capability of my locator...

[carolina-rig-01]

i am wanting to get a lot better at reading my electronics for a lot of reasons, a big one being drop shotting. my question is although my locator is far from being top of the line, is it capable of being set up for drop shotting? it is a lowrance X 65. it has 160 X 160 megapixels which i know isn't great. i really don't know where to start so any info would really be appreciated.

[Dutch]

You can use it if you pay attention. I have done it with $89 units. It is a lot easier to do with the 480x480 but you still can do it.

[Don House]

C-rig-01 Dutch is right, you can make it work.. I've done it myself. Biggest thing to to find the sweat spot with the transducer, best location is right under the shaft of the trolling motor, not in front of the motor like some installations, but it will still work. Start to play with this on a calm day by dropping a larger bait like a spoon right down the shaft of the trolling motor, try alot of different spots about 3 -5 inches apart until you find the best spot to drop your bait everytime, on both sides of the shaft.

Remember waves,wind and eveything else comes into play with this type of fishing, so compensate. Turn up your sensitivity on the graph to at least 80% so you can see the bait once it starts down and put the graph on manual mode bottom depth range if available also. Set your bottom depth to where you are marking fish such as if bait or fish are shown at 30 feet set your graph to 45 feet, that way you can see everything from 0 - 45 feet really good. What is below that does not matter right now until you get the hang of it.

Once you get good at the spoon, then move over to the drop shot, I prefer using a swivel, hook and a weight, it shows up much better. Now you should see at least 2 - 3 lines going down the graph if your in the sweet spot of the transducer. Top line will be the swivel, middle line will be the hook or worm and the bottom line will be the weight. Line up the middle line with the fish and now the bait is in the fish's strike zone, or even better right in the fishes mouth.

Practice, Practice, Practice!!! You will get the hang of it.. Also yes it does work better with a more powerful graph with higher resolution, such as 480x480 but you can still make it work.

Any questions reply back, we can help..

Good Fishing

Capt. Don

[carolina-rig-01]

thank you guys for all of your help! i really appreciate it!!! don, your advice is exactly what i needed, it really helps me out to have detailed instructions. that way when i am trying it i feel like i might me making ground not just wasting my time. thanks again.