Common Side Imaging Confusions Explained! | Bass Fishing Fish Finder Basics
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- Side imaging is one of these most misunderstood aspects of fish finders among new bass fisherman. In this video, I break down exactly how to interpret the side imaging view on your graph. I also explain how to know where objects that appear on your screen are in relation to your boat. Hope you enjoy!
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This is one of the all time BEST explanations I’ve ever seen! Huge help, thank you.
Nice explanation. I just wanted to point out that the beam doesn't go to the bottom, and then kick out to the side. Sound waves don't move that way. It's actually using more than one beam, and combining the results.
Once again...there is no one else out there producing this kind of content. Thank you Professor.
Thank you, young man, for helping an old guy understand this side imaging. These electronics are not as natural and easy for us to understand. You are a gifted fisherman and teacher.
Steven Arden 7
Steven Arden Thank you for saying this.
Ditto!
I really appreciate your time teaching an old dog new tricks
totally agree
You still have total range, just the nadir region or water column will grow/shrink based on depth or altitude of transducer relative to the bottom. A easier understanding is to basically say that the first return (colored area) range is going to be equal to the water depth or altitude of the transducer relative to the bottom. With that said, the object of interest is still going to be the actual distance shown on the display. People also need to keep in mind when taking or marking waypoints/locating objects by waypoint or coordinate, the actual position is skewed if using the internal GPS due to the offset/lever-arm of the transducer to the GPS sensor. This is why I like to have an external puck mounted near the transducer. Great video! 👍
I now understand more in your 15 minute video than I learned reading every article i could find in the past 5 days. Thank you for explaining this in the detail you did.
Good video but a couple points to clarify. The center dark part is actually not just straight down, but a narrow cone (same as down imaging) which is why sometimes you will see items in the right dark area that aren't in the left part or at least not as bright in the left part. Second point is the side imaging doesn't ping straight to bottom and then shoot the right and left. It just aims the sensor at an angle, so it shoots from the transducer beam at a wide angle that ends up touching the entire bottom from below your boat to whatever range is specified. There is no technology that allows you to change the direction of sound waves once they leave the transducer. Also, even if they could shoot down and then to right, you wouldn't want that because you'd miss everything above the bottom to the left and right of the boat.
I was just going to comment the same thing then I read yours but I did make a comment to add to yours
Actually; he is correct in a technical sense (Geometry and Science), Sound waves will hit and return from the closest point first, but due to the speed of the sound wave it makes no difference, as the screen will display it as it's algorithm is programed to interpret the returned signal. What does make a difference is in understanding what the image is representing with respect to the boats location, and he did a good job of illustrating the point.
Exactly. So his distance explanations are incorrect. Fishfinder doesn't measure surface distance to the object, but it measures the actual distance to the object (despite the depth).
Attention Lowrance, Humminbird, and Garmin: This video should come with every unit y’all sell!!
I second that🇺🇸
I have a complete Humminbird setup with three Helix units, Ultrex, and 360 Imaging and while I agree that Johnny did a superb job explaining all this (I did have a one-on-one Google Hangout session with him), I have to say that Humminbird has a loooong list of videos on various topics. I'm not sure about the others, but thought I should mention this out of fairness to HB. They also have phenomenal support.
Great information! I'm going to watch more of your videos on th sonar.
Don’t tell them that... cause if they start making their own vids... they’ll charge more for products.
Besides... I like watching this guys videos!
Awesome job, sir! Did well explaining what I needed to learn!
I have to say I am an avid fisherman and spend hours watching fishing CZcams videos, you do the best job at teaching and making some complicated information easy to understand! You have a very bright future keep up the good work I love your videos!!
I hope you get paid by one of the manufacturers to do these videos. Either now or in the future. Your clear, concise and show real examples that help us all enjoy fishing more
this was the best explanation i’ve seen. it’s so simple but nobody was able to explain it was well
Thank you Jonny. Is there an Oscar for "Best Side-Scan Tutorial Video"? Well deserved, Sir!
Fishing for 52 years and always you learn something new all the time . Thanks for the video....
Learned more in this vid than 100s of others I watched...THX
Anyone else think this young man is an excellent teacher? Never loose your enthusiasm Fish The Moment! :-) Great job and Thank You! Keep up the great work!
Fishing Electronics videos for dummies!! I’ve learned a lot from your videos thanks
You really should have gotten a reward for this video.... It is so mis understood to guys with sidescan and structurescan .... that the range feet left and right are not considering the down depth. Great job.... 3 years later but still i go to this twice a year
Awesome video Johnny. Definitely helped me. I’ve always had trouble understanding side imagining. Looking forward to seeing what fish look like on side imagining. Keep those electronic videos coming.
Another helpful video for me to watch and rewatch again and again. Thank you.
This channel is absolutely amazing. I'd like to see more of this info applied on the water though.
As of 2/17/2020 only 198,000 people actually care about learning about fishing. What a fantastic explanation.
I don't know how many countless videos I've watched trying to understand better. Awsome!!! Hands down. Thank you!!!
This guy deserves an oscar...can't believe he wud go through this much trouble just to show us how this hi-tech stuff works...thank u sir for showing us what the manufacturer doesn't care if we know or not long as they get our money....u should get 15% of every penny they make.
Learn what an Oscars for first.
Man Nobody does it thorough and as Splendidly Perfect like you....Period! You are a GOD-send amonst men good sir and THANK YOU for ALL you do for the Angling and good kind human being Community!
You have cut my learning curve down so much. Always been a shore-beater. But with these videos I'll be setting up offshore and gaining confidence in my overall ability. Other youtubers give info but don't teach. You understand that info is nothing without practical application. Your approach is by FAR the best I've seen. Thanks!
Sir, you are a natural teacher and this video has taught me more than any other I've watched. I am saving it and going to re watch it just in case I missed something.
The best way the side scan was described to me was with a folded piece of paper, fold it like an upside-down T - so your peak is pointing upwards and it is flat across the bottom. Imagine your transducer is at the top of that peak, and the flat part is the lake bottom, and the vertical line is your water column. The down imaging image would be looking at this paper from the side, you see the shape of the lake bottom, and the water column. To understand the side scan, look at the paper from the top, and flatten it out. Now you see the water column on either side of the transducer, and the lake bottom outside of that. This also helps to wrap your head around the range. If the water column was 20', and the horizontal distance of the lake bottom was 80', then the total range (or distance on the flattened paper from transducer to the edge) would be 100'.
This was a great video!!! Please dont stop doing things like this. It is extremely helpful.
You definitely have been the most helpful person on youtube at explaining this stuff man. Appreciate all the work youve put in. WPS
I don't even have side imaging and this was still a great video. I had no idea that was how the image distances were calculated.
This is a fantastic explanation and illustration, exactly what I needed! This explains why my side imagining wasn't picking up known structure very well to the side while salmon fishing in 120 feet of water when my SI setting was at 100' left and right. I never knew that. Glad I watched this.
This is the best explanation for side imaging I have ever seen. I can finally take advantage of this feature. thank you
By far the best fishing tutorials on the Internet. Easy to understand, concise, detailed. Thank you for sharing your knowledge...
Want to say that is absolutely great. I am so excited every time you have a new video comes out because I learn something every single time. Please keep doing what you’re doing and if anybody is reading this that has not been part of his patron page. Please donate whatever you can to his page so we can continue getting this great content. God bless!!
Wow, You are the first person to explain the distance right or left =depth plus range right or left. I could not understand why I was getting mirror images on right and left at the edge of the black center. I thought side imaging just could not see straight down. You make perfect sense. Ooooooo there's going to be a better brain in my boat. You just took the gap out of my image. I have been working on some giant crappie in a lake I have only fished a few times. Truly big crappie. Over three pounds. I lost a four-ish pounder at the net yesterday. I keep trying to locate the school with the side imaging but I am only actually finding them when I use the down imaging. That black strip down the center was throwing me off by exactly the water depth. I have been catching some, but the school I have been seeing on the side imaging was 21 feet away from where I was casting! ( 21 feet deep) This information is fantastic. Now I can make sense of the missing structure and fish I have been chasing between side scan and down imaging. Thank you so very much. Smiling, George.
Searched for exactly this type of content when I bought my side imaging a few months ago and there was nothing out there. Thanks for your passion and clarity. Keep it up!
Excellent presentation! Straightforward, clear, concise, and articulate. Cleared up a lot of questions. Thanks.
I’ve been using Lowrance electronics for years now. I thought I completely understood side imaging. But I have to say that in all my years I never picked up on the fact that you have to subtract the depth of the water column from the distance that you have the side imaging going out on the side. Head slap! Thanks so much and I’m a subscriber for life!
Ditto brother, thanks for your comment!
Agree with both of these guys...
Thanks for sharing this information.
You have so much information in your brain it is unbelievable. There's a big difference between you and me. I LOVE to fish...You LOVE to fish and KNOW how to do it!! Great Job!
Thanks again for doing this video. I watched both tis one and the Jan 6, 2018 one today. I'm fairly new to using the SideScan and DownScan and you cleared up a ton of questions for me. Especially the part about the Water Column on the SideScan. It all makes since now. I'm looking forward to getting on the water once Montana Winter is finished.
This is by far the most comprehensive content about this topic i've seen so far! Thank you!
I finally understand! Very thorough. Thank you!
The best video on side imaging I’ve seen. Thank you!
Well done. Some things seem obvious yet so easily forgotten. You programmed this in my brian as something so simple and that is awesome. As always thanks for your detailed explaination and the time it takes. You have me deep cranking ledges like a pro!
Excellent description. Best I’ve seen. Especially good info on distance vs speed
Your explanations were easily understood and made sense. Thank you for taking the time to publish this!
Best explanation I’ve been able to find. The manufacturers could learn a lesson from you on how to explain to simple guys like me. Thank you
I’ve always had trouble understanding side imaging, now I understand it like 123 ABC😂 Thank you so much! Keep up the great work!👍💯💯
Great video and put simply to understand. Your examples of props in the parking lot really helped.
Great instruction! I just ordered a new Lowrance Hook2 7 Tripleshot for my Kayak and am new to DS and SS but feel this has definitely helped get me started at understanding and having less frustration when I cant seem to cast on the fish. Thanks
I found this to be a great lesson on side-scan distances. This was really a help in learning how to conduct and interpret what you see.
Thank you for taking the time to share your wisdom in such a simple fashion. Something a lot of Angelers try to keep secret
First video out of over a dozen I watched and finally feel like I learn something. Great detail. Thank you.
Thank you. You definitely taught me a thing or two! I’m from the “Showme” state and really understood you taking the time to stretch out that tape measure !
Well Done!
Finally someone who can explain sideimaging as simple as possible, please keep it coming,
Yeah I agree with the last writer who proclaims to be of the old buzzards club, of which I am chief and I teach as well. Your a great teacher and it helps for you to say something three times. It get the point across. You are helping me well. Thank you.
Really enjoyed the video description of the bottom spacing. Crystal clear to me now!
Seriously, what a great presentation! Thank you for doing all the leg work for all of us.
Thank you for making this subject so much clearer. I'm not afraid of trying to use this thing now!
Excellent video. Thanks for the education, I really needed this. Perfect timing as we all get ready for the new season.
This is by far the best side imaging explanation available. Awesome job.
That was the most informative instruction on side imaging i have seen. Cant thank you enough. I just subscribed!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very good explanation. After 2 years of using my Humminbird I didn't know the details of side imaging. I'm glad you continued "beating the dead horse" I needed the repetiton. Thank you!
Thanks for this! I've not seen anyone else explain it this way. Great stuff!!! keep them coming!
Great information! I appreciate how you broke it down into easy to understand examples. I'm going to have to check out the video showing fish images too. Thank you.
Great Video Johnny... my Lowrance Elite ti2 with the new 3-1 structure scan transducer allows me to touch on an object on my side scan screen, and it will tell me exactly how many feet out it is from my boat! This is an absolute fabulous feature that I use all the time! But, your explanation is also phenomenal and very useful for old anglers like myself.
I have watched so many vids to try to understand this and yours finally made it clear. Great video, thank you!
Great video! You had good visual information about how the side scan imaging works with the depth and side scan, and actual side scan images for reference.
Want to thank you for this , Learned more in the last few minutes then quite a few times out on the water
Thank you for a simple visual explanation for what is a very abstract thing in my mind. I have asked many people to explain what I am looking at on a fish finder and have gotten wrong or little explanation. I look forward to learning more.
WOW!!!! What a great video. I have never seen a more informative video on the subject. I agree with one of the comments below. This video should come with the units we buy. I can't imagine how long it must have taken you to learn this info. Great job! Thank you again. Its priceless.
This is the explanation I’ve been looking for. Everyone else want to show you the features and don’t explain how to read them in real time. As a newby to using a Lowrance, I thank you!
Fish the moment.....you have one of the best sonar explanation YT channels out there! So thank you for this and showing all this stuff to us. Really appreciate it!
Excellent way you described side imaging! I learned more in 15 mins than I had in lots of other reading!
Excellent precise thorough deep thank you. Will be scheduling your on the water seminar when I get my boat soon. Thanks Jonny.
This guys videos are always on point, this is one of the best side imaging videos out there l.
Awesome video, still trying to figure out the new Hummingbird Helix and this really helped! Thanks!
Awesome! FINALLY someone breaks it down for us! Thank you so much. SUPER helpful!
The side scan imaging is very confusing. You did a great job with the illustrations. Keep up the great work! Can't wait to see the follow-up video.
Great video. You did a great job at explaining this and your illustrations and placing the objects in the parking lot really helped me get a better understanding of my side images.
You have done an amazing job in covering the side scan THANK YOU I needed that as well as I feel much more confident going to new fishing spots...
Great job. Easy to understand. You sir are one hell of a teacher. Thank you!!
Just stumbled upon your video. I'm new to side imaging even though its been out for awhile now. Dude, you saved my life!!! Awesome work!!!!
Best explanation about SI out there. Thank you!
Great job teaching another old man how to understand this side imaging stuff.GREAT JOB!! Your the best.
These are the BEST and EASIEST videos! Thank you for making me feel smart!
Best video I have seen on side imaging! Thanks for your quality work.
Really good info. I had no idea that the range to the side is affected by the water depth. Thanks.
Seriously great information. I have all new electronics going in my center console this year for inshore/offshore fishing. A pair of garmin xsv’s and a gt56. I’ve watched so many videos and yours is the first that I’ve seen that clearly explains how the depth and width are configured. 80 foot setting don’t mean 80 feet to the side. Thanks again. Learned something new today. 👍🏼
Dude! This is THEE post I’ve been waiting for! THANK YOU......
Extremely informative video! U could be a teacher and still make the Fisherman Hall of Fame! Thanks a bunch! 👌
FINALLY! A video that concisely and in non-technical language, explains the side-scan sonar! I’d love to see one of actual fish... Seriously, the more of your videos I watch, the more I learn. Great job- you’ve got a natural talent for teaching and relating this information! This new subscriber is “hooked”!!!
BOOM! All my questions answered about side scan. Thanks Johnny!!
hands down the BEST explanation of side scan I've viewed over the years!!! The level of detail and how you do the step by step helps a LOT!!! I'm still having issues wiht my totalscan getting clear images even while just trolling. Is it cuz most of my areas are shallow weeds (10-12ft)? Keep up the great work
Awesome video! This was the best explanation I have heard explaining side-imaging
Thank you, I have had my side imaging hummingbird for over a year now and never could understand it. Now I will be going out and trying it this week with some much valuable information. As Steven said earlier, it does not come as easy to us older guys. Thanks Again
Great video! Just bought a helix 7 and first time user. Not even been on the lake with it yet! Clears up a lot of things. Thanks !!!
I am about to purchase my first side imaging fish finder. This video definitely is a must watch for anyone who is in the market for one. The manufacturers websites are full of useless information with specs and numbers. No user guide or anything actually helpful. I was very apprehensive about getting one due to the myriad of mixed reviews for all of them online. So many 1 star and 5 star reviews. I think it is just misunderstanding the equipment now that causes the poor feedback. Now I can't wait to get the new finder. Great video.
Thank you for uploading this instructional video. I look forward to finding your video explaining how fish show on the screens.
Finally i freakn can understand this fishing electronic stuff. I bought a really expensive garmin unit with the live scope, I had it for about 6months+ now and always trying to figure this out till now. FN thank you. Please keep uploading these kind of vidz. Thank you so very much.👍🙏🤩🕺