MANTON LAST NIGHT 22/1/08

Blinky · Post by **Blinky** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:52 am

Went for a run out to Manton with two of the kids for the full moon last night. Put in about 5.30 ish, one ski boat launching at the same time. One of the young guys gave me a hand to launch.

We headed off towards the wall area, I really just wanted to experiment with ping rates on the Lowrance 100c to see if I could get it to operate without interference from the Humminbird 797, the kids were as keen as mustard to latch onto a BIG Barra!

After d*cking round for a while and having success with the sounders we started some serious fishinÃ¢â‚¬â„¢.

CouldnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t turn a scale, water was like a millpond, not a skerrick of surface activity, saw a few big arches on electronics but couldnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t tempt them. Ended up pulling plug about 9.00.

Even though it was a complete failure as far as fish go, it was a most enjoyable 3 hours or so spent with the kids.

I captured a few interesting images from the 797:

Post by **Matt Flynn** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:57 am

Geez Blinky, that sidescan is set up nicely. Some great screenshots and nicely interpreted for FFF readers.

I reckon that post is worth a BOZOS soft plastic lure pack - PM me your postal address and I will mail them.

Blinky · Post by **Blinky** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:08 pm

Matt Flynn wrote:Geez Blinky, that sidescan is set up nicely. Some great screenshots and nicely interpreted for FFF readers.

I reckon that post is worth a BOZOS soft plastic lure pack - PM me your postal address and I will mail them.

You beauty, thanks Matt!

BarraBeast · Post by **BarraBeast** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:13 pm

WOW! awsome images Blinky Blinks.

image 10 would have to be the Lock Ness monster having a kip

image 14 looks like it needed a probe with a big rubber lure.

Blinky · Post by **Blinky** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:47 pm

I got a great shot of a lure being towed along in the transducer beam, just looks like a white line running through the water column. Unfortunately it's on a video recording not a still image, I'll see if I can take a photo of the screen.
It's interesting just to see what it looks like.

Sorry for the picture quality, it's a photo of a PC screen.

JC · Post by JC » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:27 pm

Good stuff Blinky,

Ive got a mate who has just bought his first boat and he got one of these sounders. I will put him on to this to help him decipher what he sees.

JC

2rods · Post by **2rods** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:32 pm

Mate that is "flash as Michael Jackson" that new sounder..... great to see you working it all out..... getting ready for the Classic and all

whomper37 · Post by **whomper37** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:31 pm

Thanks Blinky, Now I have sounder envy

Great stuff though.... I gotta get one...

Buckaneer2 · Post by **Buckaneer2** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:58 pm

Good one Blinky, Are they photos of the screen or saved to a card.

My computer here is a mac & it is not compatible with humminbirdPC so I am unable to download pictures from the card.

If you play with the scroll speed you should be able to get even clearer readings. I found it different in still water as opposed to running water. Also boat speed. I have mine setup for trolling speed against the current & I get perfect clear pictures. You can see the complete snag even count the branches if you want to. The shadow is also a good help, you can often see more in the shadow.

SMITHY · Post by **SMITHY** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:03 pm

really nice sounder images blinky, i always wondered if they worked as well as the hype sugest and i think you proved they do

ambigua · Post by **ambigua** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:27 pm

great bit of kit.
I can only ponder the amount of info you could get of a creek junction during the runoff.

what a time saving device, save casting at a spot for 30mins to see whats there, just turn on and run past, sold.

Kevin Kevinson · Post by **Kevin Kevinson** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:42 pm

tell you what blinky, after seeing those images, Sigmund Freud got it all wrong.

blokes dont have old fella envy. they have sounder envy...man i got a real bad case of sounder envy after that.

it was like standing at a public urinal and a bloke pulls up beside you and 10 seconds later you hear a dull thud on the porcelain.

oh. maybe siggy was right afterall.

Blinky · Post by **Blinky** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:33 pm

Buckaneer2 wrote:Good one Blinky, Are they photos of the screen or saved to a card.

My computer here is a mac & it is not compatible with humminbirdPC so I am unable to download pictures from the card.

If you play with the scroll speed you should be able to get even clearer readings. I found it different in still water as opposed to running water. Also boat speed. I have mine setup for trolling speed against the current & I get perfect clear pictures. You can see the complete snag even count the branches if you want to. The shadow is also a good help, you can often see more in the shadow.

Sorry in the delay getting back to you Ron, I only just re-visited this post

They are images from the SD card.
I run mine at the slowest scroll rate and as you say, for the best possible picture run at the slowest possibly boat speed.
I find the shadow gives you much more information than the "main" image.
It's a pity you have an Apple, I have a programme that can be used to accurately measure a targets height, length, distance from boat etc etc, will even give you it's waypoint if you missed it on the river. Top piece of kit!
Get yourself a laptop for the Classic!

Or you can borrow mine............... for a price

That's after I've deleted everything of course