Lund is on the way

[NHBull]

What a difference a good dealers makes!

 

Got a great trade and good pricing on a 18, 1775 Impact Sport with a 115 Honda ( 125 max).

 

The only thing I need to decide is what trolling motor and electronics.....and am open to suggestions.

 

I want to thank everyone here for their input!

 

Al

 

[J Francho]

I'd be going with an Ulterra, and the biggest screens I could afford.

 

Congrats on the Lund.  Been looking at them myself.

[NHBull]

14 minutes ago, J Francho said:

I'd be going with an Ulterra, and the biggest screens I could afford.

 

Congrats on the Lund.  Been looking at them myself.

While I would have preferred the pro v, the misses swayed  me to this compromise 

[12poundbass]

1 hour ago, NHBull said:

The only thing I need to decide is what trolling motor and electronics.....and am open to suggestions.

Budget? I'm sure we all could help you spend your money.

[J Francho]

1 hour ago, NHBull said:

While I would have preferred the pro v, the misses swayed  me to this compromise 

I'm looking at the 16' Pro Guide, with a kicker.  There's a few lakes I fish that have a 17'/10 hp restriction.  My buddy has a Rebel, and while the 9.9 kicker only gets you to around 6 mph, it beats rowing.

[A-Jay]

Congrats on the new Rig ! 

A-Jay

[jbmaine]

Congrats on the new Lund. You're going to have so much fun fitting it out. I see you are in NH. did you get it with the ice breaker bow option LOL

                                                           Jim

[slonezp]

Congrats

Guess it all depends on what you are trying to accomplish with the TM and graphs. You can go all out on the boat and link some Humminbirds with the Minn Kota, or just mix and match.

[NHBull]

As far as electronics, I would like to keep it under 1k and I am familiar with Garmin and lorange 

 

I am also looking at the ulterra for a trolling motor.

 

Don't really care about linking the two

Thanks 

[NHBull]

4 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

Budget? I'm sure we all could help you spend your money.

I would like to keep electronics under 1k

And am looking at the Ulterra

[12poundbass]

10 minutes ago, NHBull said:

I would like to keep electronics under 1k

And am looking at the Ulterra

Mapping?

[NHBull]

6 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

Mapping?

Not in the sense of uncharted lakes/ponds

[12poundbass]

1 minute ago, NHBull said:

Not in the sense of uncharted lakes/ponds

2 Garmin Striker 7sv. No mapping but you can save waypoints.

[WIGuide]

Congrats on the new ride! 

[Fishing Rhino]

May you make many fond memories on your new vessel.

[slonezp]

Is the Honda propped? Lund's boatbuilder does not include props on the Honda's, only on the Merc's 

[Further North]

Not trying to talk you into anything, but having the fish finders linked to the trolling motor changed the way I fish.

 

A Terrova/Ulterra/Ultrex will make a big difference on its own...but linking the fish finders and trolling motors really lets you spend your time fishing instead of screwing around with boat control.

 

On the Ulterra, You'd probably be fine with an 80# unit, I run a 112 on my 1850 Crestliner.  Love it even though some people say it's overkill.  I have several friends with 80# Terrovas on boats similar to yours in size, they work OK.  They are all walleye guys though, they don't spend the day moving around after bass.

 

On the fish finer(s) is that $1,000 for one unit or two, or each?

[NHBull]

7 hours ago, slonezp said:

Is the Honda propped? Lund's boatbuilder does not include props on the Honda's, only on the Merc's 

The dealer is going to prop it when we get it in the water.....included

13 minutes ago, Further North said:

Not trying to talk you into anything, but having the fish finders linked to the trolling motor changed the way I fish.

 

A Terrova/Ulterra/Ultrex will make a big difference on its own...but linking the fish finders and trolling motors really lets you spend your time fishing instead of screwing around with boat control.

 

On the Ulterra, You'd probably be fine with an 80# unit, I run a 112 on my 1850 Crestliner.  Love it even though some people say it's overkill.  I have several friends with 80# Terrovas on boats similar to yours in size, they work OK.  They are all walleye guys though, they don't spend the day moving around after bass.

 

On the fish finer(s) is that $1,000 for one unit or two, or each?

Originally it was for one, but rethinking it the benifits ofm2 in which case I would go 1500ish 

[Further North]

Two is great, depending on how you fish.

 

What features are you looking for?  SI on a decent sized screen is going to be tough in that price range.

 

PS: Forgot to congratulate you on the boat.  You're gonna love it!

[NHBull]

44 minutes ago, Further North said:

Two is great, depending on how you fish.

 

What features are you looking for?  SI on a decent sized screen is going to be tough in that price range.

 

PS: Forgot to congratulate you on the boat.  You're gonna love it!

This is an area that I don't know what I don't know and can't miss what I haven't had.

Given a lot of my fishing is in less than 20 ft, I would think side imaging would be a good thing but don't know if I would need it in both???  

[slonezp]

51 minutes ago, NHBull said:

This is an area that I don't know what I don't know and can't miss what I haven't had.

Given a lot of my fishing is in less than 20 ft, I would think side imaging would be a good thing but don't know if I would need it in both???  

I wouldn't be without it. 

If you are a bank beater, it's probably not worth the investment. If you regularly fish 6ft or deeper, it's a great tool for finding cover, structure, and fish.

I'm ignorant as far as brands other than Humminbird and Minn Kota. I don't know the capabilities of Motorguide/Lowrance etc. My feeling is if you are going to buy a GPS enables trolling motor, you might as well go all out in the setup. My favorite part of having the HB units linked to the Minn Kota is I have the ability to mark waypoints while idling around and then have the trolling motor chauffeur me back to the waypoint and anchor upon arrival. Takes zero effort on my part.

[Further North]

2 hours ago, Further North said:

Two is great, depending on how you fish.

 

What features are you looking for?  SI on a decent sized screen is going to be tough in that price range.

 

PS: Forgot to congratulate you on the boat.  You're gonna love it!

1 hour ago, NHBull said:

This is an area that I don't know what I don't know and can't miss what I haven't had.

Given a lot of my fishing is in less than 20 ft, I would think side imaging would be a good thing but don't know if I would need it in both???  

30 minutes ago, slonezp said:

I wouldn't be without it. 

If you are a bank beater, it's probably not worth the investment. If you regularly fish 6ft or deeper, it's a great tool for finding cover, structure, and fish.

I'm ignorant as far as brands other than Humminbird and Minn Kota. I don't know the capabilities of Motorguide/Lowrance etc. My feeling is if you are going to buy a GPS enables trolling motor, you might as well go all out in the setup. My favorite part of having the HB units linked to the Minn Kota is I have the ability to mark waypoints while idling around and then have the trolling motor chauffeur me back to the waypoint and anchor upon arrival. Takes zero effort on my part.

 

 

I'm with slonezp on this, and I wish you lived closer so we could spend a few hours on the water so I could show you.  The beauty of the full set-up is that while the system takes you from spot to spot...you just fish.

 

Here's an example that illustrates another feature, "Follow the Contour": On a local lake that I fish a fair amount, there's sunken island in a back bay that tends to hold pike and musky starting about this time of year.  It comes up to about 4 ft. below the surface and has all kinds of structure and weeds on it.  The whole thing is maybe 2 - 3 acres, but the best way to fish it is to work your way around the outside and cast into it from different angles.  What I do is tell the system to follow the 9 ft. contour, set the trolling motor at .7 MPH (it also has cruise control)...and I fish.  I usually make two circuits, and I won't touch the trolling motor for about a half hour (unless I catch a fish, then I hit the spot lock, nad resume when I've got the fish back in the water.

 

You can do the same thing in a bay, you can follow an offset contour (set yourself up for one cast distance, say 50 feet, off the 10 foot line) and fish an entire bay without having to deal with re-positioning because of wind or current, th emotor will speed up and slow down the prop speed to keep you close to your target speed.

 

For the fish finders, Side Imaging gives you what really amounts to a picture of what the world underwater looks like.  Rocks look like rocks, weed lines look like weed lines, fish cribs look like fish cribs,,,sunken boats look like sunken boats...  Really helps you focus on productive parts of the lake and skip the places where there's unlikely to be fish.

 

I'm also a Humminbird/Minn Kota user, but I know that Lowrance/Garmin, etc. all make great equipment, as does MotorGuide.

[NHBull]

1 hour ago, slonezp said:

I wouldn't be without it. 

If you are a bank beater, it's probably not worth the investment. If you regularly fish 6ft or deeper, it's a great tool for finding cover, structure, and fish.

I'm ignorant as far as brands other than Humminbird and Minn Kota. I don't know the capabilities of Motorguide/Lowrance etc. My feeling is if you are going to buy a GPS enables trolling motor, you might as well go all out in the setup. My favorite part of having the HB units linked to the Minn Kota is I have the ability to mark waypoints while idling around and then have the trolling motor chauffeur me back to the waypoint and anchor upon arrival. Takes zero effort on my part.

What hummingbird are you using and do you use 2?, thanks 

[Further North]

31 minutes ago, NHBull said:

What hummingbird are you using and do you use 2?, thanks 

I know you asked sloanzp, but I'll answer too, hope it's helpful.

 

I run a Helix 12 G2N SI "MEGA" unit at my console with a transducer off the back of the boat, and a Helix 10 G2N DI unit at the bow with a transducer on the bottom of the trolling motor.

 

The newer G2N units allow sharing of SI data even if the unit is not SI itself, so I found I could save a ton of money by going to the DI unit up front.

 

The Helix 9 units are significantly less expensive than my 10" and 12" ones.  7" units get a small for this old guy's eyes, particualarly with th emappong ans SI screens.

[12poundbass]

19 minutes ago, Further North said:

I know you asked sloanzp, but I'll answer too, hope it's helpful.

 

I run a Helix 12 G2N SI "MEGA" unit at my console with a transducer off the back of the boat, and a Helix 10 G2N DI unit at the bow with a transducer on the bottom of the trolling motor.

 

The newer G2N units allow sharing of SI data even if the unit is not SI itself, so I found I could save a ton of money by going to the DI unit up front.

 

The Helix 9 units are significantly less expensive than my 10" and 12" ones.  7" units get a small for this old guy's eyes, particualarly with th emappong ans SI screens.

Assuming he's looking for 2 units any of those would blow his $1k budget out of the water, otherwise I'd be focusing on a couple bird units.