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A new screenshot from my HDS10 with explanations of what you're seeing.

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Here is another one with explanations showing fish on regular 2D sonar and the same fish on both side scan and downscan imaging.

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I couple of shots from today.

This was a productive brushpile, I caught 6 off it today.

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This one has motor wash on the leftside, but that ball of shad was impressive.

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This was a rather impressive school of bass that chased an A-rig to the boat. Lots of motor wash on the left side.

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Cool. Thanks for sharing!

We need more posts of screenshots. If anyone wants an interpretation, let me know. If I don't know the answer, I can get it. Direct from Doctor Sonar if needed.

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Jdoc, that big school of fish followed the Arig to the boat but couldn't connect. Its a motherload of big blacks.

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Having just bought the 7" Dragonfly sounder / plotter I was keen to try it out on a very small loch stocked with rainbow trout and a few browns. There are a few pike too but as far as I'm aware, no other species. I'm used to an old monochrome Eagle Fish easy 2 but am slightly confused by the results I found with the Dragonfly. It is a shallow loch of about 6 acres in total with about 1 acre offering water of between 14' - 20' deep. I'd love to hear any comments on these images as I'm finding it difficult to believe these arcs are all fish. The middle image has a large unexplained hit on the bottom that I suspect may be a spring (as there are no inflows to the loch). Diggerdawg

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Definitely fish for sure. Probably trout as you stated.

The middle one puzzles me. Could be a rock formation. Hard to tell with that color palette setting. The new Raymarine units are new for me. Uses chirp technology if I remember correctly. I'd like to see that middle image with different color palettes or setting adjustments.

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Definitely fish for sure. Probably trout as you stated.

The middle one puzzles me. Could be a rock formation. Hard to tell with that color palette setting. The new Raymarine units are new for me. Uses chirp technology if I remember correctly. I'd like to see that middle image with different color palettes or setting adjustments.

JDoc, Thanks for your response. I do intend to go back soon and look at this with structure scan to see if it shows anything. I'll post a follow up once I get there.

It is a silt bottom with very few boulders or features across the loch. I've yet to play around with the settings as this was the first time I'd used it and I could hardly believe my eyes when the screen lit up. Its funny how you begin to doubt everything you think you know when starting over with new equipment. I am surprised at the number of fish that seem to be in this loch.

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Your very welcome and the nd for the post! Those new Ray Marine units are nice.

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