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[mallardecho]

I have a X-96 on the bow, and I am having problems with it producing arches. I get blobs instead, not baitfish but individual fish but they are blobs. I have tried switching over to the fish ID mode when I see the blobs and they register as fish. So my question is what am I doing wrong for my unit to produce blobs instead of arches? I feel that I am not getting the most from this unit, esp when looking for fish on the bottom. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[fisherpal2k]

I had this question myself Mallardecho. I contacted Lowerance and their explanation to me was that if it stays a blob then the fish is not moving. The transducer has to be moving over the object to get it to show a true arch.  I also found out that when my trolling motor was down that the transducer was not level. I had to shim it to make it pick up correctly and am finding more out each time I use it. </p>

  Check to make sure that it is level when the motor is down and the boat is still. I marked my boat at water level and when I got home I leveled the boat with the tongue jack to make the mark level. Then I put my troller down and found when it was locked into position that it was actually off level by 1/2". I shimmed it at the back and it now works a lot better.</p>

 Hope this helps out some.</p>

 

[mallardecho]

emoThanks

 

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