Re: ? quality of these fish maps ?
Dammmmmmm.....My bad dude!
. See that's what happen when you start fishing big waters? You start spending big money.
Lets us know how that side imaging working. I would love to have one to play with. Does that unit have a separate gps receiver or is it built-in?
Oh yeah! may I interest you in some Shimano Chronarch reels and G-Loomis rods??........just kidding.
Thx . . . of course it is pouring here today. From what I've read in various places around the web, some found the internal receivers to drop the signal sometimes (it comes right back after you've left your lower end unit on the other side of a sand bar or reef though, hahahha).
For me I like external anyway because if I ever get a bigger boat and have to mount the unit in a lower cabin or under a top, I'll be ready to go.
When I spend this kind of money on accessories . . . I plan to use them in future boat upgrades.
Hummingbird actually only makes internals for a few small units. I figured there must be a reason they do that or at least until the competition forces them to offer internals too. It's about the size of a small round drink coaster.
Nice well documented manual. It's huge! But that's because you have to flip it over turn and turn it upside down every time you pick it up since the other half is in French (at least I think it's French). First time I've ever seen French for the entire other half of a manual (are French people big sport fisherman?)
This kinda of ticks me of though, since I need to keep flipping it around every time I pick it up as the pictures on each side of the cover are identical. And as a reference tool I'll carry a small telephone book. I might half to take a single edge razor blade and chop it in half. Big waste of resources IMO to send a book this size to U.S. buyers 1/2 of it wasted. It's over a 1/2 inch thick.
Lotsa actual pics inside the manual too. If side imaging works the way the pics depict is will be pretty cool, because the pictures look like actual pictures of the underlying structure like bridges, fallen timber, a "swimming pool" etc.
I always wondered how side imaging works with respect to the two other transducer beams going out at right angles from the sides of the boat. What about the left beam hitting my outboard, since the transducer is still mounted on the typical place to the right side of the transom?
You actually have to tilt the outboard slightly in some cases while imaging, but that shouldn't be a problem for me because side imaging takes place at speeds of about 2-6 mph. My outboard's lower unit sits well off the transom anyway in a vertical position leaving a big gap to shoot through (I think).
The parts manager at the dealer said side imaging is so powerful . . . I'll be able to see inside the stomach of the fish and see what they had for lunch!
I think he was kidding, ya think? But if I see "escargot or "croissants in any of their stomachs, I'll really be a believer in this new technology . . .
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