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I bought and installed this yesterday and gonna try it out this afternoon


NO MORE HUMMINBIRDS ON MY BOAT

48522 bytes... What ya gonna do with the 'bird?

It died just like the other 3 that have been on the boat in the last 2 years

I tried to tell you those birds were no good.

You'll like it for offshore wevans...You'll like it a lot. I'm pretty sure you'll be dissapointed with it on the flats though. It has WAY too much power and doesn't read consitantly under about 4 feet.

Make sure to use the 200 Khz setting, gain up to +4, fish symbols off, etc. and it will be your best friend offshore. Best B/W machine I've ever used.

OK....there's one in every crowd.... mine came with the boat and it's been in service since 1999.... 6 years and still work'n.


Will have to admit that it's been going into simulator mode once in a while but all things considered still doing pretty well. However, when it gets replaced, I will go with a garmin. Yes... I know I'm now fodder for the rest of the day.

Yea, I thought about the power in shallow water Tom but most of the time you can see the bottom in 4 foot or less and according to the maual, you can turn down the power for real shallow readings I use the finder mainly Grouper fishin or to find channels or holes in the flats anyhow

Dang another dead Bird, you got that not long ago. Better luck with a new one.

you'll love it. thats what i use with no problems

Put one on my bay boat a couple of weeks ago, great machine. I does have trouble reading in less than 4 ft. However, it's the first unit I've had on an inshore boat that will hold bottom at wot. I'm thinking about putting a second transducer on the big boat and using the 240 as a back up.

Any good results to report yet??

NICE I saw contours in the bottom that I never knew were there didn't make it out deep "20 foot was it" but ran WOT and never lost the bottom on a fairly heavy chop

Wevans,

Same unit that I got and installed on my 16' Flats Tracker (formerly Bass Tracker) back in March.

I've enjoyed it for about 8-10 trips. The unit kinda freaks out at about 8-10 mph (got the speedometer transducer, love it).

I still have a lot of learning on it but have been pleased.

Question: Do you leave your's mounted on the boat while trailering or while not on the water? I've been removing mine and noticed that I'm getting a little green microscopic growth of corrosion on the end of the female 30+ pin DIN connnection on the cable. Any advice on how to stop or prevent that? I know it can't be good.

Dale Hollow

DH, TC or somebody mentioned dipping the end in Coke and shaking the excess.

DH, a light coat of lithium grease will do the trick.

Dang, Wevans. Next thing you'll be buyin bait casting reels. (Pick me up off the floor!)

tin can wrote:DH, a light coat of lithium grease will do the trick.

Dang, Wevans. Next thing you'll be buyin bait casting reels. (Pick me up off the floor!)

Done tryed them thangs TC, to many tangles fer me