Fishing Update, And Hds Question?

[Jacob]

Went fishing around mutton today. 62 degrees in the main channel 65 in the coves. Good top water bite. Using a popper. 9 smalls in 1.5 hours. Most around 14"s and one 15" and a 16".

Question

I picked up a hds 10 and a sturcture scan last weekend. I got everything working. the sonar works great. The down scan works aswome. I see so much stuff. I'm finding brush piles I never knew existed. but I never see anything on my side scan. It just always looks barren. Thoughts? I have it set on shallow water. I fish 30' on average. 833hz.

[nitro96]

Went fishing around mutton today. 62 degrees in the main channel 65 in the coves. Good top water bite. Using a popper. 9 smalls in 1.5 hours. Most around 14"s and one 15" and a 16".

Question

I picked up a hds 10 and a sturcture scan last weekend. I got everything working. the sonar works great. The down scan works aswome. I see so much stuff. I'm finding brush piles I never knew existed. but I never see anything on my side scan. It just always looks barren. Thoughts? I have it set on shallow water. I fish 30' on average. 833hz.

I have the humminbird,you have to really watch it for brush piles. The newer the pile the easier to see. As the wood absorbs the water it becomes the same density, you look at the shadow it put out.

[beagle man]

depends on what you have your contrast set on and how far out you are looking, one good rule of thumb 75 percent on contrast,and half the water distance, ie, if your in 60 fow scan out 30 ft. also scan one side at a time to do serious looking, use both sides, then when you find something go to one side, it took me a few trips the more you use it the better you will get at it. like you I am finding stuff I never dreamed was there