Dragonfly update v12.09 still locking on downrigger

[Jim_MI]

I was delighted to see that firmware versions 12.08 and 12.09 had supposedly fixed all the problems that the Dragonfly's were having when trying to distinguish downrigger weights, suspended organics, etc from the true bottom. So last week I updated my firmware and headed out in my kayak to test it out for the first time.

I am happy to report that the DF did a MUCH better job of locking onto the bottom and reporting accurate depths when travelling over baitfish or invertebrate hatches. However, when I deployed my small (3-lb?) downrigger weight it failed - again!

I am attaching a screen dump showing my downrigger at 30 ft in about 190 feet of water, over a mostly sand and rock bottom. The DF5Pro is reporting the depth at 30 ft, right where the downrigger is. Very disappointing. I tried manually adjusting the depth and zooming and that sort of thing, and somewhere along the way it corrected itself. But intermittently it still flipped between the downrigger and the true bottom when displaying depth.

Are others still finding this problem? Are there any further updates in the pipeline to remedy this?