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images. Butitscone
angle pattern is not
SPORTFISHING WORKSHOP dVd
position of your cursor at the time you create
acircle. It’sanellipse;
Created specifically for owners of Lowrance LCX, LMS
the waypoint.
a stretched circle with wide coverage to either side, but narrow through its middle. Soyes,the StructureScan cone angle pattern shows you information beyond the reach of a traditional sonar
and related Eagle units. Own your personal copy of the Sportfishing Workshop DVD and learn how to set up, operate, and interpret your unit for maximum effectiveness. Patterned after our unique, hands-on interactive workshops, you’ll be able to follow along keystroke by keystoke as you review any of the individual chapters at your own pace. For further details about content and online ordering, go directly to: http://sonargpstraining.com/instructional_dvd.html
This is a very handy technique whenever you don’t want to take your boat to the location.
The third type is anenteredposition waypoint. You acquire the lon/ lat coordinates of a
transducer, and shows
navigation hazard
itinhighdetail. Buta
or other point of
traditionalsonartransducerwithitscircularcoveragearea interestandwishtocreateawaypointforthatlocation. You
also shows additional information outside the reach of
manually enter the coordinates into your unit and save it
theStructureScantransducer. Youdon’tseeitinashigh
asawaypoint. That’sanenteredpositionwaypoint;the
adetail,butatleastyouseeit. Andofcourse,onceyou
positionoftheenteredcoordinatesatthetimeyoucreate
see it, you can reposition your boat and bring it into the
thewaypoint. Relativelyfewanglerstakeadvantageof
StructureScancoverageareaifyou’dlike. Yes,youreally
this waypoint type, but it’s extremely valuable for marking
needboth. Whenusedtogether,yourknowledgeofthe
locations before you ever launch your boat; and it’s
water below jumps to a whole new level. Remember to
extremely accurate as long as you are careful to enter the
email your questions to “Ask The Sonar Guys”.
dataproperly.
DID you know?
To learn how to create these three types of waypoints, as well as many more features that will help
ThereAreThreeCommon Types of Waypoints.Most you maximize the use of your unit, there’s good news.
anglersknowtheimportance of creatingwaypoints.
For HDS unit owners, we will be building a library of
And thevastmajority of waypointsmost anglerscreate short “how-to” videos on specific topics you can view
are termedcurrentposition waypoints. Your sonar
online. To access these videos, go to sonargpstraining.
screenshowsarock pile fifteen feet beneath yourboat.
com and follow the links. (This library might not yet
You createawaypoint to markitslocation. That’sa
be operational by press time. If so, please be patient
currentpositionwaypoint; the current positionofyour
and check back. It should come online before the
boat atthetimeyou create the waypoint.
next issue, and once operational, the library topics will
The second type is a
continue to grow.)
cursor position waypoint.
Anglers owning
Your sonar screen shows
Lowrance LCX, LMS, and
you a brush pile you’ve
similar Eagle units can
already passed over, or
immediately take advantage
maybe your digital map
of our Sportfishing
indicates the intersection
Workshop DVD covering the
of a creek bed and old
operation of all these units
railroad grade. You place
which is available now. For
your cursor on either
more information on the
of these and create a
DVD, see the related sidebar
waypoint to mark its
on these pages, or go directly
location. That’s a cursor
to http://sonargpstraining.
position waypoint; the
com/instructional_dvd.html
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