Side/down imaging thread
 

Lets use this thread to Post pictures of cool things you came across while scanning out to the side and down below!!!

This would be a very cool thread!!! And if you have a humminbird or lowrance. Unfortunately I don't have any to share but I have the humminbird and I love it! Really thinkin hard about getting the 360 :eek:

Side/down image
 

Hummingbird mid 6 mile area. Looks like a awning. Have a picture of a boat in Cow Bayou that is in about 4 or 5' of water. Will post more later.

This is an image from a friends sonar recordings. looks like a big aligator gar. What do you think.
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Here is a close up with measurements!

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Came across another image while view some sonar.

If you looks close on the right looks like the you can see the eye area and its mouth is open.

I saw Jesus' eyes!!!!.. cool shots though

Anyone got shallow water shots in Biglake?

Are y'all finding any derelict crab traps?
My buddy's sonar found a shopping cart on the bottom at Toledo bend.
He also could see the 5 gallon buckets of concrete that the brush piles were set in.
Pretty cool.

A school of fish on the bottom. Trash pile area weeks bay in November
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So how are yall taking screenshots?

I'm taking these pictures with my phone while looking an some sonar logs and a program I have in my computer.

In this picture you can see fish holding on structure in all the pictures. Also in the top left picture you can see the lure being retrieved right through the fish. The lure is the small red vertical little lines going from bottom left of the structure to top right. Passing through the fish. Attachment 84851

If you have an hds touch unit you can take screen shots by pressing the power button and page button at the same time

The bank, a small channel on both sides with some debris logs etc. on the bottom of the main channel. These images. Are from a lowrance hds 7 Unit.

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More fish holding on a drop off. Attachment 84864

All these images are from different areas of vermillion bay

i have a few images of crab traps.

Ok, I use a Gen 1 HDS 7 with side scan. How do I view all of this post trip?

There is a log sonar button in your sonar menu. Press that then go fishing. Only thing is if you have long trips. Stop the log date that one and start another log. For a different area or spot you fish that day. All u need a 8 gig sd card. One day of recording is about 2 gigs.


make a different log for each spot you go to. Vs 1 long log.

2015-03-30 pass to gulf 2 track 1.

Keep in mind the slower you are moving on the traditional sonar the longer the marks will be. So if you are holding still on top of a school of fish the returns will be elongated a good bit and might not even resemble a fish anymore.

Also download lowrance sonar viewer to view them on a computer

Would that mean then that at higher speeds the fish returns will be like spots then elongated arches? I've been trying to utilize my garmin 498 sonar more and it seems like the returns are more like spots then arches. How does everyone have their scrolling setup?

Speeds higher than 5 mph, You screen will clutter up and you really can see anything but lines on the screen.

High ping speed all the time. And I think speeds btw 0 to 3 mph give a good fish arch return picture. That's what I gathered by looking at my sonar logs.

Yes, at high speeds the depth will still be pretty accurate but the screen will be cluttered with the traditional sonar. If you are still getting a lot of clutter at idle speeds, trolling, or sitting still you probably have the sensitivity setting on auto or just too high. You can take it off auto and manually increase/decrease the sensitivity to give you a better picture to your liking. As far as the side scanning goes I think it's recommended at 4 mph. Not sure about the garmins though, this is for Lowrance.

Ya I took my unit off of auto last trip and adjusted sensitivity as needed to get returns without to much noise. Fishing BL i've never paid to much attention to the sonar as the shallow water doesn't lend itself to giving much more then a bottom type. Trying to use it more though.

I mean it can't hurt lol. I would imagine the side imaging would be the bees knees for finding oyster beds or whatever.

Take a picture of the screen with your fancy phone while it's happening.

Ive watched\studied all 37 sonar logs very closely that i have of vermilion bay and this is what I've noticed. Vermilion Bay is a very flat and muddy place to fish and what i noticed on by watching these sonar logs is these fish will hold on the SLIGHTEST CHANGE IN BOTTOM CONTOUR!

i have a lowrance hds 7 gen 2 touch. i have not been able to find a lot of help with how to use the structure scan properly. looking to use it obviously to find oyster reefs, structure or anything that might hold fish and obviously fish and schools of bait. hard bottom vs soft bottoms. if anyone has any advice i would appreciate it. would really like to use this tool more effectively. i typically fish in the marsh but will also fish in some areas that range from 10 to 30 feet this summer for trout. thanks

just sent you a pm.

At higher speeds fish will show up as vertical red lines instead of arches. but to id that you have to compare to, say you side or down scan. the down scan will show white dots or snow flakes.

My side scan is the rotation of my neck left or right and the deep glare I give possible fish returns while eyeing them with my Costa BY GOD del mars!!!

no seriously my 498 is old.

Here is a comparison picture of what I mentioned earlier. Vertical lines in sonar and white dots in down scan images. Bigger the white dot/snow flake, bigger the fish. The speed in this pic is 11mph

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Hell yea!! lol

Crab traps 20 ft out and 45 ft out the left

interesting markings

Predator fish on the bottom and top and attaching the bait ball in the middle. Attachment 86369

Southwest pass area. Attachment 86400Attachment 86401

Ever passed over the deep holes in the Pass?

It would be interesting to find out what those big fish are

Yes sir. The hole pass is mapped out. I'll post a few pics.

I've always wanted to drop a whole mullet down. No telling what might be down there.