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Location: 31 | I think seeing fish is a bonus and most primarily use the Lowrance structure scan to save time on the water. For you guys that are considering one, it’s not just seeing things and fish off to the side, it's also knowing exactly what's under your boat as Steve touched on (I think he uses bird 360 imaging).
A good example of the difference between the new and old technology happened a couple of years ago when I was fishing with an excellent fisherman who was not yet familiar with structure scan, but was very familiar with the LCX because he was running one in his boat for years. We were shallow water trolling in an area we had both fished a lot in the past looking for emergent weeds in my boat using an LCX for the map/icons/depth, and a HDS for the down and side scan.
The excellent fisherman pointed to what he thought was weeds below the boat on the LCX, and I pointed to the blank bottom on the down scan of the HDS informing him it was for sure a false signal on the LCX. After some talk, we mutually agreed that at times in the past we had both been fooled by false readings… usually from having the sensitivity to high. I'm definitely no expert with these things, but would conclude that I have a serious edge now from when I didn't have the structure scan.
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