Fish Finder Reading Wrong Depth

I think the factory settings are like from 0 to 800 feet. I replaced my eagle with a humminbird and now i only loose accurate depth under 1 deep.

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My front fishfinder is reading the wrong depth all of a sudden telling me its 100 200 feet deep.

Fish finder reading wrong depth. Wrong depth reading on humminbird. Both ffs did this in shallow conditions. These processes will work on any brand of sonar unit or fish finder that isnt reading the depth like humminbird garmin lowrance eagle raymarine furuno simrad vexilar marcum etc.

I have a new humminbird 678 hd di. Check your operations manual for this feature and its use. Incorrect depth readings from lowrance i had an eagle and my buddy a lowrance.

If the lake you are fishing has a max depth of 20 feet try setting the max depth the unit reads to 25 or 30 feet. To magazine home page. Depth temperature and speed sensors.

Be sure this has not been set so that the depth readout would indicate a depth of zero feet deep or a negative depth readout due to the current depth of the water. Another weird part about it is that every time i push the button on my foot pedal for the tm the depth changes drastically on the fishfinder. When your depth sounder or fish finder isnt up to par these procedures will help you make a diagnosis.

How to troubleshoot depth sounders and fish finders. You could try setting the max depth reading to a depth that more closely approximates the actual depth of the water you are fishing. If i am in 6 ft of water it will show 300 or 85 or others all over the place.

Sonar waves are emitted from the transducer or bottom part of the fish finder that is placed in the water. Jeff kolo kolodzinski breaks down how to read and interpret what side imaging down imaging and two dimensional 2d sonar are showing you and how these technologies can improve your fishing. Depth offset or keel offset some models of depth sounders have a depth offset or keel offset feature.

To read a fish finder its important to know how one works.

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