12-06-2016, 03:58 AM
I didn't know if I would prefer graph or flasher or water column, so I got all three. I prefer the graph. I hear some have the di
vantage of being slow, but mine is fast.
I'm about to start my fourth season with my MarCum LX-9. I can't compare it to anything else because it's my first, but the specifications indicate quite a difference and advancements compared to others such as target separation. There are a lot of controls and adjustments to be able to see best what you want to see and zoom into the portion of the water column you're fishing while simultaneously seeing another display of the whole water column with a graph and all that overlaying the video display of the high resolution camera looking at your lure and the fish interaction with it.
Interface rejection is excellent, so fishing around any other sonar has never been a problem.
Before, I would put so much care and thinking into the action I only imagine I'm imparting onto the lure only to wonder if there was even a fish there to see it. Now, I can watch the fish interaction with the lure. What sold me on it before even seeing it is the store experts trying their best to explain what is like abstract art to me that represents fish. With clear video sharing the same screen, the blobs of color make sense from the start because I don't have to imagine what the fish is doing -- I can see what it's doing. The combination works well together.
Now, after using it enough, I have a sense of what the sonar shows me from running around making holes and checking for fish and hunting structure. Every now and then I'm not sure what the sonar is showing me, so I lower the camera down and then I know.
The camera has 75 feet of cable and light is less with depth, but it has built in lights and even good for night ice fishing.
I also enjoy the digital video video recordings and get critique of lure and action from my friends.
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vantage of being slow, but mine is fast.I'm about to start my fourth season with my MarCum LX-9. I can't compare it to anything else because it's my first, but the specifications indicate quite a difference and advancements compared to others such as target separation. There are a lot of controls and adjustments to be able to see best what you want to see and zoom into the portion of the water column you're fishing while simultaneously seeing another display of the whole water column with a graph and all that overlaying the video display of the high resolution camera looking at your lure and the fish interaction with it.
Interface rejection is excellent, so fishing around any other sonar has never been a problem.
Before, I would put so much care and thinking into the action I only imagine I'm imparting onto the lure only to wonder if there was even a fish there to see it. Now, I can watch the fish interaction with the lure. What sold me on it before even seeing it is the store experts trying their best to explain what is like abstract art to me that represents fish. With clear video sharing the same screen, the blobs of color make sense from the start because I don't have to imagine what the fish is doing -- I can see what it's doing. The combination works well together.
Now, after using it enough, I have a sense of what the sonar shows me from running around making holes and checking for fish and hunting structure. Every now and then I'm not sure what the sonar is showing me, so I lower the camera down and then I know.
The camera has 75 feet of cable and light is less with depth, but it has built in lights and even good for night ice fishing.
I also enjoy the digital video video recordings and get critique of lure and action from my friends.
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