Electronics Confusion

[troutgnat]

Dtrs,

I own a 89' Ranger 374V. In my opinion one of the best hulls ever. She's a smooth ride. Anyway, I have a whole thread with pics on the bassboatcentral.com forum under the bassboat restoration thread header. It's titled 89' Ranger 374V full restoration. Here's a couple of pics to get you started. I should put this under a new thread. Some guys might find it interesting. It will explain where I've been for the last year and 3 months. Here's a pic of original and latest(just before heading to shop for rewiring).

[CanoeBoy]

Went to the seminar about how to crappie fish provided by Missouri Conservation department and decided I was going to need sonar. Great seminar by the way for any unexperienced crappie fisherman. I would recommend checking out the website from the Missouri Conservation Department, especially if you are new to Table Rock Lake.

I have a 16 ft canoe and was wondering if any kayakers or canoe anglers have a recommended sonar system that they use. I was planning on mounting the transducer directly on the trolling motor that is mounted in the rear of the canoe. Anybody have good results from a similar setup or a better way to do it?

[Dutch]

I'll stick with the structure scan. I've never seen this definition on any 2 d sonar.

[Kenny Gann]

I got a 597ci HD DI on my boat and like the other guys say it was the best I could afford at the time and I love it. Also got a HB 141c. The mount heads on HB's are interchangeable so I moveem around depending on what im fishin for. I use 597 on front for dropshottin and it works great you can see the fish swim right up to the bait and get it. When my son is with me I let him sit up front and watch the graph and he loves it. Everybody knows when you take kids fishing if there not catching anything they get bored in a hurry. This thing helps me keep my boys interested and thats priceless for me. 597 has DI but i don't use it that often I use Real Time on the right and 2d on the left. Works awsome. I did buy a navionics chip for the 597 and it is great. You can split the screen and pull up to a cove or point and look at contour,move cursor to where you wanna go push go-to and drive right to it. Helps me do more fishin and less lookin. A color screen is a plus I think It lets me tell what's what by using colors.

[Billfo]

Wow that is cool ! This is sitting stationary ? Is "structure scan" the same as "down Imaging".

If that really is a shark, I wont be swimming there anymore...

I'll stick with the structure scan. I've never seen this definition on any 2 d sonar.