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Hey guys, now that I have a fairly nice Eagle Fishmark 480, I am wanting to learn to read and comprehend what the finder is showing me. I used to turn on the little fish symbol feature and just watch little fishes pop up on the screen. I get the feeling this feature is lying at times, and it might not be a fish, but rather something else in the water. I have a few questions.
1. If I am not moving, would I seen any fish arches on the finder when anchored?
2. With all the bells and whistles on my finder, what are the typical sensitivity settings you guys use?
I have used fish finders for only about 2 years now. I pretty much don't know how to really read what they are telling me when I have it set to show me the actual echo returned, aka the arches, rather than the fish id feature. I am almost tempted to take the boat out with no fishing gear, and just put around and try to teach myself this sonar thing. I have read a few things online, but when I get on the water, I forget it all.
My finder is a really nice unit, nice big screen, and the resolution it shows is excellent. Now if I could just figure out what is what.
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1. If I am not moving, would I seen any fish arches on the finder when anchored?
2. With all the bells and whistles on my finder, what are the typical sensitivity settings you guys use?
I have used fish finders for only about 2 years now. I pretty much don't know how to really read what they are telling me when I have it set to show me the actual echo returned, aka the arches, rather than the fish id feature. I am almost tempted to take the boat out with no fishing gear, and just put around and try to teach myself this sonar thing. I have read a few things online, but when I get on the water, I forget it all.
My finder is a really nice unit, nice big screen, and the resolution it shows is excellent. Now if I could just figure out what is what.
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