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Alphahawk or anyone. What's going on the left of the split screen. Looks like a cloud of some sorthttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/28/usy8aqeg.jpg


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Is it just the whole bunch of baitfish that's kind of what I'm thinking


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No....of course I have a Humminbird but the theory is the same. Fish in down scan will show up as grains of rice. Also the cloud could be temperature inversion....moss. You can see the cloud in the upper right hand portion of your si also. It could be some baitfish. Next time you come onto something like that zoom in on it. There is fish in there for sure. Have you played with your color palettes? For me the white palette is best for my eyes. It is something you need to try. Nice pic.



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I have changed colors still seeing which I like the best. Thanks


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I was thinking the same thing as alpha. Maybe moss or algae or even mud from some type of disturbance. The brighter trails on the left look like limbs to me.

Also on the left you think that is fish amongst brush? The whiter longer images?


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Thanks for your input.


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Here is a DI shot of what I know to be a tree. Somewhat similar in the style. Your tree might be out on the edge of the transducer range.

So with just Sonar, you will get some of the longer lines/arcs suspended to be fish, i get that, but will you still get that with DI/SI? i would have thought those to be moving fish in the picture originally posted, same as regular sonar. My knowledge of DI/SI is this: its really cool and i want it, other than that, i dont know alot about it, i know the principal behind, but not the finer points, much like my Tree Limb/Moving Fish question.
Awesome screen shots though! great pics!

So do you like that green shade the best?


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di/si works off the Doppler principal. What that means is that your boat....kayak....has to be moving for your return....display....to show correctly. Depending on the angle you are moving to a fish using si, and depending on the size of that fish you can quite often see the actual shape of a fish. But most of the time with di you will be see what a lot of folks have described as "grains of rice". Crappie...bluegill.....give a very distinct return.....the minute you see it you know what you are looking at. One of the reasons everyone recommends the biggest screen you can get is because of the way fish are displayed in di/si. It does not take long to learn how to use di/si and with all the tutorials on the web one can be up and running in no time. I know for me that going out now in the kayak with the si it turns into an adventure....LOL. We have all heard the phrase "Ninety percent of the fish are in ten percent of the water". When you use a si unit it really drives that statement home. I have completely covered VFW Lake with my unit and was surprised to see just how much of that lake was void of fish.....but that is only 22 acres. Laurel Hill is over 300 acres so it will take me a while in a kayak to explore it. If you get one...and learn how to use it...you will be in a much better position to put fish in the boat. To me the best way to describe it as you can eliminate unproductive water real quick.


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The green was one of the better ones on the Lowrance unit.

Thanks for the response Alpha. Ive been eye-balling them for a while now. What ever i get, i know im sold on the larger 7" screen, and with as much vertical fishing i do, i certainly want as clear and detailed pictures that i can get. I would love to get the 360 Unit, but that thing is like 5 times the value of my boat/trailer/motor/current humminbird unit! LOL.
I dont know if i can justify that one with the wifey-to-be! LOL.

What was your boat speed?