The Garmin GT360 UHD Brings 360 Degree Imaging To Spy Pole
If you've been watching the Spy Pole release, the GT360 UHD is the second half of that story. It's the new transducer Garmin built specifically for the Spy Pole platform, and it does something none of your other transducers can do. It scans a full 360 degrees around your boat in ultra high definition.
This is not a small upgrade. Most anglers running forward facing sonar are working with a single beam pointed wherever the trolling motor or pole is aimed. You see what's in front of you. The GT360 UHD spins that whole picture into a bird's eye view of every direction at once.
What the GT360 UHD actually does
Garmin calls the technology OneVu. The transducer mounts to your Spy Pole and produces a full 360 degree image around the boat in 2D or 3D. Frequencies run 455 kHz, 800 kHz, and 1070 kHz, with 500 watts of power and roughly 500 feet of range.
The scan covers about a football field of area around your boat in a single power cycle. True Motion technology ties that scan to GPS, so as you drift or move, the imagery stays locked to its real world location. You can drift off a brush pile, come back ten minutes later, and the same brush pile is still in the same spot on your screen.
You pick how the scan refreshes. Three modes:
| Mode | Use case |
|---|---|
| Auto | Triggers a new scan every time the boat moves into a new area |
| Manual | You hit the button when you want a fresh scan |
| Constant | Continuous scanning while the boat is moving |
Where it fits in a Garmin setup
The GT360 UHD is designed to layer on top of LiveScope, not replace it. With both running, your chartplotter can show LiveScope live sonar overlaid on the OneVu 360 image. You get the static structure layout from OneVu plus the live fish movement from LiveScope in one view, with a beam overlay that shows exactly where LiveScope is pointing inside the bigger 360 picture.
That's the real workflow. Use OneVu to find structure and sit on it. Use LiveScope to watch fish reactions in real time. Same screen, same boat, same pole.
What you need to run it
- Garmin Spy Pole (42 inch or 49 inch)
- Compatible Garmin chartplotter
- Optional: LiveScope transducer, if you want both layered together
The GT360 UHD does not work without the Spy Pole. It is built specifically for that mount. If you're already running a Force or Force Pro trolling motor, the Spy Pole bracket is included. If not, the gunnel mount accessory is sold separately.
The bigger picture
Forward facing sonar changed bass fishing. The GT360 UHD changes what's possible alongside it. Instead of choosing between a wide structure scan and a narrow live view, you get both, GPS locked, and you can replay a scanned area the rest of the day without re-scanning.
If you already have a Garmin chartplotter and you're committed to running LiveScope on a Spy Pole, the GT360 UHD turns that setup into a complete 360 degree imaging rig. If you want to dial in the FFS side of that equation first, our Garmin LiveScope Settings Guide walks you through every setting that actually matters on the LVS32 and LVS34 transducers. The Forward Facing Sonar Course covers reading the screen, tracking fish, and the techniques that turn good imaging into more bites.
Get your settings dialed first. Then the new hardware can do what it's built to do.
