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Fish I.D. is an easier way for a sonar novice to recognize a fishy signal
return when he sees it. However, locating fish by symbol
only
has some
limitations.
Your sonar unit's microcomputer is sophisticated, but it can be fooled.
It can't distinguish between fish and other suspended objects such as
trotlines, turtles, submerged floats, air bubbles, etc. Individual tree
limbs extending outward from a group of limbs are the hardest objects
for the Fish I.D. feature to distinguish from fish.
To see what's under your boat in maximum detail, we recommend you
turn off Fish I.D. and begin learning to interpret fish arches.
You may see Fish I.D. symbols on the screen when actually, there are no fish.
The reverse is also true — Fish I.D. can actually miss fish that are present.
Does that mean Fish I.D. is broken? No — the feature is simply inter-
preting sonar returns in a specific way to help take some of the work
out of reading the screen. Remember: Fish I.D. is one of the many tools
we provide so you can analyze your sonar returns for maximum fish
finding information. This and other features can help you successfully
"see" beneath the boat under varied water and fishing conditions. So,
practice with the unit in both the Fish I.D. mode and without to become
more familiar with the feature. The default for Fish I.D. is off.
Fish I.D. is most handy when you're in another part of the boat or per-
forming some task that prevents you from watching the sonar screen.
Then, you can turn on Fish I.D. and the audible fish alarm. When that
lunker swims under your boat, you'll hear it!
Fish I.D. can also be useful when you want to screen out some of the so-
nar detail gathered by your unit. For example, it can help cut through
the clutter of suspended bubbles caused by wave action or boat wakes.
To turn Fish I.D. on, press
MENU
until the
F
ISH
ID
menu appears. Press
UP ARROW
to select
O
N
, then press
PWR
. To turn it back off, repeat the
above steps, but press
DOWN ARROW
to select
O
FF
.
FISHTRACK™
The FishTrack
feature shows the depth of a fish symbol when it ap-
pears on the display. To turn it on, press
MENU
until the
F
ISH
ID
menu
appears. Press
UP ARROW
to select
T
RACK
O
N
, then press
PWR
. To turn it
off, repeat the above steps, but press
DOWN ARROW
to select
O
FF
. (If you
want to turn off FishTrack depths but leave Fish I.D. on, press
DOWN
ARROW
to select
O
N
, then press
PWR
.) Remember, Fish I.D. must be on
in order to use the FishTrack feature.
