Nice Steve, looks very fishy. Are you back on the water or is it and old shot? Going to take at least 2 weeks to get my compressor for my outboard down here.
How do these units show flat broken ground? Seams no one uses bottom lock on them.
I've been using A scope and bottom lock most of the time Brendan but turned the bottom lock off while we were sounding around in the shallows for our cray caves. The unit presents it's bottom lock differently to a Furuno but it still seems ok. i'm more worried about getting my transducer right so once I'm happy I'll try for a few more pics. You're always welcome out if you come up to Perth.
Jamie, I have spoken to Tim and hopefully we have made a difference to his settings, however it did take a bit of messing around to get my unit reading well. Brendan, I am no where near to being back on the water as yet, I actually have to ring my mechanic this morning and see how he wants to tackle the issue. I'm hoping I wont miss the samson fish as I have promised some fishwreckers a ride and would feel really bad if I couldn't take them out. Poddy, If it was able to be dived I'm sure it would be very impressive, it seems to be a reliable area for dhufish and other goodies at the moment, but in saying that, it is a fair way offshore. We only found it maybe 2 trips ago, but it stretches for about half a km, very fishy place!!
Ron, this spot is about 15km north, seems reasonably "untouched" if there is such a thing in the metro area. We have not seen much traffic near it so far.
yeah sorry steve took abit more notice after my comment and noticed the depth - tad deep for most diving haha... very nice look spot tho mate - one to keep to yaself specially if its not gettin much attention
thanks for your help with the settings on my hds10 just wondering do you use sea anchor , i find it time consuming when i want to go over same ground , at what speed can you read the bottom say in 45m. of water , and is it in deep water mode , or do you change to general purpose
G'day Frank, welcome aboard, hope the settings have made a difference, seems to be a few struggling with HDS settings. They seem to be quite sensitive to any change, probably took me half a day to get mine working well, and that was with a good understanding already of Lowrance units. I will almost always use a sea anchor except for those rare times when the wind has dropped to nothing and drift is very slow. We have had a few occasions this year were we haven't used one all day. My unit is set to deep water mode and I never alter that, and I can sound quite effectively at full throttle, approx. 75km/h. Steve.
till
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You should get Tim out, so
You should get Tim out, so we can see how the supermarket looks on his HDS10!
Seaquest
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Nice Steve, looks very
Nice Steve, looks very fishy. Are you back on the water or is it and old shot? Going to take at least 2 weeks to get my compressor for my outboard down here.
How do these units show flat broken ground? Seams no one uses bottom lock on them.
Lucky Tim
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Date Joined: 28/11/07
I've been using A scope and
I've been using A scope and bottom lock most of the time Brendan but turned the bottom lock off while we were sounding around in the shallows for our cray caves. The unit presents it's bottom lock differently to a Furuno but it still seems ok. i'm more worried about getting my transducer right so once I'm happy I'll try for a few more pics. You're always welcome out if you come up to Perth.
poddyfish
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ground
sweeet looking piece of ground there..... have you dove or fished it much steve? wat are you pulling off there etc??
Fear The Spear............!
STEVE231
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Date Joined: 05/01/10
Jamie, I have spoken to Tim
Jamie, I have spoken to Tim and hopefully we have made a difference to his settings, however it did take a bit of messing around to get my unit reading well.
Brendan, I am no where near to being back on the water as yet, I actually have to ring my mechanic this morning and see how he wants to tackle the issue. I'm hoping I wont miss the samson fish as I have promised some fishwreckers a ride and would feel really bad if I couldn't take them out.
Poddy, If it was able to be dived I'm sure it would be very impressive, it seems to be a reliable area for dhufish and other goodies at the moment, but in saying that, it is a fair way offshore. We only found it maybe 2 trips ago, but it stretches for about half a km, very fishy place!!
fisho-ron
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looks the goods steve. is
looks the goods steve.
is this near your old market or was this the one when you went further?
i am still using the symbols on mine, they come on top of the coulour, its a visual thing for me.
mine looks the same as yours but i use the blue background.
seaquest, i use the zoom only, i dont like the b/lock or the attt bar.
cheers ron
STEVE231
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Ron, this spot is about 15km
Ron, this spot is about 15km north, seems reasonably "untouched" if there is such a thing in the metro area. We have not seen much traffic near it so far.
poddyfish
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Date Joined: 01/05/07
sweet
yeah sorry steve took abit more notice after my comment and noticed the depth - tad deep for most diving haha... very nice look spot tho mate - one to keep to yaself specially if its not gettin much attention
Fear The Spear............!
grayzeee
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looks like a top spot
looks like a top spot mate.
got to love stumbling across that eh.
what do you think it is?? coral outcrop?? bait everywhere.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
Saulty2
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nice Steve
thanks for your help with the settings on my hds10 just wondering do you use sea anchor , i find it time consuming when i want to go over same ground , at what speed can you read the bottom say in 45m. of water , and is it in deep water mode , or do you change to general purpose
frank
STEVE231
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G'day Frank, welcome aboard,
G'day Frank, welcome aboard, hope the settings have made a difference, seems to be a few struggling with HDS settings. They seem to be quite sensitive to any change, probably took me half a day to get mine working well, and that was with a good understanding already of Lowrance units.
I will almost always use a sea anchor except for those rare times when the wind has dropped to nothing and drift is very slow. We have had a few occasions this year were we haven't used one all day.
My unit is set to deep water mode and I never alter that, and I can sound quite effectively at full throttle, approx. 75km/h.
Steve.