Lowrance elite 5 readings
Submitted by Aidos 95 on Sun, 2013-08-18 21:01
I have recently purchased a lowrance elite 5 , went out. With it today to have a look and what it was going to show on the sounder, i was just out around the tyre wrec, to have a look around, a few things came up and was just wondering what they would mean.
any ideas would be great full :)
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Jayden20
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looks like decent size fish
looks like decent size fish to me....catch anything?? Would off been pinkys ide say
Geoff78
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could be skippy
We've been getting similar soundings on skippy.
sea-kem
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Good readings but I reckon
Good readings but I reckon your sensitivity is turned up too high. Looks like you dropped your line right in the middle of them.
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Aidos 95
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Thank guys, nah didn't catch
Thank guys, nah didn't catch Anything, just had a few mates with little gear down there, while I was tryin to get a understanding on the sounder
the sounder Is on auto set up, but I do think I remember seeing the sensitivity on 67%, what would you recommend it should be on?
sea-kem
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Just play with it. But from
Just play with it. But from your screen shot I reckon you could eliminate a lot of the surface clutter as it shows you are picking up (reading) a lot of unwanted crap. The aim is to pick up the bigger signals from the bottom being fish. Don't worry I have a 585 and am still tweaking and playing with it.
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Paul H
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Most of the clutter is above
Most of the clutter is above 5m so its not overly bad given your looking for fish on the bottom. Turn surface clutter (in settings) to low - should clean it up a little
The orange is the bottom (reasonably hard and consistent) the green patches on the bootom would likely be weed/corals (not returning as strong a signal. The line dropping down in the centre pick is obviously a line (sinker/bait etc) or something you've dropped down from the boat. The lines above the bottom would be fish of some sort. The ones with a different colour in the centre (ie red/yellow) are likely bigger fish - that is the return signal bouncing off them is stronger hence the coloured centre. They are not dispalying as arches as they are remaining in the beam and continuing to be read by the sounder signal.
Pretty well what you want to see on the sounder and "lines in boys" suprising nothing was caught - but may depend on the type of fish and what you were using to cathc them?? Looks like a few fish on the right of your bait followed it down as it dropped to the bottom (one on the left will not as this is past history as the picture scrolls right to left
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Aidos 95
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Thank you very much fellas,
Thank you very much fellas, really apprieciate , as I am still learning, but wil tryout a few bits of tweaking
mr_meks
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The line going up to the
The line going up to the surface is an object going up, ie bait/jig retrieve at a fairly constant rate. I would guess a sinker with a bait below it. Settings look good to me.
Paul H
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Your right now I think about
Your right now I think about it the angle suggests its going up not down and a few fish followed it up a bit
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