Ice Fishing => General Discussion => Topic started by: wapak ice dawg on January 18, 2016, 08:54:08 PM
Title: lowrance elite 4 chirp ice machine
Post by: wapak ice dawg on January 18, 2016, 08:54:08 PM
whoever has 1 can you tell me your best set up for this machine, I had mine out today and I couldn't get it to show my jig , got pissed and went back to my vex 18......... might be wishing I bought a different toy
Title: Re: lowrance elite 4 chirp ice machine
Post by: wmwhitten on January 18, 2016, 10:45:58 PM
I just bought a elite 5 hds have not got to use it yet but I set it like they suggested on You tube worked in the air can't wait to try it out on the lake. new to ice fishing wish I could help you more.
Title: Re: lowrance elite 4 chirp ice machine
Post by: 30inthabucket on January 19, 2016, 06:23:03 AM
I have the elite 3x and the elite 4 but it's not the chirp. I have to adjust the sensitivity constantly depending on depth and structure or I can't see. I'm set on the 83 khz for a narrow beam. It can be tough to set where you can see your jig but doesn't clutter the whole screen. I'm usually around 50-60 % sensitivity. It's way different than a vex but once you get used to it I think you'll like it. I don't use the flasher on mine btw. Just the sonar. And tungsten makes a huge difference on being able to see. Not sure why.
Title: Re: lowrance elite 4 chirp ice machine
Post by: snowcone on January 19, 2016, 10:04:00 AM
I know your right on the tungsten jigs I notice they have a good return, the other day I was out and the water was only 8 ft and my gain was way to high, jig was jigungus hahaha had to crank gain way down on my garmin.
Title: Re: lowrance elite 4 chirp ice machine
Post by: wapak ice dawg on January 19, 2016, 12:06:28 PM
I tried it again today but went right back to my vex, I'm just going to have to park the vex at home and get used to the lowrance. The thing I dont like it that I have the same machine as some of the videos but they have different screen options on theirs, must be a different transducer?
Title: Re: lowrance elite 4 chirp ice machine
Post by: 30inthabucket on January 19, 2016, 12:35:27 PM
There's a bunch of different versions of the elite 4 so I couldn't tell you. I will be at Indian this Friday. And prob sat and sun too.Pm me if you are gonna be up there. See if we can get you straightened out.
Title: Re: lowrance elite 4 chirp ice machine
Post by: Hookset Harvey on January 19, 2016, 02:41:19 PM
Turn surface clairity to medium. Helps get rid of a lot of junk on your screen. Then put the color palate in ice view. You'll have to play with sensitivity and contrast until it's to your liking. I run a elite 7 in split zoom mode and try to,make my tungsten jig with wax worm a black line with slight blue in it also. That way there is good separation when the fish gets close to the lure. Hope that helps
Title: Re: lowrance elite 4 chirp ice machine
Post by: wapak ice dawg on January 22, 2016, 04:36:50 PM
finally got help today with the lowrance, I forgot to ask the guys name but he walked me through his setup on the ice and with that info I promptly went home and tuned mine in, NOW come on fish and do your part
Title: Re: lowrance elite 4 chirp ice machine
Post by: bigfisher937 on January 22, 2016, 09:45:30 PM
Lol. Might have been me. Northfork area? My names Mike if we bump into each other again.
Title: Re: lowrance elite 4 chirp ice machine
Post by: wapak ice dawg on January 23, 2016, 06:28:12 AM
Yea it had to be you, thanks a ton, I was starting to regret ever buying one, all the videos I watched, not one of them showed how to set it up the way yours is. I even called lowrance and asked for a dvd and the lady said they use YouTube to show the , "how to section". Thank you again Mike, my name is Dan , I'm sure we'll meet up again. I was headed out this morning but all of my kids are home only for the 2nd time in 3 years so I'd rather do some catching up with them