Vexilar pro view ducer, who can help

[MaxGoldman]

I'm still not exactly sure how these things work. I've read a bunch and watched all of Mr Zenanko's videos. From what I watched and read, you turn your gain up to widen your cone. I just don't understand how turning your gain up to a 30 degree angle cone doesn't jack up your sensitivity as well?? Is this something you sacrifice with a wider cone or what am I missing? I've also heard that turning the gain up does widen the detection area, but isn't widening your cone at the bottom essentially. Any clarification is appreciated since the more I dig the less I resolve.

[ski_otter]

I just got one this year and I'm not really sure how I feel vs the tri beam I had last year.

I haven't really gotten into the fish yet this year so widening the cone out hasn't helped much. I generally leave it narrow and maybe turn up a bit if I see a blip to see if I have a fish or vegetation

I'm pretty sure I'm not as good with this transducer as I was with my tri beam yet

[Agronomist_at_IA]

I think this link does the best job of explaining a Tri-beam, normal beam, and a pro view.

Transducer types explained

I stayed with the Tri beam due to the pro view being a unknown area of coverage.

If I understand it right, you have to turn the gain up to get a wider beam with the proview, which makes your marks blobbier.

[MaxGoldman]

I thought I had already watched that whole video but only remembered the first 5 minutes or so, so I must not have finished it. That cleared up enough for me to just go out and fish with it and learn more.

[Agronomist_at_IA]

To me the proview isn't something I'd want. Sure you can control how wide it gets, but what area are you seeing covering? Kinda pointless to control an unknown!