Join Major League Fishing Pro Bryan Thrift and Bass University for a comprehensive seminar focused on Humminbird technology.

Humminbird offers a range of advanced fish finders and electronic devices designed specifically for fishing, including recent advancements like the Mega Live 2 and Xplore. In this seminar, Bryan Thrift shares his insights on the Humminbird Apex 13 and Xplore units, and the key Humminbird features he relies on daily while on the water, including classic 2D sonar, down imaging, side imaging, MEGA 360, and the new, phenomenal MEGA Live 2. He also explains how he sets up his Humminbird units, highlighting the importance of customizing Lake Master mapping with specific depth shading, selecting different ranges, and using optimized color palettes for various Humminbird features.

Thrift emphasizes that these Humminbird electronics serve as your "eyes underneath the water," providing a comprehensive picture of the underwater environment to prevent "blind fishing" and significantly improve efficiency. The seminar delves into the practical application of each sonar type:

• 2D Sonar: Learn how Thrift utilizes this "old school" technology while running on plane, an invaluable technique since other transducers are out of the water at speed. Discover how he identifies hidden structure like brush piles, rock piles, and even large schools of bait fish with the boat on plane, enabling him to quickly cover vast amounts of water and mark promising spots. The seminar will also show you how to set up your display for optimal viewing at speed, including adjusting sensitivity to differentiate between hard and soft bottom returns.
• Down Imaging: Understand its advantage over 2D sonar, providing a crisper and clearer picture that allows you to "pick apart little cracks in the rocks" and discern intricate details of structure and better target separation when idling.
• Side Imaging: Explore why Humminbird, a pioneer in this technology since 2005-2006, is considered by Thrift to offer "the best available" clarity and target separation between soft and hard bottom. You will learn how to maximize your range (often up to 120 feet or more) to efficiently scan vast areas, identifying isolated structure, hard spots, and even individual fish. Thrift demonstrates how to interpret the unique "white hash" returns of fish and understand the significance of shadows to determine the height of underwater objects like boulders or brush piles. Crucially, he teaches how to mark precise waypoints on discovered structure or fish directly from the screen, even while the boat is moving.
• MEGA 360: Discover why this technology, despite receiving less "hype" than live sonar, is crucial for comprehensive underwater awareness, effectively making "offshore fishing just like fishing the bank". Thrift explains how this "motorized transducer" continuously scans 360 degrees around your boat, optimizing its range (up to 100 feet to match casting distance), and interpreting shadows to gauge fish height off the bottom. You'll learn its unique ability to reveal hard bottom and subtle structure that forward-facing live sonar might miss. The seminar also provides essential guidance on properly aligning the transducer for accurate readings and offers practical tips for minimizing electrical interference.
• MEGA Live 2: Get an inside look at Humminbird's "brand new" real-time live sonar, praised for its "super fast" refresh rate and clarity. This technology allows anglers to "watch fish get behind it, chase it, come up, bite it" in real time, observing every move a fish makes. Thrift details its distinct advantages, such as revealing "very small thin brush piles" and "softer pieces of structure" like PVC, which might not be visible on 360 imaging. You'll explore new software updates that introduce enhanced color palettes (e.g., Alabama Amber, Doppler, Sunrise, Spring Craw) for better differentiation between fish and structure, and learn how to discern the precise swimming direction of fish. The seminar also covers the unit's built-in stability control, ensuring a clear and consistent view of the bottom even while trolling at higher speeds.

A key focus of the seminar is teaching anglers how to leverage the complementary strengths of MEGA Live 2 and MEGA 360, using them "in conjunction with each other" for maximum effectiveness, ensuring you "don't miss anything" in the underwater environment. You'll also gain insights into the Humminbird One Boat Network and legacy Fish Smart app, which enable seamless integration and waypoint sharing across all your devices, including your console graphs and even your mobile phone, further enhancing your fishing strategy.

Whether you are considering purchasing new Humminbird electronics or already own them and want to maximize your usage, this seminar with MLF Champion Bryan Thrift and Bass University offers an in-depth exploration of all aspects of Humminbird electronics to make you a more efficient, better angler, and help you put more fish in the boat.

Bryan Thrift's Humminbird Marine Electronics Class Chapters

• 0:15: Thrift + Humminbird
  Understand how to leverage the latest in Humminbird technology from a Major League Fishing pro, aiming to make you a more efficient angler and help you put more fish in the boat.
• 2:05: Depth Shading
  Learn a Thrift's system for customizing your LakeMaster maps to enhance safety and develop efficient fishing patterns, helping you quickly identify productive depth ranges and hidden structures, saving valuable time on the water.
• 15:05: 2D Sonar & Down Imaging
  Master the strategic use of 2D sonar for efficient high-speed scouting, uncovering vast amounts of water for hidden schools of fish and isolated structures, and gain insight into the superior clarity of Down Imaging for detailed structure analysis at slower speeds.
• 31:27: Side Imaging
  Unlock the secrets of Humminbird Side Imaging to transform your offshore fishing, allowing you to efficiently locate and identify hidden structure and fish, interpret the size of submerged objects, and mark precise waypoints for pinpoint casting, all to gain a significant competitive advantage.
• 53:26: MEGA 360
  Maximize your underwater awareness with Humminbird Mega 360, learning how to leverage its continuous 360-degree scan to find subtle structure and suspended fish, and integrate it seamlessly with other technologies to ensure you "don't miss anything" in your fishing environment.
• 1:11:50: MEGA LIVE 2
  Experience the cutting-edge of real-time sonar with Humminbird Mega Live 2, allowing you to directly observe fish behavior and reactions, easily differentiate fish from various types of structure, and use advanced color palettes to precisely target fish, gaining an unparalleled advantage on the water.

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