The all-new forward facing sonar system from Humminbird® is called XPLORE™ and MEGA Live™ and provides high performance with innovation to the world of fish-finding technology. Photo courtesy of ...

Be it Garmin LiveScope, Lowrance Active Target 2 or Humminbird Mega Live 2, live sonar seems to have popped up on bass boats overnight, but saltwater anglers have not adopted it in similar numbers—at ...

Forward-facing sonar — which only a few years ago seemed too futuristic to impact Minnesota fish and fishing, and anyway seemed too costly for most anglers to acquire for use in their boats and, in ...

The state of Kansas recently went fishing for answers as to whether a relatively new sonar technology enables casual anglers to catch crappie more easily. The groundbreaking experiment in late 2021 ...

Major League Fishing changed its rules about forward facing sonar in 2025, but anglers are lukewarm to the compromise. The new rules intend to keep professional fishing modern and current while ...

Forward facing sonar for ice fishing might feel new, but it’s actually been around for years. During the early 2000s, Gold Medal World Ice Fishing Champion Tony Boshold attached his flasher transducer ...

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DULUTH — They have been flying off the shelves at Marine General sporting goods store for a couple of years, and the breakneck pace at which anglers are getting into forward-facing sonar units hasn’t ...

Electronics are a hot button topic in fishing lately. Over the last few years, the advent of technology like side-scan, down-scan, and forward-looking sonar has a lot of folks asking if the sport is ...

When looking for schools of tarpon in passes, under bridges and along beaches, new sonar technologies can give anglers a leg up. George Poveromo It was a sunny and calm Bimini morning as Harry Vernon ...

When fishing for fall crappies over deeper wood cover — in this case the major portion of a tree lodged in the lake bottom in 22 feet of water — it’s not unusual for the fish to bite the bait on the ...