Some of the Newest Features of Lowrance
The past couple of years has really produced some amazing advancement in the Lowrance HDS world of fishing technology for your bass boat. Not only some of the obvious things like clearer views through high definition screens with increased pixel technology but down into software and its abilities to enhance your capabilities in use of your unit.
The latest change has been the onset of touch screen technology, giving your unit similar touch capabilities to your cell phone. The touch units have made it much easier to get into the menu and adjust or enhance your units. There is also some significant change in your ability to take screen shots of the bottom, or create maps for some of the lakes and areas that are missed by your mapping preferred chip. You can now easily record the bottom and quickly transform it into a 1 ft. contour map through the use of and SD card and technology known as Insight Genesis.
I know on Guntersville there are many areas that were missed by Navionics for example and this ability allows you to see bottom contours and drops by creating them yourself. It is also now capable of allowing you to shade your preferred map like the Navionics mapping chip in ways that enhance your daily fishing; for example if the bass are hanging off 10 ft. drops you can easily change your shading to reflect this and quickly bring you to your target areas. The expansion of features are wide as there is many things you can do to create better mapping like create a wireless network in your boat where your sharing immediately with your I-Pad or I-Phone; taking bottom pictures and expanding your views.
As a tournament fisherman one thing we all fear is running the lake in a fog, you now can easily add radar to see other boats on foggy days as well as overlay the weather when the threat of storms are around us. Safety, precision viewing enhancement and more are all part of the newest technology; this will all make you more aware and increase your chances every day on the water.
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service
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Email: bassguide@comcast.net
Call: 256 759 2270
Captain Mike Gerry