Great video. I think I learned more in a few minutes with your video than I have in countless hours of floating around pushing buttons!

Great explanation! Side scan is a game changer when you know how to read it correctly

That is the best explanation I have ever watched to help someone understand side scan, Great job brother. You need to help me set mine up now!

The best SS explanation I have seen. Now I know why bridge piers shadow's look like they do. Thanks so much.

Excellent video. I’m new to the side scan game and this was extremely helpful. Appreciate your time and effort to help educate us. Looking forward to using your info on the water soon.

The best in depth video on sides can I’ve seen great work and thanks for the info 💯👌

Finally a good explaination how fish looks like in SI.

Thank you very much. I have a much better understanding about my side scan now!😊

Excellent explanation of side scan. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Great job explaining side scan!

Nicely produced video, very helpful thx! ✌️

Thank you for your video of I'm new to side scan and I've watched a lot of videos but this has been one of the most helpful videos I've ever seen. Thank you so much

Thank you best video I've seen yet for beginners

Very informative video. I think what you said you think is a rock bed in the ship wreck picture is actually just more debris it's directly across from the wreck itself. You can see it forming on the hump just in front of the wreck in the left pic and it continues onto the same hump in the right pic.

Great video! Very well explained.

Thanks pal. Very informative on a level easily understood.

GreAt job, I actually KZfaq a few videos a few years back to learn how to use it, but hands down better much better job! Keep up the awesome videos and Tightlines

This is the most helpful video.

Thanks for adding this video, i'm trying to get to ubdrstand the side scan on my baiboat and this video helped me a lot.

On your second image. Think about the structure as being a bridge over a creek bed.

Lots of info that gave me better info..thanks

This video was excellent.

none of these "how- to's" on Side Scan show the way myself, and all of my fishing buddies use it: we are on a large chain of reservoirs that do not allow motors. Yes, we are on rowboats on 1000 and up acres of water. It is basically flooded farmland, and because of that, there are multitudes of stone walls that were just covered, and these are the main "highways" of the fish. Therefore, we use a feature of the Humminbird that is unique to it, that being, TURNING CONTOUR MODE OFF!.....By doing that, we can actually align ourselves with these walls and literally follow them wherever they go, staying on them for maximum chance of contact with the fish. The reason why this is so important is because on some days and conditions, time of season, etc., the strike window of the fish might be so limited that they are almost glued to these walls, and if you are 5-10 away from them on either side, they won't go for the lure. With contour mode off, it is easy to follow the walls, and do this, again, a feature that other company's side scans do NOT have. Edges of roadbeds, are similar, and can also be followed in this manner.

Great job man, what’s ur favorite combo screen to look at if you’re fishing and exploring? And of the combo which is your primary screen? Would it be side scan with 2d and down scan?

Good video. I've had side scan for a little bit now, but never really rely on it. I will try to use it more.

Good stuff, very informative

Water column thats the black space also can find fish in there or in shadows of structures

Good video. I'm new to all this stuff. I'm just wandering what hz I should use here in Alaska. I got a Garmin 56UHD with a Garmin 8610. I will be looking for fish anywhere from 80-300' of water. 5-6-700 feet of water is common.

thanks for the explanation

Very helpful.

That’s all well and good but how do you know where objects are in relation to your boat?

I'm new to this stuff and I really didn't get side scan so this was really helpful, especially the dark stuff in the center being the distance to the bottom. The only criticism I have is that your cursor was so small I had a hard time seeing where you were talking about. Really good though. Thanks

Thank you

Appreciate your coaching on this issue, but would suggest that the object classification as a "shipwreck" is incorrect. To me, it looks like the remnants of a small shed. It appears that it has come apart with one wall remaining embedded in the upper-left, as it unfolded in a clock-wise rotation, ripping apart the remaing walls until it came to rest, with only the flooring intact. I'm a novice here...what do you think? Am I interpreting this all wrong?

So if the range includes my depth..then at 40 ft to my side is really including the vertical depth too??

The second image you did, you said was a boat I personally think is a bridge which is the reason why for the dark shadow at the top because it’s a bridge connecting to high spots in a creek that runs underneath it or an old riverbed. Also the riverbed is darker because it’s softer bottom where as the rock you mentioned all that area on the bottom side of the bridge is really bright because it’s harder bottom. I could be wrong about the bridge if you know for sure it’s of ship but sure does seem like a bridge connecting to pieces of land over a river.

I'm curious... you just talked about idle speed and going 1.5 mph would make the images blurrier than 3mph. Is that because your unit (Lowrance?) doesn't have a tunable chart speed? I know on Humminbirds, which do have a chart speed, the slower your boat goes and the slower the chart speed (chart speed matches boat speed) the better the image

Nice video. I wonder is one can recognize metal objects (aluminum) at a dept of 60ft (2/3' diameter) and at which distance from the boat. How much Watt would be needed? Which frequency?

Thank you.

geez, I have a hook 2 reveal and my images dont get that clear. Do transducers wear out?

I ran a side scan sonar system for the US Navy for a lot of years. I gotta tell you, the shipwreck you're showing is a bridge. Look at the shadow to the left of the image. That is the spar support system of a bridge. You even showed the hard surface at either end of the shipwreck, that's the road bed. There ain't even enough timber or lumber to be a ship. No masts, no engines, no ballards, no cleats. The edge of the channel just happens to be at either end of the bridge. It appears this bridge crossed the small river that got dammed up downstream for hydroelectric power. When the water backed up, it swallowed everything. I've seen entire communities, complete with churches and graveyards, at the bottom of lakes (Lake Murray, Columbia, SC). I've seen WWII B29 bombers in the bottom of the same lake. Otherwise, your analysis was spot on. You covered the material well and it is easily understood. 😊🇺🇸🏴‍☠️

the black area in the center was referred to as the depth of the water. I get that so my question is since the depth is 23 feet the left and right side adds up to 46 feet that is dead space for side imaging? in other words the side image doesnt appear for 23 feet on the side of the boat in this reference? The 46 feet will have to be scanned on the down sonar?

Wow thank you

My only complaint about sidescan is that the black part is the depth straight down, so the two edges on both sides are directly under your boat, not to the side. If they pushed the images together and got rid of the black centerline it would be more intuitive.

If you’re running past some docks, will you use side scan to view under them on pilings

I believe that the black space is there because your transducer shoots down at a 45 degree angle so it doesn't start picking up the bottom right away like down scan.

Awesome video! My understanding was way off. Couple of questions: 1. You mentioned if a boat is moving too slow, say 1 to 2 mph, the images could be distorted. Does that limit the usefulness of SI for kayakers who only paddle, as in no motor of any type? 2. You mentioned DI and 2D sonar were easier methods than SI to identify fish. The obvious question is when is SI preferable? I assume since SI covers approximately 100 feet to each side of the boat whereas DI would be limited to immediately beneath the boat, you’d use SI first to find interesting structures to then see better with DI. Is this correct?

I think I've seen that you run Raymarine. Does it work well for you? Any pros/cons you could share? Maybe a video on that could be good! I was looking at the Elemernt 7 but then West Marine had a sale on the 9. I paid $50 more the the Element 9 instead of the 7. Great video as always! 👍

The image at 5:53 shows a depth of 13.7 ft. which is about twice the depth at the lower right hand corner of the ship wreck. Which would show that at the lower right corner of the wreck the depth would be about 6.5 ft. This must be a manufactured and not a real image used. At 6:18 the shadow of the bait ball as described is on both sides of the bait ball. How is that possible when all other shadows only cast in the direction they are on?

Great review till the ending comment. SI is the easiest way to find fish. I totally don't understand your comment say 2D or DI is the best way to find fish. It might be the hardest to learn but you can break down an area very quick with SI and most of time figure out how big the fish are. 2D and DI will also miss fish glue to the bottom.

Hello - I am thoroughly confused about side imaging! We have had fishing boats for over 45 years. We fish in lakes in Upstate NY. I have a fishing pontoon boat. I currently have a Humminbird Helix 9 Mega DI, G3N unit. I have the transducer correctly mounted on the back of the boat, to the right of my Yamaha 60HP outboard. We typically fish for deep water fish (Salmon, Lake Trout, etc.). Recently, we decided to also fish for other fish, like Walleye, Perch, Northern Pike, etc. I read and saw on KZfaq that if you have a Side Imaging Transducer, mounted on the back of the boat, the images on the screen, will be "behind" the boat! Is that true? I have spent a fair amount of time trying to get information of transducer placement for Side Imaging (SI). I saw your video and am sending you that video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZquFiqiAsb-zZXk.html I don't want to spend $1,600 plus on a new unit until I have all the information I need. I would appreciate your feedback. Thanks, Bernie

all side scan in shallow water how it works in 30 to 50 feet of water ?

Knocked it out of the park with this one.

How do u determine witch way a fish is swimming if u cannot see the fork in the tail? As the page always scrolls down from the top to bottom of your sounder? I never know weather to cast in front or behind my boat!

Would you please clarify: If you are set to scan 60ft to each side and the water depth is 20ft (showing black on each side out to the 20ft mark). So the 20ft mark displays 20ft from the 40ft mark. You see a fish at the 40ft mark. Is the 40ft mark actually just 20ft from the boat, or is it 40ft from the boat? Great video, I hit the "like" button.

Hello.. Thanks for your effort.. I do miss two valuable information .. 1. What part of the side image is the one just beneath the boat ? 2. Can this sid3 image be used in water at a deph of 400 feed to 800 feed ? It sond as a tasty chocolate 🍫 to see side view bud as sounder that can give side view demand an investment between 700 to 1000 dolar and the fisherman that are fishing commercialy for living as me don't mas with bass and shalow water fish lake fish and river fish that live in water less than 200 feed deep wat. Question. Can a sounder present the same quality side view for deph above 200 feed and up di 800 feed and above and what brand and model of sounder can give me that view ?

Someone told me shadows have significance. Do you think they do?

5:20 if that section of the ship was sticking up out of the water, I don’t believe side scan would show it at all

I think you may be misinformed about the beam of the transducer shooting straight down I think when you're in 20 ft of water that Beam is shooting twenty feet to the left and 20 ft to the right therefore I think you do not see 40ft of the bottom under your boat that proof maybe in your second picture with the tip of the boat in the black on the left you should also see that tip on the right in the black if the beam is shooting straight down also that oval shaped yellow on the right in the black should be on the left in the black one way to prove this is to go directly over a big rock in 20 ft of water and I do not think you will see it on sidescan

Hello, im looking for a fishfinder to do bass fishing, and i can't decide wether a side scanner would be actually helpful for me, considering ill be fishing shallow waters, could you give me a suggestion of an unit i could get? Budget is around 400$

I had a hard time following your curser at times. Like a small dot . Can you make it larger

You said Y'all 5 times in the first 17 seconds of the video. Thats a y'all every 3.4 seconds.

Only its not a shipwreck lol . That's a collapsed bridge spanning a river, creek or draw.

Can't hear you you need to turn it up or put a little bass in your voice, Shane I know in missing out on some good stuff

You're jerking your cursor around too fast. Obviously you know where it is, but by the time we even locate it on the screen, you're moving around again. Let it dwell in on spot, make your point, but when you jerk it around it actually makes it less visible.

Talk louder a d use a better pointer

You need a larger cursor. This is hard to follow.

Unwatchable. This guy talks to us as if we were idiots. At least twice as long as it needs to be. Editing! Write a script in advance!

Excellent video. I’m new to the side scan game and this was extremely helpful. Appreciate your time and effort to help educate us. Looking forward to using your info on the water soon.

Thank you