Sooooo many things to keep adjusting - I am probably the only one, but I like the old school simpler sonars - I will find the fish if I can see structure clear enough. All this time learning and tweaking could be used for 'on the water' time. Good video however and much appreciated - it saved me a lot of money as I was considering sonar upgrades etc - I may just find what I have, with a bigger screen and be done. Thanks for all the time you put into this.
no problem glad you enjoyed it. Mind you this video goes from beginner to super advance techniques. Most users will only need the first half at best. The active target is super user friendly and designed to be of all the brands. You don't have to keep adjusting to be honest. This video was done for beginners to super advance at the high performance level. My biggest thing is jump in someone's boat who has one and see if its something you will use. Cheers
If I would have watched this 7 months ago I might actually like using it. I'm sure I will get much better very quickly after watching this video alone. Subbed❤
I have a rytek mount on my all american pole...I have to say this stuff is intimidating. I dont have clicks on my mount, I have different colors where the transducer points and i can move a hair or like in forward mode 3/16 of an inch. My friend who installed it took me out to show me that it works but i havent turned it on yet. Maybe watching more videos like yours will get me motivated..great video....
thank you for such kind words. You can always replay it to get a better understanding. The rytek mount is made not far from the store. It's a great mount. Not familiar with the all American pole. The rytek in blue in a range as you can move the angle up and down in scout. Red is forward on the marker and green is for down. You want down and forward perfect on those lines. The pie that looks blue shows you the varying angles you can adjust it.
thank you for the kind words. Have it on the marked notch for the forward mode that shows it outlined in the manual and video. We bump it up higher one to two groved(notches) on the plate when we are using it shallow.
Trying to confirm the position of the transducer, is the bottom of the 3 on the transducer supposed to be level with the trolling motor ? But if I do that the little lines don't match up
there's more and more that are coming out than what was initially out 2 years ago when active target initially came out. There's a homemade version we've made on here, it's on the channel. If you're buying one, make sure the attachment point on the boat can articulate up and down. There's one by Fin Gear that looks interesting.
Great video!! Thanks for putting this together. A quick questions...do you know of a way to quickly zoom the forward range in forward mode? So basically not have to go through the menu. If I hit the +/- buttons it affects both forward and down range. I often locate fish/structure with a longer range, and then when I get closer I want to quickly and simply pull in from 80 ft. to 10 or 15. I have a buddy that did it on his Livescope, and I've been jealous since. :) Thank you!
I had a question about the transducer which I emailed Lowrance to get the answer hopefully shown to me by a video. They sent me your video! High praise indeed - well done. Just one more question please. When using Active target forward or scout modes do you need your boat to be relatively still or can you troll a lure and get the same quality picture? Many thanks.
As far as wave action up and down on your boat, it’s ideal to be in calmer waters. But you don’t need your boat to be still. I downrigg with my active target for lake trout and salmon all the time. That is high praise! Thank you for letting me know that! That’s really cool.
Hi I am just wondering if you want to switch from down to forward mode on the active target do you have to pull the transducer in and change its position? Your video made it seem like this
Yes with all the forward facing sonar, the mounts they are on, their are usually notches to line up your transducer mark. One for forward, one for down. It’s pretty quick and easy to do. I have heard of a couple companies that have produced automated poles for the adjustment, but I would imagine that their not cheap.
@@Pikefishing56 on the trolling motor you will have to either reach down to change it or pull it up. On a pole, your going to have to bring it up to move it the set amount of notches, your going to want the transducer to line up with the edges of the forward cone on the screen. That’s if you have a solid firm mount. If your pole is tiltable, you can tilt it a bit to line it up with your screen.
I have a question about my new Active Target Ice Fishing shuttle system. I just got the Lowrance shuttle bag with a Active Target module and battery. I’m using my head unit Live 9 in it for my graph. The Live 9 has been updated along with my module in my boat. But I did not update this new AT module in the ice fishing bag. Should I do that ? There isn’t any instructions that came with the bag. Thanks for any help.
At 1:30 min into the video you reference the pencil icon (set to forward). How do set it to the option you want? I've looked but can't find an answer. Thanks
Once your settings are set and adjusted for each. Down/forward/scout. The icon will appear next to it. It memorizes your settings as long as it’s adjusted from the default setting. So when you flip back and forth the settings will change to what you had it on last when you enter a new mode. Exactly like sonar settings when you switch from Shallow, general, deep, fast troll, slow troll etc
I have a new 12” HDS Pro w/AT2. I notice that my “mode icon” is about 90 to 120 degrees off but the transducer is in line with the Ultrex head when in the water. How do you properly adjust/calibrate this and is it actually necessary?
its not necessary at all. With most units it doesn't really perform as it supposed to. I just remove it cause I have it on a seperate pole which allows you to do so much more with these units. If you are trying to get it perfect it will drive you nuts. Most guys just turn it off. Its gotten better with newer updates
Hey bud, thank you so very much for the feedback. I really appreciate you reaching back out to me. I will just turn that icon off because with my OCD/ADHD, it really has been driving me nuts. 😂😂😂
What’s your opinion on the non off set degree transducer mounts out there we can buy ? When I mounted my AT transducer on my pole mount I definitely seen it was at an angle.
There good. It all depends on the brand and how it sits on the poles/mounts. Like all mounts find a windless day. Anchor your boat to aim at something stationary and line it up properly. Cause none are 100% perfect. Find one that suits your needs. Its just learning where yours is pointing and how far out you need to see and where it points. Do corrections from there.
I can't believe they didn't put an manual focus option. Even with AT2 pictures I'm seeing the bottom with obvious stiching. I've had LVS32, AT1 and now LVS34 again with a full 1080P 12" screen. FYI: Lowrance finally released a graph with 1080, but only in HDSPRO 16" Garmin over Lowarnce any day for live sonar
can you elaborate on the manual focus part? It seems there maybe slightly more, but until I see both units side by side. They're alot closer now then they were. Hard to say if it will actually affect anyone practically in daily use. Most of us are into the Lowrance systems already. I agree with the screen sizes.
@@hookedntravel You can adjust the stiching (where all the different transducer beams intersect) on the garmin. You do not see the jagged edges along the bottom contour. Check out garmin guru about autofocus/manual focus
@@formatr6 oh yeah I heard about that. Where I live theirs not alot of garmin users. Mostly birds, which is whole other story..lol. I think lowrance gears this towards being more user friendly and great out of the box, could be why theirs not that option. I know my friends who have Livescope hate it if they don't know electronics or how to dial it in. But the ones who do, love it.
@@hookedntravel the transducer is pole mounted at the front of the boat. In forward mode the screen is about 2 inches wide on the left of my HDS9 and the rest is black.
@@tonyhanna1392 yeah maybe try that. Not hard to adjust settings again. Transducer is in the water when your using it? It’s really hard for me to troubleshoot from here. Is it in forward mode? Sometimes you might have to hit stable view on and off.
@@hookedntravel its working fine in Scout mode. Ive sent Lowrance some photos of the set up and screen. Hopefully it will be something simple. Thanks for your help.
My dad just bought this fish finder. I am confused about the Active target.....it says it has active target on it but it suggests you buy a sonar seperate??? Does anyone know....is active target ready to you when you install or do you have to spend another $1k for the sonar? Thanks!
Which fish finder? The HDS Pro, Live, Carbon and Elite FS units are all capable of running active target. You do need to buy an additional transducer to use active target on the fish finder.
sometimes some units do that. Sometimes it's almost needed to turn it off and on to reset it. But if it's not working properly and still om the 45 degree angle,. then I'd leave it off. I've done it a few times. also make sure you unit is up to date. The unit and the module and make sure you update them both. There's newer software updates which may fix that for you
@@hookedntravel it’s crazy that after I made that comment I went fishing like two days later and turn the stable view on, and it worked completely fine.
Christ I didn’t know I was going to need to be a mental heavyweight to use this stuff. I almost purchased this the other day and I’m glad I didn’t. I’ll be too old to fish by the time I would learn this. 😢
its actually super easy to use. First half is set up is easy But I go far beyond the basics with this in the second half because it helps people see the potential you can use it for that its only limited to your imagination. The settings are basic, just point and shoot.
You tried to make a in depth video but instead you said so many unnecessary things that it’s hard to listen to the whole video. So many things that would confuse an angler. Make it short and sweet
The first half of the video is geared toward the basic settings and the beginner. The more in-depth it goes is for the more advanced angler. I am sorry you found this confusing. Maybe sticking toward the first half of the video would be more beneficial for yourself. We've had alot of great response for this video as this was helped put together by prostaff and input from them.
Sooooo many things to keep adjusting - I am probably the only one, but I like the old school simpler sonars - I will find the fish if I can see structure clear enough. All this time learning and tweaking could be used for 'on the water' time.
Good video however and much appreciated - it saved me a lot of money as I was considering sonar upgrades etc - I may just find what I have, with a bigger screen and be done. Thanks for all the time you put into this.
no problem glad you enjoyed it. Mind you this video goes from beginner to super advance techniques. Most users will only need the first half at best. The active target is super user friendly and designed to be of all the brands. You don't have to keep adjusting to be honest. This video was done for beginners to super advance at the high performance level.
My biggest thing is jump in someone's boat who has one and see if its something you will use. Cheers
This is a great video. I’m just getting started with AT and it really helped. Good job.
Just got the active target. Thank you for such a great video! learned so much
Glad you found it helpful!
Im trying to learn my active target i bought last year. Your info. is awesome and will help me figure it out. Thanks for making this great video.
Glad you enjoyed it! Tightlines bud!
Love your active target content
Best video out their on active target by far!
Thank you guys!
😊@@hookedntravel
Great Video! I learn so much from your video's!!
Awesome video!! Best on AT I’ve found!! Thanks so much!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great piece Kyle. Well done!
Thanks Jim! We'll get you spying those brookies soon enough!
wow just got new z21 with AT this was very helpful gonna watch more of ur vids on sonar set ups too
Thank You! Great video!!
Thanks for a very good video. 👍👍👍
Thank you for your help,you made it simple to understand 👏👏👊
your welcome, glad your enjoyed it! I tried to make start basic for someone new and progress to advanced users as you make your way through the video
Enjoyed your video, concise.
thank you!
excellent video with great explanations. thanks
Thank you for the kind reply! Tightlines!
Nice video ! Thanks !
Great info
Great video Kyle! Massively helpful!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent video and superior knowledge
Thank you for the Kind words! Glad it helped
Excellent video! very helpful! thank you!
Thank you! Glad to see it helped you! Cheers!
Great vid!
thank you! greatly appreciated Bud!
The video I've been looking for thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
If I would have watched this 7 months ago I might actually like using it. I'm sure I will get much better very quickly after watching this video alone. Subbed❤
Awesome to hear! thank you for the kind words! tightlines!
I have a rytek mount on my all american pole...I have to say this stuff is intimidating. I dont have clicks on my mount, I have different colors where the transducer points and i can move a hair or like in forward mode 3/16 of an inch. My friend who installed it took me out to show me that it works but i havent turned it on yet. Maybe watching more videos like yours will get me motivated..great video....
thank you for such kind words. You can always replay it to get a better understanding. The rytek mount is made not far from the store. It's a great mount. Not familiar with the all American pole. The rytek in blue in a range as you can move the angle up and down in scout. Red is forward on the marker and green is for down. You want down and forward perfect on those lines. The pie that looks blue shows you the varying angles you can adjust it.
Really like your videos they’re really helping me get my AT setting correct. How many clicks do you move your transducer for forward looking ?
thank you for the kind words. Have it on the marked notch for the forward mode that shows it outlined in the manual and video. We bump it up higher one to two groved(notches) on the plate when we are using it shallow.
always learn something new with this channel, love it
Trying to confirm the position of the transducer, is the bottom of the 3 on the transducer supposed to be level with the trolling motor ? But if I do that the little lines don't match up
Great idea to mount on separate pole . Any clean aftermarket poles on the market you recommend for a basic bass boat ? Thanks
there's more and more that are coming out than what was initially out 2 years ago when active target initially came out. There's a homemade version we've made on here, it's on the channel. If you're buying one, make sure the attachment point on the boat can articulate up and down. There's one by Fin Gear that looks interesting.
Great video!! Thanks for putting this together. A quick questions...do you know of a way to quickly zoom the forward range in forward mode? So basically not have to go through the menu. If I hit the +/- buttons it affects both forward and down range. I often locate fish/structure with a longer range, and then when I get closer I want to quickly and simply pull in from 80 ft. to 10 or 15. I have a buddy that did it on his Livescope, and I've been jealous since. :) Thank you!
I had a question about the transducer which I emailed Lowrance to get the answer hopefully shown to me by a video. They sent me your video! High praise indeed - well done. Just one more question please. When using Active target forward or scout modes do you need your boat to be relatively still or can you troll a lure and get the same quality picture? Many thanks.
As far as wave action up and down on your boat, it’s ideal to be in calmer waters. But you don’t need your boat to be still. I downrigg with my active target for lake trout and salmon all the time.
That is high praise! Thank you for letting me know that! That’s really cool.
Hi I am just wondering if you want to switch from down to forward mode on the active target do you have to pull the transducer in and change its position? Your video made it seem like this
Yes with all the forward facing sonar, the mounts they are on, their are usually notches to line up your transducer mark. One for forward, one for down. It’s pretty quick and easy to do. I have heard of a couple companies that have produced automated poles for the adjustment, but I would imagine that their not cheap.
@@hookedntravel but this is when the transducer is attached to the trolling motor I take it? Not when it is attached to a seperate pole?
@@Pikefishing56 on the trolling motor you will have to either reach down to change it or pull it up. On a pole, your going to have to bring it up to move it the set amount of notches, your going to want the transducer to line up with the edges of the forward cone on the screen. That’s if you have a solid firm mount. If your pole is tiltable, you can tilt it a bit to line it up with your screen.
I have a question about my new Active Target Ice Fishing shuttle system. I just got the Lowrance shuttle bag with a Active Target module and battery. I’m using my head unit Live 9 in it for my graph. The Live 9 has been updated along with my module in my boat. But I did not update this new AT module in the ice fishing bag. Should I do that ? There isn’t any instructions that came with the bag. Thanks for any help.
yes you should. Helps with any bugs, software improvement and features. We have an update video on this channel in how to do it properly.
At 1:30 min into the video you reference the pencil icon (set to forward). How do set it to the option you want? I've looked but can't find an answer. Thanks
Once your settings are set and adjusted for each. Down/forward/scout. The icon will appear next to it. It memorizes your settings as long as it’s adjusted from the default setting. So when you flip back and forth the settings will change to what you had it on last when you enter a new mode. Exactly like sonar settings when you switch from Shallow, general, deep, fast troll, slow troll etc
I have a new 12” HDS Pro w/AT2. I notice that my “mode icon” is about 90 to 120 degrees off but the transducer is in line with the Ultrex head when in the water. How do you properly adjust/calibrate this and is it actually necessary?
its not necessary at all. With most units it doesn't really perform as it supposed to. I just remove it cause I have it on a seperate pole which allows you to do so much more with these units. If you are trying to get it perfect it will drive you nuts. Most guys just turn it off. Its gotten better with newer updates
Hey bud, thank you so very much for the feedback. I really appreciate you reaching back out to me. I will just turn that icon off because with my OCD/ADHD, it really has been driving me nuts. 😂😂😂
Is forward or scout mode best when fishing docks up to about 15’ deep?
It’s all personal to what you can see best. I like scout for that. But around 15’ you can use forward. Shallower I would lean toward scout
which unit is this on? it looks like a gen 3. i thought the AT wouldn't work on the gen 3? i have and HDS 12 Gen 3. thanks
This is on a Carbon. The unit will works on Carbons, Lives', EliteFS and the new HDS PRO coming out next month. Cheers
What Lowrance fish/depth finder do have to use in order to use the active target system?
you can use it on the Elite FS, HDS Carbon, HDS LIVE and the new HDS PRO
@@hookedntravel Thank you!!!
Could all of this be used for ice fishing purposes??
100% it can. For every setting and every technique described. We’re actually in the process of getting a specific ice fishing one set up.
What’s your opinion on the non off set degree transducer mounts out there we can buy ? When I mounted my AT transducer on my pole mount I definitely seen it was at an angle.
There good. It all depends on the brand and how it sits on the poles/mounts. Like all mounts find a windless day. Anchor your boat to aim at something stationary and line it up properly. Cause none are 100% perfect. Find one that suits your needs. Its just learning where yours is pointing and how far out you need to see and where it points. Do corrections from there.
I can't believe they didn't put an manual focus option. Even with AT2 pictures I'm seeing the bottom with obvious stiching. I've had LVS32, AT1 and now LVS34 again with a full 1080P 12" screen. FYI: Lowrance finally released a graph with 1080, but only in HDSPRO 16" Garmin over Lowarnce any day for live sonar
can you elaborate on the manual focus part? It seems there maybe slightly more, but until I see both units side by side. They're alot closer now then they were. Hard to say if it will actually affect anyone practically in daily use. Most of us are into the Lowrance systems already. I agree with the screen sizes.
@@hookedntravel You can adjust the stiching (where all the different transducer beams intersect) on the garmin. You do not see the jagged edges along the bottom contour. Check out garmin guru about autofocus/manual focus
@@formatr6 oh yeah I heard about that. Where I live theirs not alot of garmin users. Mostly birds, which is whole other story..lol. I think lowrance gears this towards being more user friendly and great out of the box, could be why theirs not that option. I know my friends who have Livescope hate it if they don't know electronics or how to dial it in. But the ones who do, love it.
Ive programmed as per your video bit in forward mode I am only getting about a 5th of the screen being used. Any ideas for a fix? Cheers.
How is the orientation of the transducer? Is the screen black?
@@hookedntravel the transducer is pole mounted at the front of the boat. In forward mode the screen is about 2 inches wide on the left of my HDS9 and the rest is black.
I was wondering if I should go back to factory default modes and start again?
@@tonyhanna1392 yeah maybe try that. Not hard to adjust settings again. Transducer is in the water when your using it?
It’s really hard for me to troubleshoot from here.
Is it in forward mode? Sometimes you might have to hit stable view on and off.
@@hookedntravel its working fine in Scout mode. Ive sent Lowrance some photos of the set up and screen. Hopefully it will be something simple. Thanks for your help.
My dad just bought this fish finder. I am confused about the Active target.....it says it has active target on it but it suggests you buy a sonar seperate???
Does anyone know....is active target ready to you when you install or do you have to spend another $1k for the sonar?
Thanks!
Which fish finder? The HDS Pro, Live, Carbon and Elite FS units are all capable of running active target. You do need to buy an additional transducer to use active target on the fish finder.
Capability means you pair them
I had to turn Stable Mode “Off” when I got mine installed. With it “On” the water bottom is on about a 45 degree angle and not flat.. Why is that?
sometimes some units do that. Sometimes it's almost needed to turn it off and on to reset it. But if it's not working properly and still om the 45 degree angle,. then I'd leave it off. I've done it a few times. also make sure you unit is up to date. The unit and the module and make sure you update them both. There's newer software updates which may fix that for you
@@hookedntravel it’s crazy that after I made that comment I went fishing like two days later and turn the stable view on, and it worked completely fine.
Do you know how to turn on stable view?
side menu on the active target screen, hit more options, scroll down and you'll see stable view
@@hookedntravel really, I must have missed it. Thanks man. Do you use it?
@@mikegooding1075 I toggle it on and off depending the conditions. Whichever is giving my the better view and not moving it.
@@hookedntravel thanks for your help.
Christ I didn’t know I was going to need to be a mental heavyweight to use this stuff. I almost purchased this the other day and I’m glad I didn’t. I’ll be too old to fish by the time I would learn this. 😢
its actually super easy to use. First half is set up is easy But I go far beyond the basics with this in the second half because it helps people see the potential you can use it for that its only limited to your imagination. The settings are basic, just point and shoot.
You shouldn’t make videos until you know what you’re talking about: this is all wrong. By a lot
please elaborate?
You tried to make a in depth video but instead you said so many unnecessary things that it’s hard to listen to the whole video. So many things that would confuse an angler. Make it short and sweet
The first half of the video is geared toward the basic settings and the beginner. The more in-depth it goes is for the more advanced angler. I am sorry you found this confusing. Maybe sticking toward the first half of the video would be more beneficial for yourself. We've had alot of great response for this video as this was helped put together by prostaff and input from them.