HELIX 7

  • Besox
    Posts: 590
    June 6, 2020 at 1:29 pm #1947828

    When I use the SI I can only see the breaks and depth changes, I never see any real structure like rocks etc like I see on TV. I have tried many of not all of the various settings but not much changes.
    Not needing a tutorial I was just wondering what you guys see on SI and what you really use it for?

    B-man
    Posts: 5803
    June 6, 2020 at 3:59 pm #1947850

    Are you sure there is something there to see?

    Some lakes and parts of rivers are pretty boring structure-wise.

    A 7″ screen won’t show a ton of detail, especially zoomed out. Try changing your range down to 40-50′ and see if it gets better.

    In general, fish are more difficult to see when they’re on a hard bottom (rock, sand, gravel) compared to a soft bottom. But you should have no problem seeing fist-sized rocks, logs, weed clumps, etc especially zoomed in

    iowa_josh
    Posts: 429
    June 6, 2020 at 8:38 pm #1947907

    Mine showed structure right out of the box.

    Joe Scegura
    Alexandria MN
    Posts: 2758
    June 6, 2020 at 8:53 pm #1947921

    I helped set up a helix 7 for a friend yesterday. Within 15 minutes he was reading rocks and fish.

    Rocks on the right fish on the left.

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    Dusty Gesinger
    Minnetrista, Minnesota
    Posts: 2417
    June 6, 2020 at 8:56 pm #1947925

    Is your transducer mounted correctly?

    MNdrifter
    Posts: 1671
    June 6, 2020 at 9:45 pm #1947937

    Holy S joe! Yeah mine definitely don’t look like that. I’ve fiddled with mine, also. Watched countless YouTube videos. Still nowhere near what joes got.

    eyeguy507
    SE MN
    Posts: 5215
    June 7, 2020 at 12:08 am #1947947
    MNdrifter wrote:

    Holy S joe! Yeah mine definitely don’t look like that. I’ve fiddled with mine, also. Watched countless YouTube videos. Still nowhere near what joes got.

    is yours a Mega unit? probably why you do not see that detail. still got to get those fish to bite even if they are seen.

    MNdrifter
    Posts: 1671
    June 7, 2020 at 8:43 am #1947981
    eyeguy507 wrote:

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>MNdrifter wrote:</div>
    Holy S joe! Yeah mine definitely don’t look like that. I’ve fiddled with mine, also. Watched countless YouTube videos. Still nowhere near what joes got.

    is yours a Mega unit? probably why you do not see that detail. still got to get those fish to bite even if they are seen.

    It is not mega.

    Besox
    Posts: 590
    June 7, 2020 at 9:00 am #1947985

    Joe
    That is amazing, I have mine set to 70 I’m wondering if the reduction to 45 might help? I thought about the transducer being off but other than level I’m not sure what adjustments to make?

    Dusty Gesinger
    Minnetrista, Minnesota
    Posts: 2417
    June 7, 2020 at 9:12 am #1947991

    Is it level while in the water in both directions, range down to 50 definitely helps, then play with speed and some other settings until you start seeing more.

    Besox
    Posts: 590
    June 7, 2020 at 10:24 am #1948012

    Thanks Dusty, I’m going to check that before I get back on the water.
    If I could get anything close to what Joe posted I’d be a happy camper!

    eyeguy507
    SE MN
    Posts: 5215
    June 7, 2020 at 11:17 am #1948026
    MNdrifter wrote:

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>eyeguy507 wrote:</div>

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>MNdrifter wrote:</div>
    Holy S joe! Yeah mine definitely don’t look like that. I’ve fiddled with mine, also. Watched countless YouTube videos. Still nowhere near what joes got.

    is yours a Mega unit? probably why you do not see that detail. still got to get those fish to bite even if they are seen.

    It is not mega.

    The megahertz units are like watching HD vs 480p. You can see streaks as the fish scatter near the boat…..pretty neat

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