New Toy!! Lowerance LMS-522c iGPS

[catfishcentral]

I finally plunked down the money for a new fishfinder the other day. I can't wait to toss the old Eagle X75. This is pretty much the same unit as a LMS-334c iGPS just the newest version. Anyway to my question I know that a lot of you guys have some of these newer color units and I've heard you can tell the difference between a scale fish from a non scale fish. I have a hard time believing this but wanted to know what I should look for on my sonar.

Thanks

[blackwaterkatz]

FISHFINDER TUTORIALS: LINKS

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Chris, these links should help you understand a lot about the sonar, and if you will read through the threads on this forum, there is a lot of information there, too. Anything more, just ask and someone will help you out. Good luck with your new sonar. You'll love it.

[cumberlandcat]

Let me know how it works I am buyng one this week and I was going for the x520c for around 650 hope its worth it.

[jsharper]

Some say you can, others say you can't. It makes sense to me that scaled fish would reflect a little stronger signal that catfish. There are lots of guys that locate a cat, set up and catch it. One told me that you would have yellow on the fish arc with scaled fish and red ( less reflection) on catfish if your colorline and sensitivity were set just right. Myself, I think that I fish for tree limbs most of the time, at least they are easy to catch, but hard to land.

Jim

[SubnetZero]

So how you liking the 522c ?

I'm close to getting my pennies put together and hoping to buy one soon.. I was all set to pick up a LMS-339 last year, but as usual, something came up.. So I now starting to look into upgrade my X25 (DOH) again...

[SubnetZero]

How do you like the 522C, now that you've had it a while.. I just about got my pennies saved up.. Was all set to pick up a LMS-339 last year, but as usual, something came up.. So I'm just now starting to look around and so far 522C is high on my list....

[catfishcentral]

I've really enjoyed the new fishfinder. There's lots to learn and still learning to use every option. My old unit was pretty much only good for depth and seeing some structure. I

[bigblaze]

I just bought the same unit...just food for thought...

I was lucky I had the x-125. I found out the 522c. igps uses the same connections as the 125.

I am going to probably take mine back and get the one with the ext.antenna so the signal is not blocked with the stereo I have above it.

does anybody have any feed back on the other program cards (detailed maps) that are available.

I have heard feedback Navionoics is best but i am searching for opinions.

thanks,