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How to Read Fish Finder Sonar Technologies

Ryan DeChaine
May 04, 2017

We teamed up with Jeff “Kolo” Kolodzinski of Humminbird to create this detailed sonar video tutorial. The featured product is Humminbird’s original HELIX 12 (pre-MEGA Imaging), but the concepts will help you regardless of fish finder manufacturer make and model. Kolo breaks down how to read and interpret what side imaging, down imaging, and two-dimensional (2D) sonar are showing you, and how they can improve your fishing. We filmed real-time drone and underwater video of screen readouts to show you what rocks, weeds, fish, and bottom hardness changes look like on the screen, from the air, and below the water.

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Ryan DeChaine

Ryan began his fishing industry career with Lindner Media Productions, gaining nearly a decade of unparalleled experience creating dynamic and compelling television programming and video production promoting the sport fishing industry. DeChaine oversees the strategy, creation, and publishing of video content on the website and social media platforms. Outside of work, DeChaine and his wife Jillian raise their three children around an active outdoor lifestyle in the lake-rich and forested lands of northern Minnesota.