Sonar Discussion - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

steveoh · 02-16-2011, 09:07 AM

Sorry if this question is redundant, but if I'm fishing La Jolla/Newport/HB area, should I be looking at the 50/200 or the 83/200? I usually don't fish in waters deeper than 300' and I was wondering which one would give me better detail or would it really make that big of a difference?

GregAndrew · 02-16-2011, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by steveoh

Sorry if this question is redundant, but if I'm fishing La Jolla/Newport/HB area, should I be looking at the 50/200 or the 83/200? I usually don't fish in waters deeper than 300' and I was wondering which one would give me better detail or would it really make that big of a difference?

If you think you might ever want to use a thru hull Xducer (read: cut a hole in the bottom of ur yak) then you should get the 50/200 because they do not make one for the 83/200. The 50/200 should also give you better results when fishing deep.

GregAndrew · 02-16-2011, 10:00 AM

Poorpaddy, as long as you have your Xducer mounted pointing straight down, that is the direction that you are seeing in general. However, you are seeing a cone-shaped area that extends in front, behind and to both sides. The deeper the water you are fishing, the further it extends in all directions at the bottom. Also, the 200 khz ping shoots a narrower cone than the 83 or 50khz pings. But the later will give you deeper returns.

poorpaddy · 02-17-2011, 07:00 AM

Thank you, that is extremely helpful. I have it set to 200khz and it pointing straight down just behind the mast support beam in my revo. Awesome, thanks.

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Originally Posted by GregAndrew

Poorpaddy, as long as you have your Xducer mounted pointing straight down, that is the direction that you are seeing in general. However, you are seeing a cone-shaped area that extends in front, behind and to both sides. The deeper the water you are fishing, the further it extends in all directions at the bottom. Also, the 200 khz ping shoots a narrower cone than the 83 or 50khz pings. But the later will give you deeper returns.

Handymansd · 02-17-2011, 07:52 AM

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02-17-2011, 07:52 AM	#5
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02-16-2011, 09:07 AM	#1
steveoh Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: La Mirada Posts: 52	Sorry if this question is redundant, but if I'm fishing La Jolla/Newport/HB area, should I be looking at the 50/200 or the 83/200? I usually don't fish in waters deeper than 300' and I was wondering which one would give me better detail or would it really make that big of a difference?

02-16-2011, 10:00 AM	#3
GregAndrew Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,384	Poorpaddy, as long as you have your Xducer mounted pointing straight down, that is the direction that you are seeing in general. However, you are seeing a cone-shaped area that extends in front, behind and to both sides. The deeper the water you are fishing, the further it extends in all directions at the bottom. Also, the 200 khz ping shoots a narrower cone than the 83 or 50khz pings. But the later will give you deeper returns.