map can be accessed on the carbon and hds. 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.

It should be mounted on the side of the boat without any obstructions blocking the visuals of the side imaging transducer. 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. You should also avoid any form of cavitation which can hamper the quality of the 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.

Humminbird is integrated while at lowrance you have to buy a particular box. 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. Check out this breakdown active i. Genesis live real time mapping.