graph problems i think

[Rickka]

hi all,
i have a bottom line graph. tournament leader SF3 sidefinder.
My question is i do not know how old it is, came with the used boat i bought. what happens is. in shallow water the screen gets all green and always reads 1 ft. sometimes it shows pictures of fish at a certain depth, others black square dots, i think these are fish.I do not know if the transducer is going or what. Is this graph worth keeping? I would like to follow weed lines, but i do not think i can tell with this graph.. is it a lower cheaper model? or do bottomline graphs just suck. any other recomendations on a different brand. or should i just work with this one..there also is a black line down the middle of the screen. it shows speed and surface temp. thanks for any input.
Rick

[TeaDrinker]

I had 2 bottumlines/sidefinders, they both were great when they worked, but a little moisture and the screen steamed up and they did weird things like yours. I'll not go there again. Humminbird has a new one, Piranha 5, with 54 degree transducer, should work in shallow water, and cheap too.

[LakeRat]

Post the question at their site. It does take time for them to get around to the questions, so you might also want to email the techs.

http://www.bottomlinefishfinders.com/site/wwwboard/index.htm

http://www.bottomlinefishfinders.com/site/html/main_interface_.htm