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Tommy92708
06-02-2016, 06:04 PM
I recently bought the Elite-5 CHIRP and having trouble detecting fishes at depth more than 180 feet. It seems to detect fishes find in shallower water. I mean I caught rock fishes so I know there are fish down there but the FF doesn't detect any. It came with the 83/200 455/800 transducer. I'm not sure if there are settings that I didn't set right or something? Appreciate any help you got on this issue.

YakDout
06-03-2016, 04:41 AM
Try it on 83 and turn up the gain.


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Tommy92708
06-03-2016, 08:00 AM
Try it on 83 and turn up the gain.


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So in the frequency option, change to 83Khz instead of High CHIRP or Medium CHIRP?

Cjleon90
06-03-2016, 08:01 AM
I usually go to slow trolling mode , then medium chirp and it works for me. Make sure your not in fresh water, shallow water option etc...


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YakDout
06-03-2016, 08:09 AM
So in the frequency option, change to 83Khz instead of High CHIRP or Medium CHIRP?



Yes try that, and turn sensitivity up until you start seeing what you want.


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YakDout
06-03-2016, 08:14 AM
I usually go to slow trolling mode , then medium chirp and it works for me. Make sure your not in fresh water, shallow water option etc...


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I wonder what the difference is from fresh water to slow trolling settings. I actually normally run on freshwater and it works fine. As you can see in the chart below, the settings seem to be identical.

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