Wayne P.

View this tutorial, it will explain what the deal is: http://support.lowrance.com/system/selfservice.controller?CONFIGURATION=1001&PARTITION_ID=1&secureFlag=false&TIMEZONE_OFFSET=&CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=2967

You should have a circuit breaker on the Red ( positive) wire attached to the trolling motor battery/s You should have a fuse panel somewhere under the driver's console. You should have a circuit breaker on the 10 guage wire on the starting battery that powers the fuse panel. The fuses on the motor have nothing to do with what the boat has. They are part of the motor wiring harness. You may have additional small fuses at the starting battery for added pumps or accessories.

You have my sympathy.

Here is another one showing a bass that I caught. There are also small crappie here too (caught a couple of them), but those didn't get the fish symbols. The logs, stumps and limbs didn't get a fish symbol either.

Humminbird is not Lowrance. Humminbird units filter the returns based on air bladder size. If the echo represents a large enough air bladder, it gets one of three fish symbol sizes. The 200 kHz detected fish get a Gold color symbol and the 83 kHz detected fish get a Blue color symbol. These two images are about a month apart and the same location. I check that tree everytime I am at that lake. One doesn't show any fish symbols so I passed on by. The other shows fish, I stopped and caught them. Bass The FishID was turned when I took the screen shot of the big school of shad in my other post--no fish symbols were displayed.

Try the trashing fishing section of this site: http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/forum/20-other-fish-species

The power cord (one the right of the picture) is the PC-10 Humminbird part for Humminbird units. The part name for the transducer is on the cable about 12" from the plug. It works only with discontinued Humminbird models. That transducer does not have a temp sensor. It takes at least a 3 pin plug to be a temperature sensor type of transducer. The cable collecter part of the quick disconnect mount (held in place by the two screws) will not work with any current Humminbird models. The mount itself works with a lot of Humminbird models, current and discontinued.

What has been left out of all the posts about Sonar Charts is the details. Sonar Charts is not and will not be Navionics data. It is created contour lines that are adjusted by those that participate in the Sonar Charts program. The pre-Sonar Charts contours are in no way accurate and will only be accurate at the specific recorded tracks like are shown in one of the examples. Every other location on the map is fiction and will remain that way until they are adjusted by recorded data and uploaded to the Navionics server to be applied. This is a Google Earth image of a lake that another guy and I are doing with Sonar Charts. It shows the locations of the applied recordings. Any place that does not have the red lines above them are fictional lines. Navionics will probably never do a survey at this lake to create their own data there. Sonar Charts allows the opportunity to generate a HD contour map of that body of water by those that care to participate in that program. It's a work in progress and will take months/years before the whole map is accurate unless time on the water is spent just recording and not fishing--I do both and the other guys does both also. This is the Navionics map of that lake: This is the Sonar Charts fictional lines that will be adjusted as recordings are applied. I haven't downloaded the map with the applied recordings yet since the recordings have not been applied correctly for this lake. One nearby has been adjusted to use uploaded data correctly. The progress of the Sonar Charts layer can be viewed on the Navionics web site/ Products/ Web App. Use the round circle at the lower left to turn on and off the Sonar Charts layer. When the circle is blue, that is Sonar Charts, and when the circle is gray, that is the current Freshest Data Navionics map.

Under the deck out of sight. So is Traveler2586's setup.

Here are three other transducers on a trolling motor. The double setup is a Side Imaging Puck and a 2D puck The single larger one is a HD Side Imaging transducer.

Do you see a "huge amount of slack wire" on Traveler's deck???I If you run the cable as you mentioned, that will increase the possibility of trolling motor RFI affecting your sonar unit. Yes, you can crush and short out the conductors, I have done it and learned by my mistake. Cost $270 to replace a Side Imaging transducer.

Good job Traveler. That is the right way. Gotta love the Equalizer on the mount !!!!!

When using zipties, put the locking block over the cable so you cannot crush the conductor's insulation when tightning. Do not run the cable along the steering cable/power cable. Attach it to the mount after running it up the shaft.

How deep was the fish caught? 4-6 ft Did the lure contain rattles or have hinges? Somewhat-- Chatterbait Was the lure a natural color (brown, green) or was it an unnatural color (chartreuse, orange)? Natural If possible, what moon phase was your PB caught during? First quarter

Evidently your sonar education is lacking somewhat. Anyone that is familiar with Humminbird's use of the fish symbols will know it is a useful and valuable tool. I keep that feature turned on all the time. I saw this 2 1/2# bass in this school of shad and caught it. There are a whole bunch of fish in this image and there are no fish symbols.

I have no idea, but you can read the manual for the Lowrance on their web site and check. I don't know if that is available on the Garmin web site.

I agree with Fish Chris. I catch the most and biggest in the 10AM to 2PM period

You won't find any parts for those unless you get lucky on Ebay.

http://support.lowrance.com/system/selfservice.controller?CONFIGURATION=1001&PARTITION_ID=1&secureFlag=false&TIMEZONE_OFFSET=&CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=2967

All 2D sonar units display fish as arches--that is nature of sonar. Do you know why fish are displayed as arches on LCR units? Some units have a fish ID feature that assigns fish symbols to matter in the water column.

Thanks, I knew that the double line knots test the strongest, but the tests I have seen performed, either a knot slipped or the line broke. I have never seen any actual knot break. I also know that any knot I tie will not break, the line breaks maybe close to the knot or somewhere not so close. I couldn't tie a good double line knot at night, but then again I would't need to.

Sounds like you need to learn how to tie some other knot. I use the Uni-knot and can tie it perfectly in the daytime, at night and with my eyes closed.

Several things for cranking with braid. Soft action rods for open water, a little more stiffness for vegetation ripping. Less drag pressure Smaller diameters--8# mono equivelent diameter or less Quality superlines with a finer weave (more threads) = less noise Quality rod guides that are SiC or equivelent= less noise

That motor was available with a 36" shaft, 42" shaft and a 48" shaft. I had all three.