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I know I'm going to get my head bit off for this, but believe it or not the whole color thing is less definitive than one is lead to believe...I will explain...this takes a basic understanding of geometry, so if you don't have that, you're on your own Transducers all produce a cone in which they "ping" for the bottom and targets within that cone. Have you ever wondered how a Fish Finder "sees" objects within that cone? Draw a triangle on a piece of paper and place three dots in a straight line across the interior, one being in the middle, one halfway between middle and the left leg of the triangle and one virtually on the right leg of the triangle. Using this as our example, would you guess that your fish finder would put all three of these at the same depth? I use to believe this, but if you measure from the top point of the triangle(the transducer) to each point you will get three different measurements. This school of fish would show up on your vexilar or on your showdown as 3 fish all at different depths, when in fact they are all at the same depth. Now you may be thinking, "I have a dual beam transducer on my Vex." This only gets you a transition from outer to inner cone(which is somewhat of a benefit, and will appear as a rising fish), but still nothing definitive. Without three transducer points you can't triangulate exact position, which only leaves "guestimation".Where does this leave us in relation to Color, well the Vex uses color to delineate several different situations, signal strength, movement from outer transducer "cone" to inner transducer "cone", and fish size. In the scenario above a Vex would have 3 different color marks, leaving you to wonder which of the three situations above you are dealing with. The Showdown is showing equal signal returns at different depths, that's it.Often when you see a fish appear that it is moving up to your bait on any fish finder, it is actually just moving across the same plane toward your bait. This whole situations impact is greatly dependent on just how deep you are fishing and what scale you have your finder set to. Have you ever wondered why the bottom reflection on a Vex/Marcum/Lowrance/Humminbird is some mass of Red then the scale of colors below that? That is the degree at which your device is sensitive to the conical effects I described above and of course the bottom density, ie. mud or rock.So until three zone transducers are common place, color is just another marketing tool...oh and it looks pretty <-----Begin Ripping into Neptune HERE----->
So your saying I am seeing things when I watch the fish ON camera rise to the bait ,just like it does on the color flasher?
If I hear anything I will let you know (i live right where they are made). The customer service is great all I do if I break something is go into the shop and within minutes i have what i need to fix it or they have fixed it for me.
Just a little feather in Showdowns Cap: the Showdown Fish Finder is the official Fish Finder of the In-Fisherman Ice Fishing TV show.
1) Physically, what size ice hole would the Showdown actually fall through if it unfortunately fell straight down?2) Will it shoot and read through the ice? I use a very old LCD and use it to read depth before drilling. Would not want to lose this ability.
(1) approximately an 8 inch hole is what it could fall down.(2) Yes it will read through ice if the ice is wet and the clearer the ice the better, just like any Vex, Marcum, Humminbird, Lowrance will do.
Thanks Neptune.
