Conversion of Hummingbird 597 ci HD for Ice Fishing.

[rocstar]

I have a Hummingbird 597ciHD GPS/Mapping/Locator on my boat. Does anyone have any experience with using this unit for ice fishing? I see it has an ice flasher mode. Was wondering if it is worth my time and money to buy an ice transducer for it, a spare mounting system and a battery. I see there is a Portable Conversion Kit available for around $120 but it does not come with the ice transducer.

[Freddy1]

On the Hummingbird web site there are 2, $75 ice ducers & a list of which unit they work with. I just got one for the PM160 portable & will use it 1st time today.

[rocstar]

Be sure to let us know how it works out for you. With the Lake Master chip in the unit it sure could be nice for searching out on the ice.

[reddog]

It will make a tremendous ice fishing rig, but you are gonna find out, that few guys that convert their graphs to ice fishing application use the circular chart.

When you get it set up correctly,(and it will take some setting up, because there are quite a few more menu options) I doubtyou will never use a circular again.

[amateurfishing]

luv my 597 ci HD. been learning a lot the past month bout diff't screens/split screens like 83/200hz, bottom zoom/regular screen, & chart plotter/sonar screen. also nice tip is easier to read when background is black as well, i have not really tried the flasher screen yet.