Echo sounder info
Submitted by MandurahMatt on Wed, 2013-10-23 09:19
Ok so I've been going through reading old threads, very helpfull. I intend to buy a book about it soon. But I have one question for now, in shallow water ie 4 - 30m what Hz setting do people prefer to use and why? I understand that 200Hz is a narrower beam and 50Hz is wider but what difference does this make?
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Bewdey Fellaz
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200 khz is for use mainly up
200 khz is for use mainly up to 100m ( you will get better detail on this setting) but depending on your transducer you can go deeper up to around 300m from memory. 50khz for deeper fishing the beam gradually gets wider the deeper you go.
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Starbug
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The higher frequency has
The higher frequency has better definition of structure and fish.
Rig
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book
that book oceanside is selling about sounders is one of the best investments you could make to get the most out of your echo sounder.
uncleben
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whats the book called rig??
whats the book called rig??
MandurahMatt
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Yea I saw it advertised
Yea I saw it advertised there, that's the one I was gona get :-)
Bewdey Fellaz
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How to use an Echo sounder /
How to use an Echo sounder / fish finder by John Adams.
Bewdey Fellaz
uncleben
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might have to have a look
might have to have a look for it.... there is dvd tutorials out by a guy named dr sonar... supposed to be very good also
Paul H
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Also has some info on the web
Also has some info on the web (free)
http://doctorsonar.com/
Go to education and then to sonar for various tips
Youtube Channel - FishOnLine Productions
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbUVNa-ViyGm_FTDSv4Nqzg/videos
Rig
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web
yeah there is plenty of info on the web for free, I have lowrance so tthere are heaps of yanks that have tutorials on youtube. The book by John Adams (yes thats the one Mandurahmatt) is more generic but probably more helpful in understanding how an echo sounder works so you can fine tune yours to suit conditions as opposed to what setting works best most of the time.