How to Use a Hook2 - Full Sonar Tutorial

[@epickillers1030]

In general, the TI units are faster in response to inputs. This is seen when quickly switching between sonar, downscan, chart, and split screens kzbin.infoUgkxeAxH15LxhjGlg5-CRYqjTGTEH0tbY4vk recommend The Hook units will show some lag on button pushes and screen switching. The big ticket item though is maps. If you install a mapping card such as Navionics or the free C-Map Genesis which has a lot of map detail, then moving around the map with the cursor or when running down the lake can lag significantly on the Hook units, but is seamless with the TI units.

[@fairlane2020]

There are so many KZbin clips out there showing people unboxing there new Hook2 sounders but very few decent ones that actually go into depth on the functionality of the things.

[@williamseaman524]

These videos are really helping me figure all this out

[@gj5464]

First useful video on the Lowrance Hook 2 that i have actually found. Thanks so much.

[@Chupacabramusic]

And he has to do it in the damn wind

[@TheCominghome]

That's it do it facing the light and while the wind is blowing! BRILLIANT!

[@chrissnineyearwildlifejour9525]

For selection near the bottom of the menu actions you can hit the up arrow and start at the bottom.

[@darylwchan]

When you talk about Bottom Lock and say the scale is reversed I believe it is showing you how far from the BOTTOM items are so you don't have to calculate a drop shot length for example. The view with the reference as the bottom. I don't think it is an error in design.

[@steveadventuresinokc]

Thank you for sharing this information

[@hotwire20121]

It help a lot! Thank you

[@joshmatthew4125]

Very informative. Thanks!

[@alexfowler4404]

How do you know exactly where the transducer is shooting? I bought the hook2 4x and like it for the most part, but I’m not entirely where to cast to find the fish. How does the movement of the screen go with the transducer pings?

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

The sonar beam should always be shooting directly beneath the transducer. It will shoot strait down if the transducer is mounted level and properly. You can increase or decrease the ping speed but it will not affect how fast it scrolls on the screen. This unit does not have a scroll speed setting.

[@alexfowler4404]

Night and Day Marine so every fish that comes up is under the transducer? Or does it have a certain radius it covers?

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

@@alexfowler4404 In a sense it does only show the fish directly below the transducer but it does expand and increase in size in correlation to how deep the water is. These units technically have a 60 degree cone angle. So you can calculate the area of coverage by multiplying the depth by 1.155. That will give you the diameter of the cone at its lowest point. However, because sonar is 2D, it collapses that area into a flat image so a fish that shows up on the screen could be right below you or it could be over to the right or left. Will just depend on the depth on how far in either direction it could be.

[@alexfowler4404]

Night and Day Marine ohh okay that makes sense. Thank you for taking the time to explain!

[@micam59]

I have the Hook2 Triple Shot 7TS. The depth reading often either freezes on a random depth or blanks out (---) but the sonar is not stopped. To get it working again I have to power off and restart it. I fish a lot in 5 to 6 feet of water trolling at idle speeds and can hit bottom before recognizing depth reading froze again. I am sure it is plugged in correctly, I've checked numerous times. Any Suggestions?

[@TBrownRecords]

You made a nice video

[@carloswhite5057]

How can you tell where the fish are

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

It takes some practice. Is you are only using the sonar, they can technically be to the left, right, or strait down since the sonar beam is cone shaped. Also you have to consider how fast you are moving and how far the screen has scrolled to determine how far behind you they are. It's a lot of trial and error really. Kind of hard to explain

[@horseubut]

Bass Pro sold me the Lowrance Hook 2 TS9 in October 2019 when I purchased a 24' Fishing Barge. They never mentioned the Hook Reveal Line. What are the differences between the two products? I just discovered a tutorial on Hook 2 for overlaying the sonar with fish ID activated which seems to do the same as the Reveal series, is this true?

[@alfonsovillarreal8990]

Is there a way to set water level off set on these when the lake levels change?

[@andyattitude2000]

What I get out of this is to leave it on default settings and fish.

[@maxsanchez1937]

😂😂

[@concernedcitizen4581]

🤣🫵👍

[@Steve-rr3gc]

What I got out of this one and all others trying to explain how to use it- don’t buy it, if your boat has it in it like mine rip the cheap thing out and buy a different one. Tracker puts these in their boats. I guess 1. They’re cheap. 2. So they can say there’s fish finder included. EVERY video showing guys modifying their tracker, shows them ripping this thing out and buying another one. Which is exactly what I did.

[@trumpking4874]

I’ve never had a problem with it. Works great

[@Delbenno90]

Hey guys, where did you get information from, that HIGH chirp is covering 130-210kHz? And does somebody know the beam angle of the Splitshot sonar from Lowrance?

[@royp8645]

Once you have set your custom settings, can you save them to memory. If so is it a non volutile,where i do not lose the custm setting when supply is removed.

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

They should save automatically as long as you power down the unit properly. If you simply remove power from the unit then they will not save, but if you power it off through the a tual power button then they do save.

[@artbentley8594]

Hello, I have the HOOK2 4x basic I guess. Anyway, I was moving slow and came across a few fish using the fish symbol. I dropped anchor and just sat there messing with finder. I would say about an hour. It was scrolling and showed a line of fish like a parade. I new this couldn’t be right as it was impossible that there were that many fish swimming by. Should I turn off Fish I d symbol and use arch instead. I’m new to it and need some advice. I’m not even sure how to get it back to arch mode. Thanks for any help.

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

When you sit still and a fish or object is suspended below you, the display will continue to repeat the image over and over which will cause a stream of fish symbols to appear on the screen if your using fish ID. If you turn that off, it will show you a multi colored line across the screen instead as it repeats the fish arch over and over. It will do the same with your jig if its large enough.

[@billknight9775]

Question about the transducer, I got the hook2 5 it didn't have a transducer with it. I order a new one, nothing is showing up on the screen where side scan, depth, and fish should be. Who that mean the transducer is bad? I've never used lowrance fish finders before. Thanks

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

Did you get the tripleshot transducer?

[@billknight9775]

Yes I did

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

@@billknight9775 first thing I would check is if you have the transducer plugged all the way in. There are 3 rings on the plug and you have to make sure all 3 are fully pushed into the back. Also have you checked to see if you habe the latest software version installed on your display?

[@billknight9775]

@@nightanddaymarine8823 I've pushed the plug in as far as it will go. I haven't checked the software update yet. Thanks

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

@@billknight9775 Ya make sure you have the 18.3 update in it and not the 1.0. The current update will give you a message on the screen when you first turn it on if it does not detect the transducer. connected to it.

[@michaelbunch8912]

I thought the video was very helpful. I have the hook2 7 in for my hobie kayak it came with the bullet transducer. Do I have all the options on mine that you showed in this video? Or does the kind of transducer make the option different?

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

All the menus will be exactly the same. The only difference will be that yours doesn't do side imaging. But as long as yours is not an X series and has the mapping features then the menu options will be identical.

[@wink5360]

I learned a lot. Thanks

[@mikdav6734]

On so many videos on fish finders show functions of the unit but hardly any show and explain what it is showing like actual fish possible type and location.

[@bobdp3878]

I have a lowrance Hook 2 7 ts . I don't know if i messed up a setting ....but on chirp, it now has horizontal lines going across the screen top to bottom.....still shows bottom. how can i get back to normal ? thanks

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

Usually horizontal lines on that screen indicates some kind of interference. Do you have any other fishfinders on the boat right now? If you do, i would recommend maybe increasing your noise rejection and see if that helps clear it up. Also make sure your transducer is still level and hasn't been kicked up some and is still level with the horizon.

[@bobdp3878]

@@nightanddaymarine8823 Only one tranducer....it only happens on chirp, 200kz is fine

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

@@bobdp3878 Hmmm... did anything else happen on the boat around the time that it started doing that? Did you install or remove anything at all on or from the boat before taking it out on the water that last time before it started happening?

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

@@bobdp3878 with it only doing it on High Chirp and not on 200 kHz, it really makes it seem like its some kind of frequency interference. I would still try the noise rejection if you havnt yet. If that helps clear it up, then something is causing unwanted noise that the transducer is picking up. Also, if the noise rejection helps, I would maybe recommend rewiring your transducer cable. They can pick up interference like that really easily.

[@bobdp3878]

@@nightanddaymarine8823 No, just tried to switch from 200 to chirp, has be confused.....maybe try default ?

[@sithnameechai4145]

Is it normal to have those dark line towards the top? The 0 to 1 range? I though it was my boat but i guess it shows on yours too and your on a kayak.

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

Yes that is just sediment and oxygen in the water that causes that. The surface clarity helps remove it. But it's common on most fishfinders

[@sithnameechai4145]

Thanks for the reply. I seen that on my unit and was thrown off. Lol. Made me turn it off and just fish.

[@harvey8695]

Can you turn on the fish alarm (beep) without enabling fish symbols?

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

No you either have to have on the fish ID or depths to get the fish beeps

[@LifeBehindBars_2017]

hi, i've got the 7x triple shot. just wondering if it can be updated with an sd card for navionics charts?

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

No it cannot be. You cannot put maps in a 7x ts at all.

[@zeus-mt7wx]

Our triple shot cane with a SIM card saying maps on it. Also have spot for SIM card. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@Al-vm7fx]

Not in the X models. Only gps.

[@frankhagar4651]

Most confusing fish finder ever , was suppose to be easy

[@boashna]

when I put overlay on one screen it puts on all screens . I can turn off overlay ( temp, voltage , distance to way point) but it shuts it off on all . I want overlay on some screen but not all..

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

Which unit do u have? The x series has a limited option for that but the combo series can be fully customized. Should be able to select edit overlay from the system control menu and then highlight the one u want to delete and them press your enter button and select delete.

[@shanepolsen6334]

Mine is showing fish when it’s on the road

[@LukeSnowmaker]

did you check if they really are there?

[@trumpking4874]

U probably have it on the setting for turning it on out of water

[@alancromarty8468]

A friend has one won't read below 30 m screen blacks out what could cause that

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

Most likely it's a weak transducer. Unless you are on the west coast using it in salt water. Then the display is probably just reaching its limits cuz its not designed for that. But if your not on the West Coast, i would rwcommend calling Lowrance and try to get them to send another transducer because it should read a lot deeper than that.

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

And make sure to demand to speak to a senior tech thats here in the United States. You will get much better help that way if you do.

[@danielmiller7123]

Sonar is not working with hotmaps. Any suggestions?

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

What do you mean exactly? When you use the Hotmaps mapping card your sonar stops working all together?

[@danielmiller7123]

Night and Day Marine , exactly, still trouble shooting but that is what I end up with. Next time on the water I will check some other things in settings.

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

@@danielmiller7123 that is very strange. The mapping shouldn't have any effect on the sonar like that. Only thing I can think of is if the mapping card is corrupted and its causing unforseen complication with the display itself. Have you ever updated the Navionics card on their website? Also does the mapping read ok when the card is inserted?

[@danielmiller7123]

My bad, my bad. Transducer cord not quite fully plugged in. Sonar working great now. Thanks for reaching out. I appreciate your tutorials. By the way, I am from Bristow, OK.

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

@@danielmiller7123 oh cool. Well if you have any other issues let me know. I also do on the water testing in the north eastern Oklahoma area if you ever need any. Just fyi

[@GuoSlice]

does the hook 2 have gps and the ability to pin waypoints?

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

Yes absolutely

[@heerden2]

Can you manually enter a waypoint for a fad in the Hook2-5x

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

Yes you can manually enter In waypoints on that display. Of course it's just a blank screen but yes its possible.

[@heerden2]

@@nightanddaymarine8823 How would you do that as I cannot figure it out

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

@@heerden2 Press your Enter button when on the GPS screen. Then select New Waypoint. If you want to manually enter in the coordinates, simply arrow up to highlight the coordinates and press Enter again. You can then manually change them to anything you want.

[@billshepherd9550]

WHERE CAN I FIND FLASHER FEATURES

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

Go to More Options, Split, and then select Flasher. This display can only do a split screen of a flasher. Not a full screen

[@krismine16pitman76]

Great!

[@calebharmon2047]

Which transducer is with this unti

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

I am using the Triplshot transducer in this video

[@xcaliberwolf6090]

does anyone have the issue where the transducer reads the depth wrong? like say im in 15 ft it will read it as 17 ft. i have the hook2 4x gps all seasons

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

Is it usually around 2 ft off or does it very depending on the depth you are in?

[@xcaliberwolf6090]

@@nightanddaymarine8823 it varies i think. i know its off tho cuz my friend had his marcum and he was reading 15 ft in the same ice hole while mine read 17ish. im going out ice fishing tomorrow and ill see how it goes. ill bring a tape measure and do the old fashion throw a weight on and measure bottom that way

[@luvingtheoutdoors6348]

Can you change the fish symbols?

[@trumpking4874]

U can put it on and take it off fish reveal which will turn it from arcs to actual fish looking things

[@hasseegelundnielsen2405]

what card are you using ?????

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

I wasn't using a mapping card in this video. Tho I do keep a 32gb card in it when I need to record sonar. But for my mapping I generally use Navionics+.

[@hasseegelundnielsen2405]

@@nightanddaymarine8823 I bought a Lowrance hook reveal 50/200 and with it cam a C-Map Max-N ,Max-N+ but the tekxt on the map is very small on depth in the water and i cant get text bigger i talked to the shop abaut this and they sayed that NAVIONICS+ has this option , is this correct ore is he just trying to sell med a card for 2000 kr ?? I found a used NAVIONICS+ 45XG on the net but i cant find anywhere if this card have tis option can you tell me if it works with my Lawrense ?? I had an 15 year old Garmin before and on that one i could do everything så im disapoited that this brand new lawrence giv me that problem i hope that you can help me with som tips and triks

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

@@hasseegelundnielsen2405 Yes, any Navionics+ card should work on it theoretically. Most Lowrance units have an option called Easy View that you can activate when using a Navionics card. It increases the size of all fonts and icons on your screen when you activate it. The manual says the Hook2 has the feature in it. I would make sure the software version is up to date on the display first. Unfortunately I am not around one of those units right now to double check. I know the Elite TI and HDS series displays have it so it seems likely the Hook2 would as well. Especially if the manual has it listed as a feature.

[@VeeHoo6]

Does It have A scope?

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

Yes it does have an amplitude scope.

[@VeeHoo6]

@@nightanddaymarine8823 ok, thanks.

[@velaworkstv979]

👍🏼. Can you do a keel offset video?

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

Sure! I can do that. No problem. Tho if you watch the video for HDS Live Internal Sonar Settings, I cover the keel offset settings in it. Works the same way on both units as far as how you set it positive or negative.

[@velaworkstv979]

Thanks again I’ll check that out👌. I just got my Hook2 9TS and your videos are very helpful 👍🏼.

[@iqbalsarwar5601]

Lowrance mobile software tutorial information guide

[@candymann8746]

Ok.... It scrolls right to left... How do you know where it is pointing??? Ours is the same as yours but you cant follow fish.. How do you find fish if you don't know what direction they are??? Yes never had one.... I don't understand what and where it is showing me. Please. Please help me.... I can send you my phone number private message.... Please help.... I am fifty.... I am first time boat owner. Tracker... We want to learn but I guess we just don't understand...

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

Send me an email to [e-mail]

[@candymann8746]

@@nightanddaymarine8823 God....... Thank You!!!

[@chrissnineyearwildlifejour9525]

Being upside down is for knowing how many feet from the bottom the fish are. Think slip bobbers and you’ll see what I mean.

[@mikeries8549]

It only took you 68 seconds to get me so confused that I quit paying attention.

[@maxsanchez1937]

😂😂

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

Wow.. that was actually pretty basic what I said in the beginning. I would be embarrassed to admit that you couldn't understand that...

[@Pjerion]

All I was hoping to see was if you can view chirp and downscan next to each other. You didn't show downscan at all....

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

I have a different video for downscan

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

And yes you can do a split screen of the 2 as long as it's not a X series Hook2. With the exception of the 7x tripleshot. That one is the only X series than can so splits

[@Pjerion]

@@nightanddaymarine8823 Ok thanks. So the hook 2 5x cant do it?

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

@@Pjerion Correct. The X series has limited functionality with its user interface compared to the combo units that come with mapping.

[@edmoore3910]

Yada yada yada. I cant find a manual for my eagle fish id plus. Bought a used boat. Cant find a manual for my lowrance system 2000..2260 trirange flasher either. Im fed up with all this garbage on sonar and fish finders..its a scam.

[@nightanddaymarine8823]

Their really not as long as you know how to properly use them which is kind of the point of all these videos I'm making. But if u need to find a manual, go to manualslib.com. they have manuals on virtually anything. I just found the one for the Fish ID on there.

[@grr7196]

Lowrance has the worst costumer. Service of any the units on the market talks a good game while their trying to sell you one and then when had trouble the $ervice department will say that not what we mean warranty means till you trouble

[@clenilma100]

In general, the TI units are faster in response to inputs. This is seen when quickly switching between sonar, downscan, chart, and split screens kzbin.infoUgkxeAxH15LxhjGlg5-CRYqjTGTEH0tbY4vk recommend The Hook units will show some lag on button pushes and screen switching. The big ticket item though is maps. If you install a mapping card such as Navionics or the free C-Map Genesis which has a lot of map detail, then moving around the map with the cursor or when running down the lake can lag significantly on the Hook units, but is seamless with the TI units.