How To Level a Side Imaging Transducer (EASY Way to Get BETTER Images)

[@georgiafisherman5050]

I knew It. I should not have waited till Sunday to watch this, If I had watched it on Saturday, the bags from your pocket would have been in the right order. Great video, simple and easy to undertand.

[@otischeatomjr22]

Great tip

[@FishinwithGRAMPS]

Great tip, just picked up a side imaging for the new Lowe

[@CatfishWeekly]

Great job Josh!

[@TheWeekendAngler]

Thanks Lyle! Hope you're feeling better, buddy.

[@CatfishWeekly]

@@TheWeekendAngler I am buddy

[@gregvanderhart6541]

Genious....... but we got rid of our pennies in Canada years ago.........but I have the theory , will go all out with dimes....Cheers!

[@clarencepayton1943]

Love your videos! I would like to see how to mark and catch shad using your electronic. And how to tell were the bait is injunction to screen and transducer

[@TheWeekendAngler]

Thanks, Clarence. I've actually been working on that exact video. I'll try to get that up in the next couple of weeks.

[@MuskratAdventures]

Good tip! 👍

[@patrickrhodes5241]

Honest question. Yes, I agree doing this leveling trick would be best in a perfect world, if you always fished in same conditions, but wouldn't the level of the boat always change based off how many people you have with you fishing anyway? Meaning, so even if you have it perfectly level the first time, the next time you go out you may have 3 grown adults and weighing the boat down differently to where it's not level anyway? Am I thinking wrongly? I think the leveling is great if you do level with the people in boat who will always be fishing with you, but otherwise... does it matter?

[@TheWeekendAngler]

You're correct. A change in weight distribution will affect how the boat sits. But, unless it is a major weight right at the transom, the angle isn't going to change that drastically. Leveling the transducer using this method can mean the difference between fish showing up as arches on your sonar and them showing up as blobs. Your side and down imaging clarity will be better as well.

[@patrickrhodes5241]

@@TheWeekendAngler thanks for the reply. I have always tried to get the best images but never done the penny trick. May try now as I just upgraded boats and am trying to switch my transducer to the new boat. Just have to decide whether to mount on the lower step hull or the back transom. Lower step hull would sit deeper and possibly have better reading being away from motor and would keep reading while at speed... So I am thinking 🤔... it's a 19ft fish and ski with a 150hp optimax on back. Deep v with step hull at back.

[@patrickrhodes5241]

@@TheWeekendAngler I wish I could send a picture of my current project...

[@TheWeekendAngler]

@@patrickrhodes5241 send it as a message through my Facebook page. There is a link in the description of this video

[@patrickrhodes5241]

@@TheWeekendAngler Facebook message sent. Thanks!

[@daveg2199]

Step 15 scribe the transducer pivot point with a knife so you have a reference if it gets bumped. And it will😏

[@TheWeekendAngler]

Good idea! Thanks!