Wayne P.

That appears that you did not install the transducer on the transom correctly for your hull type. How about posting a picture of your transducer installation for critique?

Yes, if you have Auto chosen in the Chart select menu. There is no dual view for charts.

IF you have a suitable hull, you can epoxy the transducer inside the bilge AFTER you test for the best location. The factory settings work very well for most conditions.

I have a bass hanging on my wall that sings. His name is Billy.

Down Imaging or Down Scan does NOT use a "cone" shaped pulse. Only 2D sonar does. It is two different technologies that produce two different views on a display. Imaging pulses are very thin front-to-back and are wide to the sides ( pie slice shaped )

ESPN thinks Poker is a sport. Doesn't take much athletic ability to "play" that sport.

Every Humminbird DI model has 2D sonar also. There are about 18 current and legacy units like that.

Where on your bass boat?

All the DI units use 200/455 for 2D and 455/800 for Down Imaging by default. The 800, 900, and 1100 series DI models can be set to use 200/83 for 2D and 455/800 for Down Imaging with a transducer change for trolling motor use. Some units that can use the Quad Beam transducer can be set to use 455 kHz for the side beams when that transducer is connected, but still use 200/83 kHz for 2D sonar. Lots of choices available. You just have pay attention to the unit specs and choose what suits your needs/budget.

All that clutter is because of the coverage ( 60 degrees spec) that the 83 kHz has. Some prefer the wider coverage for vertical presentations.

Not really, you would use the 200 kHz most the time.to have more coverage. If just the depth and better detail of bottom changes is what you want, the 455 would be OK for that. It would limit what you would see under the boat to a smaller coverage to tell which fish are the closest. Yes most dual frequency units have 200/83 kHz with a 20 degree and 60 degree coverage.

That is "old school" for buzz baits. Several that I know and myselft used to purchase Lunker Lures years ago and hold them out the window on the way to the lake to get the "squeak" going. Problem was when a bowfin smashed it, the blade was ripped off.

That whole subject has been debated on another web site for a week. The touch screen models are being made to compete in the blue water market. You will have to determine what functionality you want with your equipment and puchase accordingly. The "black Friday sales" on the 1198 and 998 have been going on for over a month with marine electronics dealers. Are you waiting for the big box general sporting goods places to put on a sale like Cabelas and Bass Pro?

You have to reach behind the dash to loosen/remove the flush mount kit stud nuts. Look up the flush mount kit in the Lowrance accessories listing to see the parts involved.

Do a web search for "How sonar works"

Your spec copy is incomplete. Sonar uses sound to broadcast and record return echos. The 200 is the sound frequency in kHz and is the most common one for less than 1000' depths. The 28 degrees is the spec coverage angle in a somewhat inverted cone shaped pulse. Typically 200 kHz has a 20 degree spec coverage which covers 1/3 the depth. You can do the math for the 28 degrees of coverage. The spec strength ( loudness ) is at -10 db, but the actual coverage is more at lesser strengths.That the the typical loudness level that companies use to determine the coverage. The other frequency 455 kHz has less coverage (16 degrees) and less depth capability, but has better definition due to the shorter sound pulses.

The word "action" could mean anything. What I attempt to do is not impart any "action" and let the slow fall be the attractor. Thousands of bass caught prove to me that it works. The length I use is enough so I can use it multiple times before I replace it. 3/8" - 1/2" in length is what I use. I don't measure it since I have done it thousands of times,

The 10.5 is not a positive. It shows you have a lot of resistance in the power connection for that unit. Any draw down of the battery for starting, trimming, maybe even a livewell pump will shut that unit down. If your battery is fully charged and the console unit shuts down, like it did before that means your battery is not big enough to handle the load you have on it.

What you are experiencing is very common with the more sofisticated sonar units. They use more amps.. Typically a boat wiring harness is made up of minimum size conductors and with all the splices/connections involved with a fuse panel supplied by a larger wire with a circuit breaker, the total load on the fuse panel is inadequate for the additional load of those units. It's not about volts, it is the loaded volts (amps) that the accessories use. Add to that, aging of the wiring and exposure to moisture and you get even more resistance to reduce the capacity of the accessory circuit. What Humminbird recommends for their units is connecting the unit power cord directly to the battery and a 3A fuse at the battery. If the cord is to short, extend that with at least 16 guage wire by splicing, soldering, and waterproofing the connection. Remember the fuse size is to protect the smallest conductor of the circuit. A larger wire is even better to reduce the voltage loss due to the resistance of wire length. I used 12 guage marine grade wire to extend my power cords. Another issue that some don't think of is the health of the battery that is connected to the accesories and they depend on the outboard motor to keep it fully charged. Unless you make long runs, you don't replace the loss charge from using your electronics/ pumps or even from starting the engine. What you are requiring of your starting battery is a quick, powerful discharge to start the engine and then you want it to function like a deep cycle battery to power stuff when the engine is not running. If your battery is in good condition with clean and tight connections and the units shut down when you start the engine, that means the battery does not have the capacity to handle all the stuff at the same time and/or you wiring is inadequate to handle the load. Your battery size should accommodate the MCA your motor requires plus enough reserve capacity to handle the deep cycle use between charging cycles and additionally use a charger on that battery when off the water just like you would your trolling motor battery/s

I haven't been since Thursday. That was to Briery Creek Lake. What was "working" is what I selected to use since I base my selection on the conditions. It isn't about the lure, it is matching the presentation to the conditions. Weedless wacky rigged finesse worm, shakey head finesse worm, crankbait.

Not quite. In theory it may seem so, but I just weighed 5' of mono and 5' of the same diameter braid-takes up the same spool space per length. The mono was .4 grains ligher than the braid. The variable would be how much color coating the braid has. I don't have any fluorocarbon in that diameter to compare, but I do know that fluorocarbon is heavier than nylon mono so using braid as a backing would maybe be a benefit, Your results may vary.

Some crappie fishermen use one of the crappie as a "fish finder". They attach a string and float to a released fish so the fish will go back to the school and they can keep up with that school. There is a lot of myth and superstition when it comes to explaining fish behavior.

That technology is called Side Imaging. The transducer has two crystals that project sonar pulses to the left and right. The sonar pulses are very thin front to back and are wide to the sides. The affect of those sonar pulses is somewhat like a CAT scan that hospitals use and produce the picture-like images. The vertical centerline is the path that the boat traveled as the unit recorded what was from the water's surface to past vertical under the boat on both sides. The unit records those images from top to bottom with current data at the top where the little blue boat symbol is and the oldest data at the bottom (history). In doing that, the black area is the water column on each side and the brown coloring is the lake bottom and any other "objects" that reflect the sonar pulses (echos). From one side to the other in the center of the picture is a creek channel. On the right side inside the creek channel is the school of bass and a little farther to the right of them is their shadows. On the left side on the creek channel edge is a stump in a depression and the creek channel makes a "S" turn. The 50 on each side at the top is the distance range I had the unit set to record for each side. The whole width of the image covers 100'. The unit can be set to record 720' total left to right.

The part name on the package is HDWE, BGD-XNT PLUG The part number is 540188-1

If you have a transom mounted Humminbird DI transducer, you have the XNT mount that can use that plug.