Side Imaging Sonar Pictures

Whether you are choosing a side imaging fish finder or a down imaging fish finder the occasion is what will determine the one to pick.

Side imaging sonar pictures.

Reading the side imaging on your fish finder can be really confusing if you don t know what you re looking at. On this image the biggest boulders are next to smooth bottom. And even if you do know what you re looking at but you don t fully understand how your device works you might wildly misinterpret where structure or a school of fish actually is. The best part is that natural structure submerged wreckage and even bait fish can be clearly seen when using side imaging.

Side imaging produces nice images of how boulders really look like and i use it to find key spots that i miss with 2d and down imaging sonar. Side imaging sonars also referred to as side scan sonars are a set of sonar system that was developed to create an image of large areas on the seafloor effectively. Side imaging aqua vu and boulders posted on december 13 2016. Although side imaging looks like photos it doesn t depend on light or darkness.

In the end you just can t pick a sonar type over the other. Side imaging sonar uses a razor thin beam that projects deep into the water to both sides of the boat with broad coverage across the bottom. Side imaging finders are better in shallow water and cover a wider range. To the left and right of your location.

This image is a boulder reef. This sonar device emits conical or fan shaped pulses down towards the bottom of the sea across an extensive range perpendicular to the path the sensor follows through the water.