Westernbass Magazine August 2011, Page 19

Westernbass Magazine August 2011, Page 19

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your fishing grounds without actually having to be there.

another neat little trick is to employ your cursor before saving a screenshot. When you see something of interest, touch any arrow key and your cursor will appear on your screen. Use the arrow keys to place it over the point of interest, then push the Power key to take your screen shot. (See image 4.)

look at the Sonar view in the lower right window and you’ll see the cursor (crosshairs) marking a structure rising up off the bottom. Now look above to the down Scan view in the upper right window and note the cursor position on that structure. Here with the superior detail of StructureScan we can plainly see this is a tree lying on the bottom. We can relate its position to the left & right Scan view in the upper left window, and to the boat’s position in the Chart window of the lower left. Note the cursor is directly behind the boat. This is terrific information, but the additional bonus with placing the cursor is now we have the longitude/latitude of the cursor position displayed in the Chart

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screen, and the depth of the cursor position (14.9 ft) displayed in the Sonar screen. By placing the cursor first, then taking the screenshot, we have captured all this information on one screen for later review. That’s putting today’s technology to maximum benefit. i don’t know about you, but i’m headed for the boat launch.

to learn many more features that

will help you maximize the use of your

unit, there’s good news. For HdS unit

owners , Sonar GPS Workshops llC is

building a library of short “how-to” videos

on specific topics you can view online.

to access these videos, go to www.

sonargpstraining.com and follow the links.

(This library might not yet be operational by press time. if so, please be patient and check back. it should come online before the next issue, and once operational, the library topics will continue to grow.)

anglers owning lowrance lCX, lMS, and similar eagle units can immediately start getting more out of their units through our Sportfishing Workshop dVd covering the operation features, tips, and tricks of all these units . This dVd is available now. For more information and to purchase this dVd online, go to www.sonargpstraining.com/instructional_dvd.html

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