Wayne P.

Forget about the trees, they are not remarkable to the fish that live there. Fish the bottom contours just like you would any other lake. You need to fish shallower than 17' and deeper than 8' to be where the fish are. It's SUMMER and the thermocline sets the pattern.

With what you want, you get more than the ability to share a single transducer. The Ethernet connected units can share sonar technologies, transducers (including 360), temp sensor, accessories (including iPilot Link) and GPS data.. Technology sharing means a 2D-only or a DI unit can display Side Imaging from a Side Imaging unit. The number of displays and sensors possible for the network is unlimited--just need the Ethernet switch/s to connect all of it together if more that two devices are involved. A 2D or DI unit can support a 360 transducer by itself and give those units the SI capability too.

I use the Gammy Octopus and Owner Mosquito hooks. 2/0 for finesse worms 3/0 for Trick worms 4/0 for Senkos My avatar is the 3/0 with Trick worm

No, the Helix series are "standalone" only. That is why they are less expensive than the other models. It takes at least the 800 series units to do what you want.

That means there is no outline for it. You get the blue highlighted lake after Navionics creates the zero-line for it (shoreline). They modify the world base map to include the lake outline. Otherwise if you don't want to share the data, the contour lines will be shown on land. You could turn on the satellite overlay in the map options and have a picture of the lake where your contour lines are.

"Does anyone know of or have you experienced a time when a Fluke didn't catch fish?" Yes, when I make a cast and doesn't sink, it just skips across the ice.

I guess we didn't address this part of your question "only show the certain spot I'm at". GPS will indicate where on the Earth you are, that is the whole purpose of it. With your device and a back ground map, where you are will be indicated on the map with some type of symbol----arrow, bulls eye, boat, etc. That is called the position curser. The boat symbol in this image is done by the GPS function. It is displayed overlayed on the map background. The sonar image shows what is at the location--a large brush/log pile. This image has the position curser where I moved it to look at a place I was not at. It indicates the GPS location (coordinates) of the curser at the top left

Yes, if you have Share selected. It is automatically uploaded to the Navionics server when you have a WiFi connection. You don't have to turn Share on.

Yes, with Navionics Sonar Charts Live you create a contour map as you navigate a body of water and it stays on your device as well as being uploaded to the Navionics server to add that data to the shared Sonar Charts program. I use the Vexilar Sonarphone Wifi transducer for that, but if you have a Lowrance or Raymarine sonar/gps unit with WiFi, you can use that with the mobile app for Sonar Charts Live contour map creation. My Humminbird ONIX has the Lakemaster Auto Charts Live feature that will do live contour mapping to the unit's memory. This is any example of Auto Charts Live (colored area) overlayed on Sonar Charts. This is an example of Sonar Charts Live (dark areas) overlayed on Sonar Charts. The whole lake (420 acres) is a result of me doing the Sonar Charts program with my Humminbird units. There was nothing there until I did the sonar logging, not even an outline of the lake.

If you don't want a full fledged sonar/GPS unit. Get the Vexilar Sonarphone with Navionics App. You can collect data and create a contour map there in real time. The display would be your smartphone or tablet. Android and/or iOS I do both. You would have Sonar, GPS, and contour mapping anywhere you want. Download the Sonarphone App to your device and run the Simulator--it's FREE.

Yep, regular sonar and Down Scan. A lot better than the Fishin Buddy.

I have a portable setup for a Humminbird 10" Side Imaging unit that I use for demo on other's boats.

No you cannot go from A to B like a car GPS. No such thing as turn-by-turn directions with marine sonar units. "A" will be where you are when you start. "B" will be a location your have saved as a waypoint. Once you create waypoints, you use the GoTo function to take you to a waypoint and the unit will place a straight line on the display between you and the waypoint. It is up to you to navigate safely to that location. That straight line will not change, it will always be from your starting point to the waypoint.

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Contact Humminbird Customer Service soon to get that taken care of.

No, Suffix is not a sinking line just has a gimmick thread of Gortex with the 7 threads of Dyneema. http://sufix.fishing/products/832-advanced-superline

GAIN is the setting you adjust to make "stuff" display better on the screen. Use a high enough setting to get the detail you want but not so much that the screen gets cluttered up. Page 2 of the manual.

Depends on the unit brand.

You got the idea correct. What it does is let you "pre-fish" before even making a cast.

Speaking of slot limits. One lake in Va used to have a bass slot limit to help with fish management. The problem was catch and release was defeating the purpose of the slot limit since very few kept the target fish. The slot limit was done away with.

I agree. GPS works the same with or without any map background. You can change mapping products and the GPS data remains the same.

6' med action. Don't know which brand, I have over 50 rigs. It's been at least 5 months since I used a blade.

They are on the Navionics mobile app. You get the app through the Apple App Store or Google Play. Navionics Boating or Navionics Boating HD. The HD version is the best. I have several versions of the mobile app on tablets and smartphones. "Navionics+, Platinum+, Gold, HotMaps" are GPS unit software on memory cards, not the mobile app.

Bait caster with fluorocarbon line.

Standalone is the term used for units that cannot be linked to other units. That is what the Helix 5 and 7 series are. It is $300 less than the other two units that can be linked to other units.