Wayne P.

Lake Anna Bridge deck where a bridge was removed and new one built before the lake was formed: Crappie on a boat dock: Someone's brush piles:

I'll add another variable, the 9" display is better than a 7" display for the side looking imaging technology. That puts the Humminbird Helix 9 SI GPS and Garmin 9sv ahead of any Lowrance 7" model. The HDS Touch 9 Lowrance would be a better comparison. The reason is the size of displayed subjects is larger on the larger display with the same Range settings= easier to see. SIZE matters.

You want the Fluke to Twerk instead of Twirl.

One more thing, if you get the Helix 7 SI GPS, exchange the included transducer for the XHS 9 HDSI 180 T which is longer and has longer SI crystals. Those longer SI crystals produce a thinner SI pulse which generates sharper images. Do not open the transducer mount package. Call Humminbird Customer Service to arrange for the exchange. The HDSI is more expensive so there is a cost difference that you have to pay. The transducer plus shipping is about $85. Last I heard there was a backlog of orders for those transducers so it may take a couple of weeks or more. That transducer improves any model's performance that is shipped with the smaller Compact SI transducer.

It is ponds near roadways that are created by digging a hole to get the dirt to form elevated roadways/overpasses. The dirt is "borrowed" to make the elevations. Any contours that some may have is whatever the digging equipment made when removing the dirt.

The SI transducer has three sonar crystals, left side Side Imaging, right side Side Imaging and traditional 2D sonar. The unit does not have true Down Imaging. There is a Down Imaging view that is created by blending the two SI pulses. Installed properly the transducer will do Depth and 2D sonar when on plane just like your Lowrance. In this screen shot, the upper left is the Down Imaging view, the lower left is 2D sonar and the right side is Side Imaging: Separately, this is traditional 2D sonar: This is Side Imaging: This is Down Imaging: Depending on how you fish you may want to put the Lowrance at the bow and the Helix at the console. That way you can search with Imaging and fish with 2D sonar. After you learn how to use the Side Imaging, you may want that at the bow to search and fish at the same time, that is what I do. I have Humminbird Side Imaging units at the console and bow with transducers on the transom and trolling motor.

Your unit will record sonar logs to a blank microSD card. The RECORD file is then read by the Auto Chart version software. Your unit only has one card reader. Auto Chart and Auto Chart Pro are PC software. If you have a MAC you would need Parallels software to run that software. Once the maps are created and loaded to the Zero Line card that comes with the software, it functions in the unit like Lakemaster mapping. The Zero Line card has many thousands of outlines (shorelines) for bodies of water. The contours that the software creates fits into those outlines. The Zero Line card is the map card that goes in your unit's card reader. If your water outline is not included, you can make it yourself. It does come with instructions. http://www.humminbird.com/Products/AUTOCHART-N-AM/ You can also use the recorded data with the Navionics Sonar Charts program. Navionics will process the data and create the HD contour map that is then downloaded to a Navionics Hotmaps Platinum card or Navionics+ card for use in the unit. Your data will be shared that way.

Are you using a spade type fuse/holder?

The smallest 2D sonar coverage I can think of offhand in an "affordable" unit is the 455 kHz of a Humminbird DI unit which is 16 degrees. You really do not need a narrow cone transducer to get accurate depth since the center of the sonar pulse (strongest part) is where the depth readout is created. Setting a unit up properly to give accurate depth is the most important. You want the true water depth and not the distance between the transducer and bottom. That takes offsetting the depth readout for the distance the transducer is submerged. Additionally the bottom of the transducer has to be parallel with the bottom so the center of the sonar pulse is vertical (shortest distance from transducer to bottom). GPS accuracy would be more important that sonar so contour placement is where it should be. That takes a unit with an external GPS antenna that is located above the sonar transducer so the location and depth is at the same place. For recreational equipment, Humminbird, Garmin, Lowrance, and Raymarine have Sonar/GPS combo units that will record sonar logs for contour map generation. You can spend tens of thousands if you want for a commercial unit that is more accurate. I have several hundred sonar logs that I have used for contour map generation using Humminbird equipment.

http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/

No, I do not. The 3/8" tubing is an exact fit for the 5" Senko slightly compressed. The weedguard is Malin-7. It is attached to the hook with 1/8" heat shrink tubing. I tried the Senko with the rigging I use in my avatar, but the Senko is too bulky and fragile to work well that way.

Some obscure guy named Earl Bentz is the one that established the Javelin boat company with factory in Murfreesboro, Tenn. and Stratos boat company in Old Hickory, Tenn.

Shallow-low visibility= Chatterbait

1.A built-in heading sensor (compass) is not a good idea due to the various ways units are mounted (vertical, horizontal, and tilted). 2. Not only does Garmin and Humminbird have real time contour mapping, you can get that with a smartphone or tablet using a Vexilar Sonarphone, Lowrance with Wifi, and Raymarine Wifi. That is Navionics Sonar Charts Live.

The hook is a 4/0 Gamakatsu Octopus hook with a weedguard of braided stainless steel leader that I added. Very flexible but sturdy so it won't release coming through heavy cover. No missed hooksets.

KVD does not tournament fish for walleyes or crappie so he does not use a electric steer motor that would have an anchor feature. Very few, if any, bass pros use electric steers.

It certainly is: MSRP of the 999 is $1499.99 MSRP of the RC-1 remote is $119.99

There are two adapters. The old one is metal with a threaded connection. The current one is plastic and snaps together. The current transducer is US2. The older one might be called US, do not remember. US means Universal Sonar. OOOPPPSS, I got that backwards, metal is the current one. The old ones are very scarce, maybe a used one on EBay

If he wants any Imaging, that would be a Helix 5 or 7 DI unit that does not have GPS in the model name. All SI models have GPS/Mapping.

The DI unit has a transducer with two crystals. One does Down Imaging and the other traditional 2D sonar. The SI unit has a transducer with three crystals. One does traditional 2D sonar, one does left side SI, and the other does right side SI. It does not have Down Imaging, but has a Down Imaging view that is created by blending the two SI sonar pulses. The DI model will have the best DI images. All my units are SI and I do not use DI for fishing, just for demo screen shots. The ONIX has true DI like a DI unit, but I have that turned off most of the time. With SI, it is all about the coverage. You are not restricted to just what is under the transducer, you can see what is away from under the transducer for a hundred feet or more

What HP is the boat rated for???? https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=largest+tiller+steer+outboard&view=detail&mid=23CD65516BEE485572C723CD65516BEE485572C7&FORM=VIRE

What is being described is called "Ghost Drag". That is braided line slipping on the reel spool.