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SEEING FISH
Fish will appear as distinctive targets above or very
close to the bottom signal. The colors will help you
identify fish from floating debris. If the target appears large
in size and contains stronger echo colors, you can assume
it's something significant, like a fish. If the target appears
smaller or broken up and contains weaker echo colors, you
can assume it is bait fish or floating debris. However,
sometimes this can indicate a fish away from the boat, in
the outer area of the transducer cone area.
SURFACE CLUTTER
The line of information going across the top of the
display represents the surface of the water. This line can
get quite wide at times, due to surface clutter. Tiny marine
life, such as algae or plankton, can be responsible for this.
Choppy or rough waters can also be a cause as tiny air
bubbles are forced down under the surface. Surface
clutter has little effect on the performance of the unit.
HIGH SPEED OPERATION
The CLC-200 can read depths at almost any boat speed.
Due to the limited speed of the display, the displayed
bottom may be some distance behind you, depending on
how fast the boat is traveling. Once the boat starts to plane,
turbulence will develop behind the transom. If your
transducer is poorly mounted, the unit will lose the
