Furuno 585 interpretation
Submitted by Taylormaid on Sat, 2010-02-13 11:38
Hi All
After many months of sounding around and playing with the settings on this unit
I am still trying to understand the different types of bottom ie sand, weed, coral.
My current settings are
Blue background
I run the unit in manual with bottom lock to 5mtrs and use the shift key
I have a 1kw transom mount transducer.
All other setting are standard
Any advice would be appreciated
Taylormaid
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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Date Joined: 01/01/70
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Blue background (Go black)
I run the unit in manual with bottom lock to 5mtrs and use the shift key (5m for 50m and under, 50m and deeper go 10m)
All other setting are standard (Run clutter control on 10%, colour erase on 10%)
I am still trying to understand the different types of bottom ie
sand (thin red line on rh screen and b/l - bottom lock will be flat/no activity)
weed (coral type weed will have greenish .5 to 1m high on rh screen and on b/l it'll be the same but with orange'y & greenish flares)
coral (pixelated redness on r/h screen but the base red line (under coral) you can often still see. B/L will have flare from that coral if there's growth)
grayzeee
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ryan what does typical KG
ryan
what does typical KG broken ground look like ??
i usually run 10 meters on b/l and 15 on shift in case i miss any fish schooling higher up in water (pinkies).
didn't realise you looked even closer in.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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Date Joined: 01/01/70
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Taylormaid said "I run the unit in manual with bottom lock to 5mtrs and use the shift key"
SHIFT is the r/h screen variable depth and seperate to B/L
I do the same grayzee but have SHIFT to 10m for water between 20-50m!
But use 10m for bottom lock over 50m-60m as my SHIFT is bumbed up to 15m-20m depending!
KG ground is hard broken ground with coral weed flare and a small rise or lump near by, all likely spots!
Feral
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just a second note to Ryans
just a second note to Ryans great help .. if you want to find rocky/shale/hard ground i run the sounder depth at twice the water depth (if in 50 make sure you can see the 100m line on the sounder) .. you will get a second echo that will get darker when you run over hard bottom. hope this helps .. and if im wrong im sure Ryan will tell me off :P
Taylormaid
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Advice
Thanks Ryan
And everyone for the helpfull advice.
I sure this will make all the difference finally.
Taylormaid
holth
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hey matt, l havent forgoten,
hey matt, l havent forgoten, will email you those spots in the next couple of days.
paul
Bluetonic
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Thanks Ryan, run the same
Thanks Ryan, run the same unit and 1KW transducer and some great advice.
Blue Sky, Blue Water, Bluetonic!