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Gipper![]() |
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Posts: 36 | I’m looking at buying a new Humminbird and I would appreciate any opinions on side imaging vs just down imaging. If you’ve used SI is it useful and worth the expense or just nice to have? | ||
Pepper![]() |
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Posts: 1184 | Side imaging is well worth the extra $$ & cool to look at to boot | ||
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I got an SI unit last season and found it very useful. However, the chain I live on is very shallow, with nothing over 20' and with down imaging I get a very small picture of the lake. I wonder if that would not be of more value when on deeper water. | |||
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Posts: 1399 Location: Chisholm, MN | Side imaging has helped me find and catch fish that I would otherwise not known were there. Can't imagine fishing without it is some situations now. | ||
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Posts: 379 Location: KY | I too am looking to update my electronics. It gets a little confusing with all the features that are advertised, ultranet, bark, lightning, surround, bla, bla, bla… ![]() Keep in mind SI only works when your moving so it’s not necessary on the bow for casting. On the console I would not go without SI. It’s a game changer. I currently have an older HB 798 with SI. For me the must-have features are SI, DI, standard sonar for High speed, GPS, & temp. After using a relatively small unit I think screen size matters even more than outboard HP. Now I am holding out for knobs that go to 11. | ||
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Posts: 650 Location: Wisconsin | SI was a big help in trolling last year, and even on LOTW last fall. Amazing to see how some points were set up and islands. I was even able to pick up crappie beds on Bago last spring that I had no idea were there. | ||
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Posts: 18 | SI is a game changer and if used properly will lead to more fish in the boat. You will find and mark structure you didn't know existed. I have been trolling or jigging many times when folks with just standard sonar can't find any bait but we find it easily with SI. In shallow water like under 8 ft when sonar will struggle to find hooks with narrow cone SI will show you the musky. | ||
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Posts: 2884 Location: Ashland WI | I can see SI being much more helpful on lakes that aren't mapped well. The lake I primarily fish is very well mapped out on my Lakemaster chip. I don't find structure with SI that is not on the map. I have however, found fish cribs. | ||
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Posts: 456 Location: On my favorite lake! | I have SI on both console and trolling motor. As long as you are moving it works well. I usually will run split screen of down imaging and standard once I find what I am looking for. Roadbeds , specific rocks , fish cribs , trees etc are highly visible. They just came out with 3rd generation and are trying to dump 2nd . You might find a deal on 2nd. | ||
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Posts: 17 | Just getting back in to the game and am not completely up to speed on all of the new electronics. Can I assume one can run a Helix Mega SI unit on the console and a non Mega SI unit and non Mega Terrova on the bow that are all configured together? Also any issues networking a Gen 2 to a Gen 3? Thank you. | ||
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14ledo81 - 2/13/2019 9:01 AM I can see SI being much more helpful on lakes that aren't mapped well. The lake I primarily fish is very well mapped out on my Lakemaster chip. I don't find structure with SI that is not on the map. I have however, found fish cribs. Last year was my first with SI. Fishing hot spots had mapped the lake two years before and has a paper map that really did a good job, including cribs. But, late in the fall I was trolling and found two big brush piles someone had put in the lake. It was along a stretch where the road runs right next to the lake so it was not in someone's back yard. Saw them while trolling and while I did not catch a musky there, did pick up a mid-30s pike. The fish had to have been sitting next to one of the piles. Will for sure make that a spot to hit in the future. | |||
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