| A fish finder is made for the angler to be able to | | | | see the fish that are under and around the boat. |
| identify structure, depth and FISH under and, with | | | | Also, in shallow water it cuts through the clutter |
| the new technology, all around the boat. There | | | | (which usually is either shallow depths or currents) |
| are two types of fish finder displays or screens: a | | | | and makes it easier to see the fish at that |
| color or a monochrome (black and white) | | | | shallow water depth. This is the usual depth that |
| fishfinder. | | | | the average angler fishes. |
| Obviously, the color fish finder is much easier to | | | | The black and white (Monochrome) fish finder |
| read. When you look at the screen of the fish | | | | works just like the color fish finder but is much |
| finder, it will show 3 colors red, yellow and blue. | | | | harder to read for the recreational angler, |
| The blue is the easy one; it is showing the water | | | | especially in the daylight. Like the color fishfinder, it |
| under the boat. The red on the screen shows the | | | | shows the bottom and top of the water |
| top of the water and anything dense underneath | | | | underneath the boat. But instead of showing the |
| the boat. Sometimes it will show yellow, which | | | | density of what is underneath the boat, the |
| means that the object is not as dense as the red. | | | | monochrome fish finder just shows the bait balls |
| When you look at the screen, you will notice red | | | | and the arches. It only shows them in black, which |
| arches that show up in the blue area. This is | | | | makes it harder to differentiate between the |
| showing fish movement. The fishfinder will also | | | | bottom and what is actually fish. Also, the |
| show big balls of red, which usually means that | | | | monochrome fishfinder choices usually come in |
| there is a bait ball underneath the boat. If you see | | | | smaller size screens than that of the color fish |
| arches under the red balls it means the fish are | | | | finder models. |
| pushing the bait towards the water surface. | | | | If you are in the market for a new fishfinder, it is |
| The color fishfinder is much easier to see during | | | | better to spend the extra money and buy a color |
| the day than the monochrome fish finder. The | | | | model. Not only will it save you time and |
| color combo models also plot much faster, | | | | eventually money (gas savings), but it will make it |
| especially with the broadband technology that | | | | much easier to see the fish that are around your |
| exists in the new Lowrance HDS fish finder | | | | boat. To quote one satisfied fisherman: "not only |
| models. It uses a highly sensitive digital filtering | | | | does it let you see into the water; but through it |
| process that enables the user to troll faster and | | | | and the definition is absolutely incredible. |