The LAST Down Imaging Explanation You Will Ever Need | Fish Finder Sonar Instruction

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[@tentwo6350]

Bro I’ve been a professional IT instructor for over 30 years. I can say, having taught hundreds of classes, that you are a fantastic instructor/presenter.

[@saultpancetta366]

Breaking it down so much that even an Auburn fan can understand it

[@540fishing]

I am a person that has felt I understood down image but I love to hear other Anglers points of view on how to use equipment rods and lures. Your videos are by far some of the most simplified yet spot on and informative videos on any platform

[@lauracoley108]

😂😂😂

[@mrdooley9974]

I resemble that remark

[@beanznwienaz]

You spelling Oklahoma wrong

[@LogicallyKnot]

No, you need a cow to explain it like this for an Auburn fan to understand it..... Mooooo

[@fishflyexplorer]

Finally a very basic comprehensive explanation from a great teaching skilled angler. Thank you for the simple breakdown. Seriously!

[@scottankers6690]

This is the best explanation that I've seen.

[@Jlen_inthewild]

Man I appreciate you and all the hard continuous work you put in for us knuckle heads trying to figure this out. Hands down you run the best channel on KZbin! Thanks again!

[@Jim-Stick]

I do salmon fishing with my Dad on west coast Canada. This has helped me a lot solidify my understanding. Your video is greatly appreciated!

[@boomchang1]

FANTASTIC VIDEO!!! I just got my first fish finder and small boat this takes so much guess work out. This link to your video should come in the box of EVERY FISH FINDER!!!! FRUSTRATION ENDED!!!! THANKS AGAIN!!!!

[@badatstuff3690]

By far the best explanation video for this topic. All the others I watched the person explaining assumed too much about how much I already knew.

[@terrymcguirk7863]

Excellent - I have a Helix 7 and have been confused about some of the issues you address. You did a great job without extra info I don't need, but want to dig deeper into Humminbird capabilities. Fish rivers as well as lakes in Western PA/Eastern Ohio and Erie. I will keep watching and move on to other videos. Thanks again!

[@nicholasmusikoyo7609]

You're such a good teacher, thank you.

[@alwaystinkering7710]

That's the most clear explanation I've seen. Very well done! One thing I'll add. The relative movement of the fish and boat are key to understanding the image. If that fish decided to hang out in that spot, you would see a very long fish because the unit would keep seeing and plotting it. That's the only time when you can be pretty sure where the fish is: when the boat is not moving and there's a long streak, it's parked directly under the transducer. And just like circling with the boat, one fish might appear as many if it's swimming around under your stationary boat. You're seeing the same fish repeatedly. That's a good clue that it's interested in your bait.

[@Ripp1n]

Finally videos for the North. Being from WI Johnny, you should do more videos on northern lakes, WI and MN lakes would be awesome.

[@cornellbeard6905]

This is one of the best explanations I have found. I am brand new to fish finders, thank you very much you now have a new subscriber.

[@jgalicic]

Great info Jonny ! On my Simrad GO5 touch screen unit it will tell you how far away from an object that you marked on the graph until you clear the cursor. On my Helix 9 if you put the cursor on an object it will tell you how far away you from the object. If you have a trolling motor linked to your graph you can easily go back to the waypoint or cursor position that you marked.

[@tmyers4822]

Great information, I am new to this whole electronics and I appreciate it very much

[@KG-xf9ew]

Great video and well explained. There are too many crappy videos out there. This was excellent.

[@lockbusters5672]

Very helpful! Thank you on behalf of us new to reading fish finders!

[@MrJohnB-qs6dp]

This was the best explanation on how Down Imaging I've seen!!👊🏻Great job Johnny!!!💪🏻 Stay Safe & God Bless!!!

[@haciendadad]

As usual, you did a top notch job explaining Down Imaging. I have that on my Garmin and I never use it, I will now. Thanks.

[@shakeyhead0079]

Great video. I’m always learning on your channel. Thanks

[@justinhopkins5036]

You did a fantastic job. Thank you.

[@jimmymeatwhistle4988]

Very thorough explanation of down imaging. Thanks so much.

[@HughButler-lb6zs]

By far the best explanation of down imaging I have seen. That explains why I find sonar more useful, because I am not getting the best image on my down imaging view. Since it is a series of pictures you must have the proper coordination between boat speed and scroll speed in order to get the best picture of what's below the boat. The question remains as to what the shape of the image field is. Sonar is a cone ( 3 dimensional). What about down imaging? In using a fish finder, you need to understand you are interpreting a 2 dimensional image on your screen in a 3 dimensional world. You have to have your mind right says the warden.

[@NasTimeAdventures]

Great format for helping people understand. Thanks heaps.

[@raykeogh1972]

Thanks a lot , as a guy who has not even been in the water yet that was great. Thanks for sharing RayK. UK. YNWA.

[@bobnero19]

Outstanding treatment of this subject

[@davelerner8461]

Thanks Johnny, that really makes sense and you presented it very clearly, great video!

[@Brandywine-farm]

thank you sooo much. I bought one of these and I was so confused about all of it.

[@robertcook8187]

As always very good information on your video thanks and good fishing

[@hansselg1]

Thank you for making this video it was extremely helpful

[@mitchellhelms7238]

Thank you for the information it's very helpful

[@jimmycleveland1373]

Excellent video Jonny. Thanks!

[@winstonrocco1981]

Always learn something new from this channel

[@darrylstrand1953]

Awesome video Thanks I have a clear understanding now

[@brianswiger3374]

Just the video I needed. Thanks a million!

[@jakelacour3994]

This made is so easy to understand thank you

[@tommyhighhook3689]

Best Explanation yet!

[@shotbychristo]

This is a good video. Thanks for explaining this. It makes sense now 😊

[@jamesadams1357]

We need more of these basic sonar videos Johnny! Thank you young man

[@rowdybroomstick6394]

You can also use a throwable buoy marker to check the accuracy of the graph. As soon as you're making your second pass with the boat and are lined up to drive over the brush pile. As soon as you begin to see the brush pile coming onto the screen throw the marker just behind the motor a few feet. I mark my brush piles and structure this way as I feel it's more accurate than scrolling the screen back and asking the GPS to do it. Just hit the waypoint button the instant you begin to see the brush or structure your wanting to save. I do this usually on my second pass to make sure I'm not off to one side or the other. Although sometimes it may take several passes to get the best centered picture on the screen before I hit waypoint save. The gps method can work for bigger piles or if I have more obvious features on land I use to get my boat situated.

[@prynceal6762]

Good idea but if your in a body of water that has current (predominantly in Florida) that trick will be inaccurate.

[@SandmannOZ]

Doesn't work in the ocean... currents, winds, etc... unless you have a long rope and a weight on your bouy.

[@db561000]

Another great video! Thanks FTM

[@phenglee6084]

Well done!!!! Keep these up.

[@emilianobanzi9432]

Great job Jonny!

[@kymora6203]

Glad you said the area below and not the area around your boat my deeper fish finder has a icon that looks like a diameter in a circle so I thought that meant it was the area around so now I know it's just a width of the beam and not some diameter of a cylindrical cone.

[@outdooraussie6355]

Fantastic mate. Thanks. Cheers 🍻

[@danham3344]

Super cool video Jonny!

[@michaeltrible3630]

Great lesson Jonny ,, A marker would help explain also. I'll use this video next time I go out, I know these videos have to take a lot of effort. Much appritated !!

[@KevinMacW]

Awesome video, thanks!

[@rpeek]

Helpful. Thank You

[@jeffreyanderson2650]

thank you, very helpful!

[@victordankanych]

Great explanation 🤝 thanks

[@fishaholic122]

Great job, keep it up

[@freeagentangler5159]

Great information!

[@jamesoosterbaan556]

Good simple explanation

[@gwo8th211]

we used to sit over suspended deep fish and when they stayed under the boat which didnt always happen, it would echo streaks on the graph. We called it streaking. It was first done with a unit called a paper graph, maybe a Z15 or 16 model???? its been a while. I still like to DI with vertical fishing baits, I can get so entranced in it that you forget about the trolling motor and fishing line thing. The staring at screens all day didnt start with livescope by the way.

[@nbcguitar]

Thank you very much sir.

[@stanisawz5401]

A lot of good work. thx

[@BWOUTDOORS]

GREAT VIDEO TO WATCH THANKS,

[@davidtisch5237]

🔥video My son and I are learning together New to this stuff Valuable content plus I subscribe to the new channel I’m in ND

[@TheTaurus1988]

Subscribed to bass fishing declassified

[@swimstud5151]

Thank you for this! Much needed explanations for me here!

[@GunHolsters]

Brilliant video. Broken down so even I can understand it.

[@tonylawson8354]

Very well done

[@TyNguyen-vp8wk]

Awesome video 👍

[@georgefitzhugh6455]

Thanks for sharing

[@DonnaGreen-hg1wt]

Very helpful video

[@F-N-C]

This helps, thanks

[@greglee2785]

Great job.

[@markgalezo8587]

Great video

[@user-tc3uo4mb8t]

good job you helped.

[@nicholastarantino5567]

great explenation

[@jimknowles5483]

So Johnny, of the three fish finders, which is the best at down imagining??

[@teamperfectcuts]

Awesome video

[@boba-mg5md]

Thanks so much

[@MUSKIEJAKE]

Damm your good, thanks for teaching.!!

[@JAMESJONES-gn8wq]

Johnny. Great video! Got a ? On 360. Does the depth under the boat subtract away from the range like you said on side imaging? If I have my 360 on 80’ but I’m sitting over 20’ of water Is my target range then 60’? Just trying to tell how far away my targets are more precisely. Thx James

[@chriswalls5831]

I gotta read these for some big cats or pay a guide put me on them but yes get this for my boat

[@DumbUserName782]

Thank you

[@billtiritilli5271]

Just picked up a Nitro bass boat looking to update the electronics on a budget along with the trolling motor. Ultrex is my choice for motor but like to pair it up with something hummingbird suggestions.

[@mahaze55]

Question, once you create your waypoint am I correct in thinking that providing where your gps puck is on the boat, (mine is at the rear of the boat) using the casting ring feature and the length of the boat, mine is 18 feet long. setting the casting ring to 70 feet will put the brush pile roughly 50 away in front of the boat? Also my trolling motor is linked to the Humminbird

[@casey2562]

you should check out some of Tom Boleys Walleye Snap jigging videos. Amazing jigging right under the transducer. Mind blowing stuff

[@SandmannOZ]

I think part of why it's confusing for many is because they don't really understand what they're looking at. The vertical scale IS a distance scale, but while the horizontal scale LOOKS like a distance scale it's not... it's a TIME scale, ie: what is under my boat now, what was under my boat five seconds ago, what was under my boat ten seconds ago, and so on. This is made more confusing because if you drive a straight line and a constant speed then the horizontal scale can be interpreted as a distance scale with the screen showing a "cross section" of the body of water, but relying on that to remain the case without accounting for variations in course and speed can lead to misinterpretation. Similarly your screen make show a bunch of fish across the horizontal, but if you're sitting still over a given point that could easily be the same one or two fish swimming around under your transducer repeatedly.

[@tonyjones9057]

So in general, when you locate a brush pile or some structure you wish to fish, you have to circle back to fish on that spot?

[@MosesFishing]

FtM: heres how to use down imaging Randy Blaukat: down imaging sucks and heres why!!

[@mayachapman1744]

my fix 💪🍺🔥🔥🔥

[@garymeierhenry3223]

A companion video may be then comparing the down scan with the 2D and the 'active target' type.

[@BritishBeachcomber]

All you need to know is that *the current boat position is always on the right hand side of the screen.*

[@davidmccartney7577]

Cool

[@danield.4569]

🙌🏼

[@N1ghtR1der666]

honestly as these devices can give you a waypoint for a particular slice of the image, they should also be able to put a simple heading and distance reading when you click a place on the screen

[@Sam-mx2pi]

your navigate to Waypoint feature does that. I use it often.

[@sonnyfulkerson3824]

Thx - very informative. A bit of a beginner question. When graphing do you troll or use main engine - does the wake from props distort ? What’s best method for this ? Thx in advance

[@clashcontent5407]

I’m not really an expert but for me on my boat it seems that whenever I use my main engine and I take it above idle the finder is usually distorted so I find it best to either slowly drift without either motor or just use your trolling motor and the graph will not be distorted.

[@kidiraq8381]

You transducer is probably not installed right if your getting distortion while graphing. Other graphs pinging can cause interference as well. So turn others ping off while graphing or switch to maps on the one your not using for side/down imaging. Graphing is meant to be done with the main motor but can be done anyway. Graph at 3-5mph and for best picture, make sure your "chart speed" matches your boat speed. God Bless!

[@vincentmerkel2632]

9:07 it can be described as a path alignment that creates an active profile. Your advice is to keep in mind any changes in your path. Of course, a linear path will be easier to read. Thanks for the tutorial. Cool stuff.

[@FAKE-NAME]

If im trying to to vertical jig for salmon in saltwater what type of sounder(chirp/downscan/sidescan) would be the most useful for finding what depth the fish are at so i can try to jig at that depth.

[@small-town-southern-man3573]

Great video! Question: While you’re doing the slow-mo around the three minute mark, what is the large yellow blob suspended in the water ?

[@jakeMTSU]

bait ball or cloud cover/reflection can do the same.

[@WeedsePoentah]

So the sonar only looks to the center down or backwards then?

[@badneed]

What speed creates the best “picture”. If I scan a dropoff, what speed should I strive to go?

[@jakeroberts7302]

Yes Johnny hello. Question. Why do I lose all my a-rigs on the same wp? I don't like brush, its expensive to fish there

[@brianharrington5593]

How close do you run the distance on your mapping? 20'. 50' 100' 200' 500' as this will make a difference on exactly where your WP is set to go back over and relocate the brush pile.

[@mattfields2033]

Ah Jonny I know you do the Pythagorean theorem in your head to determine how close a brush pile is! After all, you are the Bass Fishing Professor!! A-squared plus B-squared = C-squared 😆😆😆

[@fjin1]

Can you a video for how to find fish in the fall in deep water?