moemoe

thats an overcast day color for me

I picked up a couple of the dual axis rod holders for my boat. After a couple times out, they seem really sloppy and loose, just on the swivel/rotating action. I looked at the bottom but couldnt figure out how to tightne them up? Anyone else have this? or solutions to fix? thanks moe

cheaper and versatile system on smaller boats is to run a minnkota with autopilot......just put a lock directional setting on....works well in waves less than 3ft, i have a terrova off a 19 ft lund....

have to agree with blue knight....white lightning ran with a plain glow white meat head was by far the best producer for me last year....bullfrog was next......if you can find a white lightning paddle, jump on it!

fished on friday and landed a bunch of matures, try 40 to 60 fow, divers back 100 to 140, put the spoons away and run spinnies and flies, or protrolls and flies, gps speed 2.0 t0 2.3...keep it slow

elite 7 is awful....works great as sooner, for those of you that are happy with the map contour lines have you ever used anything else? there is NO detail in the map capabilities of the elite 7, I had an older lcx model with the classic navionics and that showed way more detail.....I called navionics and lowrance when I bought the unit, because i fiugured there had to be an error, and was initially told the problem is the "gold" card that comes with the unit is really a promo with not as much detail....forked over the cash for an actual gold card and low and behold no difference...spoke with lowrance again and they admitted they know the software isnt capable of reading the maps, even the new version 1.8......I complained bitterly about paying 850 for a unit that you cannot use properly.....they said they are working on another software update....and by the way...it keeps shutting off....just buy an hds 7 or better yet a bird

I had done quite bit of researching this past winter for a new fishfinder plotter and basically narrowed done my search to a hds 7 or elite 7. I do a mixture of soft water fishing, but mostly lake ontario and gbay. Pixel count was higher on the elite 7 than the hds, and rms output was the same, and both worked as chart plotter and could handle a gold chip, and both had broadband technology which would help on lake ontario. I did not plan on any additional add ons or networking, so i figured the elite 7 would cover all of my needs and the "gold" chip was a nice bonus. the positive first, Unit works great as a sonar, easy to use, but an "exit" button would be much nicer. I trolled lake ontario and was able to mark my cannon balls down to 175ft with the 50 degree cone. The chartplotter is a different story though, I uploaded the ''gold" chip to the unit and scrolled over lake ontario and was extremely dissappointed with the chart function on the navionics chart. Contour lines are marked in 40 to 50 feet sections, ie the niagara bar shows 4 contour lines going from 45 to 200ft,and there is very poor accuracy in the depth number listings as well. I assumed this was a mistake, so i brought back the unit to Fishing world, who were great in working with me to solve the problem. Ended up trying the actual navionics gold chip as opposed to the lowrance "gold" bundle and no difference in clarity of charts. Ended up calling both navionics and lowrance/navico and the problem is not in the chips, but in the software. The software for the units is not complete yet as per lowrance and therefore unable to fully read the chip. This was after uploading the new software update which will "now enable 1ft contour lines on navionics". Needless to say I am extremely dissappointed in this and feel that I have a useless navionics chip/function after sheeling out 850 bucks after tax. Lowrance said they are trying to work on another software upgrade to solve the problem but no tentative release date. Great. My advice, stay away, until the bugs are sorted out.

nice job steve! i hate driving to st kitts lol, cant wait for the north shore to heat up

out of the cheaper digital scales, the best i have used so far is the matzou from crappy tire, accurate, doesnt bounce nearly as much as the berkley, and this is year 3 now with it

Actually elite 7 and hds are not that different, and elite 7 actually has better screen resolution. and the power output is the same, and the screen size is slightly bigger, so unless you plan on adding networking capabilities and features, stick with the elite 7 info taken from lowrance site hds 7 gen 2 Output Power [kW] Max 250W Broadband, analog equivalent 30,000W and 32W Broadband, analog equivalent 3,750 W Display Resolution 480 x 640 (H x W) elite 7 Display Resolution 800 x 480 Power Output: RMS (PTP) Max 250W RMS, 30,000W Peak to Peak analog equivalent the don't list the broadband output on the elite 7 info, but they have this info Broadband Sounderâ„¢: Max 1000 ft / 305 m @ 83/200 kHz Broadband Sounderâ„¢: Max 2500 ft / 762 m @ 50/200 kHz

i have an 1950 with 225 yamaha, love the boat! i upgraded from a mr pike17 and after having lower sides with the mr pike, i wanted something higher than the pro v offered, but i fish bass, muskie and a little walley and the 1950 was not too high up on the front casting deck, compared to the baron, happy searching!