Fish Finder Help - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Mr GreenJeans · 02-21-2010, 05:52 AM

Dsafety, you're right about density being important to signal quality. It seems to me that I read somewhere that what the FF really detects is not the fish, but rather the air bladder in the fish. When you are dealing with equipment that is that sensitive, you can see where some air bubbles would mess up its ability to interpret the sonar signal.

peguinpower · 02-21-2010, 08:55 AM

The transducer is designed to work in a medium that is as dense as water. Less dense means less range. More dense is better (more sensitive) but may change the depth readings. If the dense medium is less than a couple of inches, it should not matter.

That said, it does not look like that your transducers is broke. Just make sure you don't install it again with air bubbles. I advise a wet mount.

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yakrider · 02-21-2010, 09:08 AM

read this...
very informative....
http://www.lowrance.com/en/Support/T...onar-Tutorial/

02-21-2010, 05:52 AM	#1
Mr GreenJeans Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The OC Posts: 58	Dsafety, you're right about density being important to signal quality. It seems to me that I read somewhere that what the FF really detects is not the fish, but rather the air bladder in the fish. When you are dealing with equipment that is that sensitive, you can see where some air bubbles would mess up its ability to interpret the sonar signal.

02-21-2010, 08:55 AM	#2
peguinpower bing! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: socal Posts: 246	The transducer is designed to work in a medium that is as dense as water. Less dense means less range. More dense is better (more sensitive) but may change the depth readings. If the dense medium is less than a couple of inches, it should not matter. That said, it does not look like that your transducers is broke. Just make sure you don't install it again with air bubbles. I advise a wet mount. /bing

02-21-2010, 09:08 AM	#3
yakrider Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 611	read this... very informative.... http://www.lowrance.com/en/Support/T...onar-Tutorial/