Take the mystery out of your sounder! How to read your screen, interpret what you see, what's a fish and what's not, how to set your sounder up, and much more from fishing guru Rick Huckstepp. This is a new 2006 release.

Rick Huckstepp has been providing informative instruction on depth sounders at shows and via editorial columns for the past 10 years. This book is a direct result of the many questions that have arisen at various shows. You will learn not only how depth sounders operate, but also what to look for and how to interpret what you see on the screen. For beginners and experts alike, this book will help you to maximise the features of your depth sounder.

As depth sounders (often called fish finders) become more sophisticated - even at the bottom end of the market - many anglers are at a loss to use the understand them correctly.

In this book Rick describes in detail, complete with colour examples of real screens:

• How sounders work
• How to set them up
• How they display the information they receive from underneath the boat
• How screen images relate to specific images in the water - the fish, the bottom and any structure above the bottom
• Learn how to pick fish and structure from the bottom, to identify the composition and fish-holding potential of the bottom

This book not only tells you what you are actually seeing, but what you should be looking for if you want to find more fish.

Chapters include:

• What to look for when buying a depth sounder
• Hints for installation of your depth sounder
• Sonar - how it works
• How fish arches are formed
• Fish ID
• Sensitivity
• Colour line
• Depth range
• Utilising more pixels
• Zoom
• Chart speed
• Noise filters for surface clarity
• How much bottom am I covering with my transducer?
• Decyphering screens
• What transducer do I need?
• Caring for your fish finder

Rick Huckstepp has been involved in the fishing and boating industry for 25 years and has fished and boated extensively around Australia and throughout the South Pacific. Rick ran a charter business in the Northern Territory for a decade and is now based in Brisbane.

For a number of years he travelled the boat and tackle show circuit conducting workshops and stage presentations to those gatherings and to fishing clubs around Australia on subjects such as marine electronics and fishing and boating techniques for fresh and salwater species.

Title: Depth Sounder Secrets
Publisher: Australian Fishing Network 2006
Author: Rick Huckstepp
Extent: 56 colour pages, plus sturdy, plastic-coated soft cover
Page Size: Approx: 190mm wide x 260mm high

Quality packing and delivery to anywhere in Australia included.