Hey folks,
I joined because of all the sonar interpretation and advice here. I do fish bass, but target a lot of other species as well. Bought a helix 10 a year ago and decided to update my sonar on the front of the boat this spring with a helix 9 and mega 360. I've finally gotten an opportunity to get out and give the new mega 360 a try, and so far I am really enjoying it. I'm running a deep V with the universal mount and was concerned with all the posts regarding interference issues when I installed everything. Now I'm wondering if it has the potential to be less of an issue with the universal mount since it places wires farther away from the trolling motor.
Anyways, wanted to post a couple photos and my interpretation of them. I turned off the dynamic contrast after the first time out on the water because I try to run with as little "post processing" of images as possible. I messed around with sensitivity and contrast a bit, but didn't really spend time dialing in the settings; I need to get the excitement out a bit and play with things a bit first before I really start trying to fine tune.
First photo shows my trolling motor blocking part of the signal so I adjusted things. No idea what the fish were, maybe suckers.
Second photo has a 12 pound lake trout right under the boat. It hit right after I took the screenshot.
Fourth photo is a different day on a different body of water. I find a lot of smaller bass relating to the tree during summer. I'm curious to get thoughts on the striped appearance of the image. My first thought was to check for interference, but it didn't change when applying the different interference filters. I slowed the rotation speed down to 2 from 3 and it cleared up a bit as you can see in the last photo. I assume the appearance is a byproduct of boat speed and transducer rotational speed but figured it was still worth getting thoughts on to shorten the learning curve.
I think I'm really going to like the mega 360 and I think it's going to translate to a lot more productive fishing after I find good structure with side imaging.