Poll - Which Ice Machine Mode Do You Use??????

[PTocko]

I have a 522 - have used it mostly in flasher mode but played around a little bit with it yesterday in graph mode. Was able to pick up the lure a little better in relationship to the bottom - nice. Did see a fish come off the bottom and "hit" my bait - sneaky fellow took my minnow. After a while though it seemed like the screen got cluttered with fish "lines", bait "lines" other stuff "lines". Just wondering who uses what mode and why -

1) Flasher

2) Graph - full screen

3) Graph - split screen (zoom)

4) Other

Any advice/suggestions/tips would be appreciated - thanks. Paul

[markkstanley]

3 lets me pickoff the high riders.

[JimBuck]

I mainly run in 3 with 4x zoom. If I'm running shallow (8' or less) I will switch the Upper and Lower limits in order to have the entire water column on the screen then toggle 2x and 4x.

[Skeets]

I mainly run in 3 with 4x zoom. If I'm running shallow (8' or less) I will switch the Upper and Lower limits in order to have the entire water column on the screen then toggle 2x and 4x.

Exactly the same thing I do.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Depends on depth. Mainly (3), but (2) if I am in shallow water.

[Chode2235]

I usually run with a single graph, and zoom in accordingly. Unless I am in 30+ ft and trying to split hairs with my graph I dont really need to use the zoom that much.

Be sure to turn on the mode that shows you the signals on the right. That is what I am watching more than the graph.

[Sandmannd]

Hmm, just used mine yesterday and used 2. I'll have to try three.

[fiskyknut]

4

[Neighbor_guy]

I like the full graph mode, but the flasher with the split zoom is hard to beat.

'Bout 50/50 on witch way I set it up.

[EJ]

3

[PTocko]

Okay - here are the results (so far) out of 11 total votes -

1 or 9% use #1) Flasher

3 or 27.2% use #2) Graph - full screen

5 or 45.4% use #3) Graph - split screen (zoom)

1 or 9% use #4) Other - fiskynut did not specify "other"

Looks like I may have to play around a bit more with it in the split screen mode. Paul

[7outof10]

5

[FISHINGURU]

mine is constantly on auto zoom while fishing....only time i have it on normal mode is for checking depth.

[Swimmer]

graph, split zoom. Love the way the fish seperate off the bottom...and you get a better idea of the "history" of the fish on a graph.

[mnhunter79]

#2 and #3 lowrance

[fishwater]

3

[redbandit]

Mostly 3 in 4X sometimes 2 in 4X if I want a longer history.

[cold one sd]

One, because my other four sonars are on my boats.