No Fish?

[14gills]

I recently bought a Humminbird 859CI HD DI. Last weekend i took it to Pineview to test it out and get it set up. I spent the day tuning and making changes to the settings trying to get them dialed in.

I have two questions. First is why did the depth flash from time to time and not on any particular depth. Second how come i never saw very few fish. I was at Pineview from 9:30 to 5. We worked all the docks, all around cemetery point, and around by the dam. I would stop every few min while out in the middle to scan for some fish and never saw anything. During the whole time was on the lake I only saw maybe a total of five to ten big arches on the bottom, and that was it.

Any Ideas why i didn't see any fish?
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[liketrolling]

First make sure you up date the software
how deep was the water?
you will not see fish on top.
the DI will not work unless you are moving.
I think that the 859 CI only has the Sonar - Single Beam 200 kHz
the cone angle is not that wide.

if you had the 83 kHz you would have a lot wider cone angle

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[14gills]

I thought this sonar has both. If it does not do you have a recommended unit that does. I need to stay In The 700$ price range. I don't want to spend that kind of money and have crap sonar. I don't see why that's even an option.
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