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Old 03-21-2016, 04:43 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Yellfever11 View Post
The down scanner only work in shallow water? I was out fishing yesterday and notice my sonar picking up structures but not the down scanner.
I was fishing from 170-230 feet of water. Is this the norm?
I have the 83/200 transducer.
Seems normal to me. 185 is the deepest I have seen it read on the Elite. Some claim a bit better than that but I'm skeptical of those claims.
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