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Hi, I've got a new boat we're putting together the electronics for and have a few questions about transducers. This forum has been great for a new user to Furuno products. I'd be getting a couple TZT3s as well as the DFF3D.
I fish 200' or less, most often less than 50', so a HW ducer seems like a logical choice. Before digging in, I probably would've chosen a B175HW. But AccuFish looks pretty cool for a novice fisherman like myself. I understand it needs two frequencies to guess the size. Do the two frequencies have to be from the same ducer? Also, will CHIRP transducers work, such as the B275LHW? The website wasn't clear and the matrix I found only went through TZT2.
Regarding DFF3D, I've used competitor's side scans and found them great for looking at structure, but not for finding fish. (We have tons of structure and bait here, not so much fish). The DFF3D seems more like what I'm looking for. Does anyone know how wide the beams are fore and aft? So for instance, if I relied on the single beam instead of a traditional finder, I can set the side to side width to be 20 degrees. But the shape of it is not conical, more oblong?. Something like 10 degrees fore and aft, or is it very narrow like sidescans (2 degrees?).
It does sound like the DFF3D is better at moderate speeds than the competitors products, perhaps due to a wider (fore/aft) beam or maybe the lower frequency? I assume going with a Transom Mount would negate a big portion of that benefit, so a fairing block is advised on a 40' boat.
Finally, how far back in history can you scroll? The current system I'm on only goes back a few pages / minutes.
Thanks!
Mike
I fish 200' or less, most often less than 50', so a HW ducer seems like a logical choice. Before digging in, I probably would've chosen a B175HW. But AccuFish looks pretty cool for a novice fisherman like myself. I understand it needs two frequencies to guess the size. Do the two frequencies have to be from the same ducer? Also, will CHIRP transducers work, such as the B275LHW? The website wasn't clear and the matrix I found only went through TZT2.
Regarding DFF3D, I've used competitor's side scans and found them great for looking at structure, but not for finding fish. (We have tons of structure and bait here, not so much fish). The DFF3D seems more like what I'm looking for. Does anyone know how wide the beams are fore and aft? So for instance, if I relied on the single beam instead of a traditional finder, I can set the side to side width to be 20 degrees. But the shape of it is not conical, more oblong?. Something like 10 degrees fore and aft, or is it very narrow like sidescans (2 degrees?).
It does sound like the DFF3D is better at moderate speeds than the competitors products, perhaps due to a wider (fore/aft) beam or maybe the lower frequency? I assume going with a Transom Mount would negate a big portion of that benefit, so a fairing block is advised on a 40' boat.
Finally, how far back in history can you scroll? The current system I'm on only goes back a few pages / minutes.
Thanks!
Mike